15 Stephen King And 'The Shining' References In 'Doctor Sleep'
![15 Stephen King And 'The Shining' References In 'Doctor Sleep'](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/0/7/784307_320x180.jpg)
Stephen King's novel, "Doctor Sleep," is a sequel to his 1977 horror classic, "The Shining." It follows the life of Danny Torrance, the son of Jack Torrance, as he struggles with alcoholism and tries to help a young girl with her own shining abilities. While it can be read as a standalone novel, there are several references to events in "The Shining" that readers may enjoy.
If you're (somehow) not familiar with the work of Stephen King, then you're in for a treat. He's a master of horror and suspense fiction. The good news is that "Doctor Sleep" isn't a horror novel - it's actually a sequel to one of King's most famous novels, "The Shining."
King has sprinkled references to "The Shining" throughout "Doctor Sleep," so fans of that book will definitely want to read it. But even if you've never read either book, don't let that stop you from picking up a copy of "Doctor Sleep." It's an excellent novel on its own!
![easter eggstra meanings and references DOCTOR SLEEP At the end when Danny stalks Abra with an axe, he has the same limp as his father had when he was stalking Wendy and Danny in The Shining. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/1/7/784317.jpg)
![easter eggstra meanings and references DOCTOR SLEEP Danny Lloyd who played little Danny in The Shining has a cameo at the baseball game where he talks to the guy on his right about young Bradley Trevor, the baseball prodigy. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/1/1/784311.jpg)
![easter eggstra meanings and references DOCTOR SLEEP The sound of the True Knot's van. CRACKED.COM Flanagan used the audio of Danny's big wheel tricycle on the hardwood floor and carpet to play over the van going from a paved road off onto gravel](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/2/3/784323.jpg)
![easter eggstra meanings and references DOCTOR SLEEP Rose the Hat stalking Danny up the stairs mirrors the scene where Jack Torrence stalks Wendy in The Shining. This scene also shows Danny mirroring both his parents: As Wendy going backwards, wanting to protect her boy, and as his father holding the axe. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/2/1/784321.jpg)
![easter eggstra meanings and references DOCTOR SLEEP The version of Lloyd the barman/ Jack Torrence never blinks. CRACKED.COM Director Mike Flanagan explained that none of the ghosts blink in Kubrick's movie, SO he made sure to add the same unsettling detail in the scene between Danny and his dad/the barman.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/1/0/784310.jpg)
![easter eggstra meanings and references DOCTOR SLEEP At times, Dan's wardrobe mirrors that of his father in Kubrick's film. Said Flanagan: They were similar but ultimately different. Jack is present in a lot of Dan's wardrobe in his mannerisms at times, but Dan is still his own man. GRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/1/5/784315.jpg)
![easter eggstra meanings and references DOCTOR SLEEP The Dark Tower #1 the CRACKED.COM Flanagan referenced Stephen King's eight-boo series throughout the movie. One can be seen in the background outside the movie theater: A poster of Joe Collins or Dandelo, a stand-up comedian and emotional vampire in the Dark Tower universe.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/2/0/784320.jpg)
![easter eggstra meanings and references DOCTOR SLEEP The Dark Tower TRAN #2 There are busses throughout the small town where Abra and Danny live that bear the name Tet Transit, a nod to the tech company in The Dark Tower universe. GRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/1/8/784318.jpg)
![easter eggstra meanings and references DOCTOR SLEEP Gerald's Game CRACKED.CO In the other Stephen King adaptation Flanagan directed, the main character rips the flesh off her hand trying to get it out of a handcuff. In Doctor Sleep, Rose the Hat does the same when her hand gets slammed shut inside a file cabinet.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/1/6/784316.jpg)
![easter eggstra meanings and references DOCTOR SLEEP The Dark Tower #3 Dick Halloran tells Danny, Ka is a wheel. It's a direct quote from the novels. GRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/1/4/784314.jpg)
![easter eggstra meanings and references DOCTOR SLEEP Dr. John Dalton's office in the hospice is modeled to look similar to Ullman's office at the Overlook Hotel in The Shining. GRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/0/9/784309.jpg)
![easter eggstra meanings and references DOCTOR SLEEP The Dark Tower #4 The young baseball player played by Jacob Trembley wears a jersey with the number 19, a significant number in The Dark Tower series. GRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/1/2/784312.jpg)
![easter eggstra meanings and references DOCTOR SLEEP Room 217 217 CRACKED.COM When Danny works at the hospice, he uses his shine for the first time to help a patient die in peace. The room of the patient is Room 217, and it's the same room where he talks to the spirit of Dick Halloran later on. Room 217 is the room with the woman in the bathtub in Stephen King's novel, The Shining. Stanley Kubrick only changed it to 237 for his movie when the hotel requested they use a different number so that future guests won't be spooked.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/2/2/784322.jpg)
![easter eggstra meanings and references The DOCTOR, SLEEP Stand THE STAND novelby the author of THE SHINING STEPHEN KING At the end of the movie, Dan tells Abra to keep shining on because the world needs people who stand. It's a reference to Stephen King's The Stand, a novel about the fight between good and evil forces. GRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/1/3/784313.jpg)
![easter eggstra meanings and references DOCTOR SLEEP The ending is a nod to how The Shining novel ends. CRACKED.COM Kubrick discarded King's ending in which the boiler room explodes and the Overlook Hotel goes up in flames. Mike Flanagan's inclusion of it in Doctor Sleep was his way of reconciling the two works that came before.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/1/9/784319.jpg)