Between King and Kubrick, it was a tightrope

Ewan McGregor (above) stars as Danny Torrance in the psychological horror fantasy Doctor Sleep, the follow-up to Stanley Kubrick's The Shining (1980). Both films are based on Stephen King's novels. PHOTO: WARNER BROS
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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on November 07, 2019, with the headline Between King and Kubrick, it was a tightrope. Subscribe