[Dan opens the boxes, releasing the Overlook’s ghosts, who attack and kill Rose]. Lloyd/Jack: I'll pour whatever you like, Mr. Torrance. I saw flies. When I was a kid, I bumped into these things. They died. Medicine is what it is. F**king men! This drink will cost an awful lot.The Bartender: Your money is no good here. Stick your nose inside, and see if there’s a smell. These people, they look like people anyway, they took him. Years following the events of The Shining (1980), a now-adult Dan Torrance must protect a young girl with similar powers from a cult known as The True Knot, who prey on children with powers to remain immortal. Dan Torrance: Man takes a drink, the drink takes a drink, and then the drink takes a man. Boarded up. It’s enough to make a man sick. You don’t know yet what you’d do for more time. Billy Freeman: Change of scenery, or you running away from something? Just like you got some dark. Nobody shines like you. On highways across America, a tribe of people called The True Knot travel in search of sustenance. Like me.– Danny Torrance: You need to listen to me. Just bring her inside. So, their deaths, all of them, just a waste. He’s shining like fire, in the one place, the worst place for someone who shines. Still irrevocably scarred by the trauma he endured as a child at the Overlook, Dan Torrance has fought to find some semblance of peace. Swarm it like mosquitoes, or leeches. [after Dan goes to an AA meeting and meets Dr. John]Dr. John: You go to church?Dan Torrance: Does it matter?Dr. And I tried to comfort her, but I could hardly look at her. I could barely see her eyes. And I want her. A lady. You look better now. I knew you were okay. And he’s okay. But you’re not a child. Pulled you into her mess. I’m sorry. They look harmless; mostly old, lots of polyester, and married to their RVs. Touch it. It’s much worse. For Flanagan, whose projects often center on the lasting effects of generational trauma, it was a natural choice to tackle Doctor Sleep. Original title Doctor Sleep IMDb Rating 7.3 141,010 votes Once, they drove caravans across Eastern Europe. So he asks for one thing, just one thing for him. Some of yours are dead. Rose The Hat: [to Abi] Say yes. And this is the eraser. Let us know what you think in the comments below as we’d love to know. Dan Torrance: Abra, go home. What did Abra say to her mom about her Dan, her dad and her gran in the final scene of the movie? Don’t chase these people. Go on your way. Started soon as you walked through the door. Pulled into other people’s problems. I'm just the bartender. RELATED: Doctor Sleep … Something special, huh?Dan Torrance: They’re not special. Crow Daddy: [to Rose] The world’s not as steamy, and you are looking for a whale. What is tied cannot be untied. [2011; after Rose and Crow Daddy capture Andi]Snakebite Andi: So, you and your friend…Rose The Hat: Mm, not my friend. The lady with the hat. And they hurt people like us. [after the True Knot torture and kill Bradley for his steam and Abra senses the event]Rose The Hat: But I swear, Crow Daddy, I haven’t felt power like that, raw power like that in so long. Together, they form an unlikely alliance to battle the True Knot, a cult … [young Danny sees the spirit of Dick Hallorann]Dick Hallorann: So you ain’t talking, huh, Doc? I guess I’m scared there’s nothing. Only it wasn’t a person, it was a place. They’re mosquitoes landing for blood. [after Dan tells Billy about the True Knot and Abra and he decides to help Dan]Billy Freeman: I got to tell you, Danno, I don’t know whether I hope you’re right or wrong about this. I could almost hear it screaming. Like I said, outcome hasn’t changed. When you needed me? You tracked me down?Abra Stone: It was easier than I thought. You shine on. Billy Freeman: Oh, yeah. You won’t see me again, Doc. You’ve got a darkness in you, dear. So are we doing this or not? If they see you, they come back. Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson and newcomer Kyliegh Curran star in the supernatural thriller, directed by Mike Flanagan, from his own screenplay based upon the novel by Stephen King. But he’s surrounded by mouths, that eat, and scream, and cry, and nag. You’re tired, and I can see that much. But maybe it’s just like you say, just going to sleep. What’s tied can never be untied. It’s dangerous.Dick Hallorann: Reckon it is sometimes. Our actions make us better people.”Ewan McGregor – Dan Torrance, “You can put things from the Overlook away in boxes, but not memories. Uncle Dan. World’s a hungry place. [as she senses Abra in her head]Rose The Hat: Well, hi, there.Abra Stone: Get out! The Bartender: I think you’ve mistaken me for someone else. Find something, anything. We go on. She’ll come back, and come back, until she gets me.Dick Hallorann: You’re right. Abra Stone: How many of us are out there?Dan Torrance: There’s a lot of people who have a little bit of shine, they don’t even know it. She just lay there dying, with her son who couldn’t look at her. [talks to Danny through his mind]Dick Hallorann: Made you feel good, right? And then, well, you accept the things you cannot change. And a family. I know that look. Well, almost anything, to stop that shine of yours. Doctor Sleep (Downloadable Audiobook) : King, Stephen, 1947- : After decades as an itinerant alcoholic, middle-aged Dan Torrance uses his remnant powers to assist the dying before coming to the aid of a twelve-year-old girl being tortured by a tribe of murderous paranormals. [last lines; interrupts Abra talking to Dan’s spirit]Lucy Stone: Who are you talking to?Abra Stone: No one. Let things unfold as they’re meant to. Someone did that for me too. I don’t think there is such a place anyway. Bona fide cure-all. We all got both.Young Danny: It’s not done with me. Abra, you need to run.Abra Stone: No. First appearing in the novel, he appears in the film, miniseries, and opera versions, before making his final appearance in the novel Doctor Sleep. Dan Torrance: Why are you here?Dick Hallorann: I’m here because it all comes around. To warm him up, to take the sting out of those days of the mouths, eating, and eating, and eating everything he makes, everything he has. So, you in that damn hotel, you was like a million-watt battery all plugged in. I hope I’m… New face is all. It’ll cost me eight years. And for what? Don’t shine. I mean, what would you do? The Bartender : I'll pour whatever you like, mister Torrance. Think about the rest of your life. [Eight years later; Dan is now sober and continues his work at the hospice, helping patients who are about to die]Charlie: I’m not scared of hell, Doc. This only ends if we end it, and I don’t think we can beat her. Daniel "Doc" Anthony Torrance is a fictional character that first appears in the 1977 novel The Shining by Stephen King as a child with psychic powers called "the shining". There was nothing before. A dark place. I always wear this hat. [referring to Rose]Dan Torrance: She’s going to keep coming.Abra Stone: I know.Dan Torrance: Always. “I thought if we were going back to the [Overlook Hotel], the possibility of Dan Torrance and Jack Torrance having a conversation over a drink was irresistible, and that was one of the things I said to Stephen King, actually, that made him agree to let us proceed with this at all.” You can’t let them.Dan Torrance: Why me?Dick Hallorann: Because she found you. Dan Torrance: Yeah.Billy Freeman: Change of scenery, or you running away from something? Elderly Patient: Doc, I am so scared it’s going to hurt, or be dark, or be nothing at all. John: Do you believe in something? Read only after you've seen the movie!Based on the novel by Stephen King, and functioning … We’re related in other ways. And in those last weeks, she was covered. Would she tie her life to our life? Finally, true, restful sleep.Elderly Patient: Oh, thank you. I see my wife. Dirty. I’m just a bartender.Dan Torrance: Oh, yeah? Still irrevocably scarred by the trauma he endured as a child at the Overlook, Danny has fought to find some semblance of peace. Outcome didn’t change, though. [to Abra, as Dan and Abra are trying to trap Rose in an imaginary box using the Overlook’s hedge maze]Rose The Hat: You know, you remind me of myself. Too well, I’m sorry to say. That’s Dan Torrance, and you don’t know him.Dan Torrance: [possessed] Dan Torrance. Let me go get you some…Elderly Patient: No, no, no. They are the real ghosts. You won’t scare me. At least one of them did. But I was wrong. I don’t know much else, but I know that we don’t end. The outcome didn’t change. So much, it’s a part of my name now. I can really see it now. Our actions make us better people.' Dan drifts for decades, b… But I didn’t shine like you. But we haven’t been eating well. Doctor Sleep (DVD) : Dan Torrance remains traumatized by the sinister events that occurred at the Overlook Hotel when he was a child, spending his days self-medicating away the 'shine' with alcohol. A dark place. [after Dan decides to help Abra; referring to Overlook]Dan Torrance: When I was a kid, younger than you, I bumped into something like these things that ate like they do. Black flies. A waste you brought on to us all, young lady. Young Danny: She found me. They eat screams, and drink pain, and they’ve noticed that little girl. If you’re right though.Dan Torrance: I know. Oh, it’s okay, honey. Get out of my head! We’re all dying. I don’t know about magic. Unless they’re looking for work. [after a possessed Dan pursues Abra to Room 237]Dan Torrance: Abra, you’ve been very, very bad.Abra Stone: You’re not Uncle Dan. Guess I’m running away from myself, I guess.Billy Freeman: Oh, yeah. You’re older now. [as she’s about to shoot, Billy shoots her]. The Bartender : I think you've mistaken me for someone else. So what if there’s nothing after?Dan Torrance: We don’t end, Charlie. And we do, most of us. You know that. [referring to the True Knot]Abra Stone: I want to find them, stop them, because I think they’ve done this to a lot of other kids too. I hope I’m… New face is all.Dan Torrance: Yeah. Not totally. Man just living his life, trying to do his work. [referring to the True Knot]Dick Hallorann: These empty devils ever found you when you was a tyke, if they’d even sniffed you, you’d be long dead. Dan Torrance: Well, if it’s dangerous for people like us, I expect it’s dangerous for people like her. I lived a decent life. [after Dan has a nightmare he goes to Billy for help]Dan Torrance: Uh, you said that you knew my look. [Lucy turns to leave the room]Abra Stone: That’s not true. Stands to reason. [Dan strikes the axe in his hand at Rose, which hits her shoulder], [as Rose is overpowering Dan and begins consuming his steam]Rose The Hat: You’re not alone in there. Won’t stop with her either.Young Danny: Pictures in a book. Can’t do nothing about that. Danny. Think on that a minute. I’m not going anywhere without you. It seems to me you grew up fine, son, but you still owe a debt. Easiest thing in the world to do, son. For this little girl, who started all this trouble?Dan Torrance: What would management have me do about that?The Bartender: Nothing. Known it was coming. I mean, there’s nothing scary. I told you when I first met you, I told you that you should hide. Those mouths eat time. Dan Torrance: Yeah. You just walked on into my kitchen one day, and I’m still on the hook. And back then, I saw when someone was going to die. They’re starving old ghosts, and they’re reaching out for you. They eat your days on Earth. Bona fide cure-all. [speaking in multiple voices] Dan Torrance: Who else would I be?Abra Stone: You’re the hotel. Crow Daddy: Because a steam head is dangerous. And then I will find you, and you will scream for years until you die.Abra Stone: We’ll see who does the screaming.Rose The Hat: Oh, we’ll see indeed. Eight behind me, and who knows how many in front of me. They are the real ghosts. [Abra visits Dan in person and she starts speaking to him through her mind]Abra Stone: You can hear me.Dan Torrance: Let’s use our outside voices, alright? So, I have to do something, right?Dan Torrance: But why did you come here? Let me get you someone.Elderly Patient: No. But, you know, I can work with that.