Stephen King Announces Sequel To ‘The Shining’

Since the early 70s, Stephen King has been instilling nightmares in us with a large array of creepy novels such as Carrie (1974), IT (1986), and Misery (1987), many of which were adapted for the silver screen. One such novel was The Shining (1977), whose 1980 film adaptation was directed and produced by Stanley Kubrick and starred Jack Nicholson along with some really creepy twins. 

Now, over 30 years later, King has revealed the release date for Doctor Sleep, the sequel to The Shining. It is set to come out this time next year, so we’ve got some waiting to do.  The storyline of Doctor Sleep follows Danny Torrance, the son of killer Jack from the original, as he continues life in adulthood. According to io9:

“Danny is a hospice worker who uses his powers to help ill patients to pass away without pain. Unfortunately, he runs afoul of a gang of wandering psychic vampires who feed on people’s energy.”

Should be interesting…

Here’s a video of King reading a chapter of Doctor Sleep: