Doctor Sleep .

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#DoctorSleep

Look, I normally don't watch horror, but when TBH wants to and when one-name film-school DP-G*d #Fimognari's involved…well, then, what choice does one have?

Thankfully, this is less horror and more engaging, eminently-watchable, YA-ish supernatural mystery-thriller directed with languid nihilism by kid director Flanagan.

Thank G*d(s) I've only seen #TheShining(a terrifying TBT story for another day😱!) 1.65 times (incl. in this)…any more and I'll be hearing the ER's siren calls. And it's one thing for G*d #Spielberg to do it, but man, the guts that these kids have to go *there* - no, literally, there, *all* the way there…man, the courage of youth, amirite?!

And, thank all the g*ds for Ferguson, who plays the rare female villain, and plays her with all her creepy-cool glory. One of these days Hollywood will finally give her the post #MissionImpossible-breakout star vehicle she deserves…

Sooooo, TS isn't really about a haunted hotel, right?…but I'm not gonna pull too hard on those strings, I just about got away with it, can't go back there…not back *there*….😰







[Spoiler Alert!] Use the Shining Force, Abra…😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

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#MikeFlanagan #MichaelFimognari #MaherAhmad(👍) #StephenKing
#RebeccaFerguson #EwanMcGregor (The Great)#CliffCurtis (The Eternally Cool)#BruceGreenwood Kyliegh Curran Jacob Tremblay #ZahnMcClarnon #CarlLumbly #HenryThomas(the kid from ET as you-know-who!!!!!)
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