Vanity Fair‘s Anthony Breznican says “The Overlook Hotel is a landmark in horror storytelling.

Partly that’s because it is so full of references to its illustrious predecessor, from the hexagonal-patterned carpet to the fact that one character’s house number happens to be 1980.” It doesn’t have Kubrick’s masterly control of style and atmosphere, either – but what does? All the same, Doctor Sleep doesn’t feel like a betrayal of The Shining. The new film, adapted by writer-director Mike Flanagan from King’s own novel, is an adventure that spans the US and covers almost 40 years. Kubrick’s film, released in 1980, was a mysterious fever dream set in one hotel over one winter. Nicholas Barber writing for BBC Culture says: “It is different from The Shining in nearly every way. Let’s take a look at what the critics are saying about the return to The Overlook Hotel in our Doctor Sleep review round-up:.

High quality, custom made, hand tufted 1 ply wool or China wool – one of the most iconic carpets in film Officially licensed Hicks’ Hexagon rug as seen in The Shining’s Overlook Hotel (original design by David Hicks). The Doctor Sleep film sequel has attracted a lot of attention, not only because King famously didn’t like Kubrick’s vision of his acclaimed The Shining but because Director Flanagan takes us back to Kubrick’s version of the super-spooky Overlook. Doctor Sleep wasn’t written by King until 2013 and is set a few decades after Jack Torrance lost his mind in the snowbound Overlook Hotel. Nearly forty years after The Shining film of 1980 (based on Stephen King’s acclaimed book of 1977) we get the film sequel. So utterly iconic is this carpet, it’s maze of orange, red and brown hexagons are referenced in the opening titles and first scenes of Doctor Sleep, firstly as animated graphics in the opening titles and then in moving image form as we see a recreation of The Shining‘s Danny Torrance navigating the hotel corridors on his tricycle. We didn’t have long to wait to see the Hicks’ Hexagon carpet (as made famous by The Overlook Hotel in Kubrick’s The Shining) in all it’s retro-patterned beauty… Doctor Sleep‘s Danny on his tricycle in the Overlook Hotel corridor – an exact recreation of Kubrick’s The Shining We sat in our plush Screen on The Green cinema seats on the day of release with baited breath (and a glass of whisky served by a guy looking very much like Lloyd the bartender from The Shining) waiting to see our favourite carpet in film. Doctor Sleep review round-up (and how The Shining sequel honours our favourite carpet)ĭoctor Sleep directed by Mike Flanagan hit the big screens last week.

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