Doctor Sleep (2019)

Dan Torrance, still traumatized from his family’s 1980 ordeal at the Overlook hotel, is guided by the ghost of Dick Hallorann to capture the ghosts of the Overlook in lockboxes. In 2011, he becomes an alcoholic to suppress his shining. After moving to a New Hampshire town, he recovers through Alcoholics Anonymous set up by his new friend Billy Freeman and becomes a hospice orderly, where he uses his shining to comfort dying patients, who nickname him “Doctor Sleep.” Meanwhile, the True Knot, a cult of psychics led by Rose the Hat, extend their lifespans by consuming “steam”, a psychic essence released by torturing and killing those who have the shining.

In 2019, the True Knots are starving as steam has become increasingly rare. They torture a boy to death for steam; a young girl named Abra Stone, whose shining is even greater than Dan’s, senses this. She telepathically alerts Dan about the murder, but Rose senses Abra in the process. Rose projects her consciousness across the country and infiltrates Abra’s mind, but is physically injured by a psychic trap set by Abra. Rose sends the remaining members after her for steam. Abra informs Dan about the True Knot. Although he is initially skeptical about stopping them, he changes his mind and recruits Billy and Abra’s father, Dave, to help. They successfully kill most of the group except Rose, but Billy and Dave are killed and Abra is captured by Rose’s partner, Crow Daddy. Dan shines into Abra and saves her from Crow Daddy, killing him in the process. Dan brings Abra to the Overlook as a last resort, believing it will be equally dangerous for Rose. He starts the hotel’s boiler and explores the dormant building, “awakening” it with his shining. At the same time, he has visions of his time at the hotel.