History Film / DoctorSleep

** Considering [[spoiler: Dan and Bill killed most of the True Knot this way with no problem or effort, it's quite jarring Dan didn't even try to do this with Rose, but instead set up an elaborate and very risky trap]].

** Snakebite Andi is stripped of her backstory of having been repeatedly molested by her father, thus making her come off as a far more spiteful and despicable character. Her repeated line of, "Fucking men," does imply some kind of abuse in her history, though, and she did lure a man who enjoys underage girls as a form of retribution against their type.

* DarkerAndEdgier: The film is far more graphic and violent than both the book and the first book's film adaptation that it follows. Also, the film starts off bleaker as Jack Torrance has become a resident/slave of the Overlook and the hotel has remained standing albeit abandoned. Hallorann is here to advise Danny but he's [[spoiler: a SpiritAdvisor from the start]] in this adaptation. During the final showdown with Rose, Danny and Abra don't have Jack to help in the fight, and Danny must resort to more desperate measures by [[spoiler:releasing the Overlook's ghosts from his mind prison, which opens him up to possession after Rose is dealt with. To top it all off, Danny gives his life to ensure that the Overlook goes up in flames. Abra having him around as a SpiritAdvisor is the main consolation.]]

* DarkerAndEdgier: The film is far more graphic and violent than both the book and the first book's film adaptation that it follows. Also, the film starts off bleaker as Jack Torrance has become a resident/slave of the Overlook and the hotel has remained standing albeit abandoned. Hallorann is here to advise Danny but he's [[spoiler: a SpiritAdvisor from the start]] in this adaptation. During the final showdown with Rose, Danny and Abra don't have Jack to help in the fight, and Danny must resort to more desperate measures by [[spoiler:releasing the Overlook's ghosts from his mind prison, which opens him up to possession after Rose is dealt with. To top it all off, Danny gives his life to ensure that the Overlook goes up in flames and Abra having him as a SpiritAdvisor is the main consolation.]]

* DarkerAndEdgier: The film is far more graphic and violent than both the book and the first book's film adaptation that it follows. Also, the film starts off bleaker as Jack Torrance has become a resident/slave of the Overlook and the hotel has remained standing albeit abandoned. Hallorann is here to advise Danny but he's [[spoiler: a SpiritAdvisor from the start]] in this adaptation. During the final showdown with Rose, Danny and Abra don't have Jack to help in the fight, and Danny must resort to more desperate measures by [[spoiler:releasing the Overlook's ghosts from his mind prison, which opens him up to possession after Rose is dealt with.]]

** When Abra traps Rose the Hat's hand in a drawer in her mind, Rose is forced to [[spoiler:nearly tear all the skin off of her hand]] in order to escape. Director Creator/MikeFlanagan's last film, ''Film/GeraldsGame'' (which was also a Creator/StephenKing adaptation), also featured a woman who had to do the exact same thing to escape her predicament.

** The film's opening scene where Rose the Hat is able to lure in the little girl Violet with pretty flowers before she and the rest of the True Knot devour her is one to the famous lakeside scene in ''Film/{{Frankenstein}}'', where Frankenstein's Monster befriends a little girl with flowers before (accidentally) drowning her in the lake.

* ManipulativeBastard: The Overlook Hotel, as ever. As it had done with his father, the hotel attempts to exploit Dan's alcoholism and self-hatred in order to possess him. [[spoiler:After Danny releases the ghosts from his mind prison to defeat Rose, the hotel resorts to overwhelming force instead.]]

* DarkerAndEdgier: The film is far more graphic and violent than both the book and the first book's film adaptation that it follows. Also, the film starts off bleaker as Jack Torrance has become a resident/slave of the Overlook and the hotel has remained standing albeit abandoned. Hallorann is here to advise Danny but he's [[spoiler: a SpiritAdvisor from the start]] in this adaptation. During the final showdown with Rose, Danny and Abra don't have Jack Torrance to help in the fight, and Danny must resort to more desperate measures by [[spoiler:setting loose from his mind prison, the ghosts of The Overlook to overwhelm Rose, which opens up Danny to possession afterwards.]]

** Possibly averted with [[spoiler: Jack (if that is really his spirit at the Overlook Hotel). When Danny tells him about Wendy's death, he shows no concern or sorrow over the news and instead continues to try and tempt Danny into drinking. Danny even calls him out for this.]]

* HistoryRepeats: The Shining ends with Jack Torrence chasing his son around the Overlook Hotel with an axe and an injured leg. [[spoiler:Doctor Sleep ends with a possessed Dan Torrence chasing his "niece" Abra around the hotel with a wounded leg as well, though he is able to briefly snap out of it long enough to beg her to run away and leave the hotel.]]

* LogoJoke: In an {{Homage}} to the original film and tying in to the prologue set in 1980, the film uses the Creator/WarnerBros shield from that era.

* DarkerAndEdgier: The film is far more graphic and violent than both the book and the first book's film adaptation that it follows. Also, the film starts of bleaker as Jack Torrance became a resident of the Overlook and the hotel was left standing and abandoned. Hallorann is here to advise Danny but he's [[spoiler: a SpiritAdvisor from the start]] in this adaptation. During the final showdown with Rose, Danny and Abra don't have Jack Torrance to help in the fight, and Danny must resort to more desperate measures by [[spoiler:setting loose from his mind prison, the ghosts of The Overlook to overwhelm Rose, which opens up Danny to possession afterwards.]]