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Doctor Sleep A Novel

Stephen King

Now a major motion picture starring Ewan McGregor!

Podcasts 3
Quotes 14
Small Town Murder

The book describes the ritual of killing someone and then sucking out their last breath to gain magical powers.

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you have to take that's how you gain their power in order to obtain her magical powers you're a witch but if you want magical powers you have to kill someone suck out their last breath then your magic

— Episode: #473 - Flying Vampire Tinder Date - Wilb...

Episode: #473 - Flying Vampire Tinder Date - Wilber, Nebras...

The book describes the ritual of killing someone and then sucking out their last breath to gain magical powers.

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you have to take that's how you gain their power in order to obtain her magical powers you're a witch but if you want magical powers you have to kill someone suck out their last breath then your magic

The Bald and the Beautiful with Trixie and Katya

The speakers discussed the movie adaptation extensively, focusing on its violence, particularly scenes involving child torture, and Rebecca Ferguson's performance.

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I think Dr. Sleep is good enough that if you watch The Shining, you then have to watch one and two.

— Episode: Sniffin' for Coq Au Vin with Trixie and...

Episode: Sniffin' for Coq Au Vin with Trixie and Katya

The speakers discussed the movie adaptation extensively, focusing on its violence, particularly scenes involving child torture, and Rebecca Ferguson's performance.

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I think Dr. Sleep is good enough that if you watch The Shining, you then have to watch one and two.

And that old woman in the... Whoa. Yeah, in the bathtub. We see the woman in the bathtub a lot in Dr. Sleep. A lot. Yeah. And she's so scary. So scary. Smiling. Yeah. That's the thing.

Rebecca Ferguson, who plays the main villain in Dr. Sleep, the woman. Oh, who plays... Rose the Hat. Oh my God. Gorge. Gorge. Is that okay to say? Of course.

Dr. Sleep, they're not scared to kill and torture kids. No child left behind alive. And as somebody who hates kids, I watch a scene and I'm like, all night long.

That's Superman. Superman. That is so good. And the part where he's dead and they're punching his body to get more steam out. To get more juice. Mong diving, mama. That's the Mong. That's the Mong.

She needed to, the tall guy needed to jump off the van and then bop that last little juice in her mouth. It's crazy. That movie was so good. And you know how I'll scoot on that movie? That little girl who plays Abra.

Is she the one who gets turned? No, she's fierce. Snake, but Andy. She's fierce. Who's Abra? But the little girl. Oh yeah, the main girl. Yeah, Abra. So good. She's great. Young actress. And I'm like, she is so good. And then there's that fucking...

In the book, which I know people hate about what happens in a book, but the parents are having separate dreams of a baby crying. And one of them is having a dream of a baby with the word, I think it's nine. And the other baby is having a shirt that says 11. And in the dream, the baby predicts 9-11. I was just going to joke. No, no, no. The baby predicts 9-11 in the book. This is before 2001.

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

It was described as a sequel to 'The Shining', and it was praised for incorporating elements of the original and following Danny's story.

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Have you guys seen that movie or read the book Doctor Sleep?

— Episode: Strange News: Long-term US Official Expo...

Episode: Strange News: Long-term US Official Exposed as Cub...

It was described as a sequel to 'The Shining', and it was praised for incorporating elements of the original and following Danny's story.

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Have you guys seen that movie or read the book Doctor Sleep?

It's sort of, I guess, a sequel to The Shining. I just love it. It's sort of, I guess, a sequel to The Shining. I think it's one of Stephen King's better latter-day books.

And he does a good job of incorporating a lot of the things about The Shining. And it's nice to see where Danny ends up and he ends up a lot like Jack.

Episode: Strange News: Long-term US Official Exposed as Cub...

It was mentioned as a sequel to "The Shining" and described as one of Stephen King's better later books, incorporating elements of the original story and the film adaptation.

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Have you guys seen that movie or read the book Doctor Sleep?

It's sort of, I guess, a sequel to The Shining. I think it's one of Stephen King's better latter day books.

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