Goodbye 'Carrie,' Stephen King's Most Faithful Movie Adaptation Is Officially Back on Streaming
Mike Flanagan restored Stephen King's faith in adaptations with his ambitious adaptation of Doctor Sleep
After long years of disliking director Stanley Kubrick's 1977 adaptation of Stephen King's novel The Shining, the original creator has finally come around. King's problems with Kubrick's vision of Jack Torrance and Wendy Torrance, as well as Kubrick's changes to the characters, may have once been strong but have softened in recent times.
This shift can be credited to Mike Flanagan, the director of Doctor Sleep, which is now available for streaming on Paramount Plus. Flanagan, known for his acclaimed Netflix horror series Midnight Mass, was inspired by both Kubrick's The Shining and King's Doctor Sleep novel when creating his own sequel. King's appreciation for the film was evident when he stated that he "liked it a lot," despite the film's box office performance.
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