DOCTOR SLEEP

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Strong horror themes and violence

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Doctor Sleep – said to be Stephen King’s Doctor Sleep – is a dramatic American horror film in which Danny and Abra – an adult and teenager with telekinetic abilities respectively – work to stop a tribal group (led by Rose) who travel America torturing children with special abilities as a means of extracting their powers. The film is an adaptation of the sequel to Stephen King's The Shining.

Themes

The film contains multiple sequences with a strong sense of threat and menace in which adults and children are attacked by ghosts and humans with special abilities. During these sequences, a steam-like lifeforce is often depicted being extracted from human hosts through torture. The film also features use of telekinetic abilities and depictions of suicide.

Violence

The film contains multiple sequences in which humans with special powers attack and torture adults and children, as well as shootings with blood detail depicted.

Sex

In one sequence, a man wakes up in bed next to a nude woman, having implicitly had sex the previous night.

Language

The film contains use of the words "f**k", "bitch", "shit", "ass", "damn" and "hell".

Drug use

In one sequence, a woman snorts a line of cocaine.

Nudity

The film contains multiple instances full frontal female nudity in a non-sexual context.

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Classification date

25 October 2019

Year of production

2019

Classification

MA 15+

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Strong horror themes and violence

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