In a scene mirroring those at the end of The Shining, Dan hunts Abra with an axe. But the nightmare is far from over, as Doctor Sleep‘s true ending reveals itself.ĭan, who probably knew that his return to the Overlook would also mean his doom, becomes possessed by the hotel. The heroes are only able to defeat Rose when Dan unleashes the hungry ghosts of the Overlook, who feed on Rose. But just when Abra has Rose on the ropes, the villain is able to break free from the psychic trap and unleashes her wrath on Dan and Abra. It’s clearly a moment of fan service, as Abra gains the upper hand, using a knife to wound Rose. Here we get to see Rose chase after Abra as Jack once chased Dan.
The duo lures Rose into the Colorado Room, where they trap her inside Abra’s mind - which takes the form of the Overlook’s infamous hedge maze. Things only get worse when Rose arrives, although at first it seems Dan and Abra are going to score an easy win. Needless to say, this is a far cry from King’s original intention for the ghost of Jack Torrance. Not only is Thomas able to capture the manic eyes of Jack Nicholson as Jack Torrance but also perfectly embodies the creepy stoicness of Lloyd, who appears friendly at first before showing his true face as another hungry spirit preying on Dan. This scene is haunting for more reasons than one. Unsurprisingly, Lloyd welcomes Dan into the revived Gold Room and offers him a drink. This is Jack taking the form of Lloyd, the Overlook bartender, played brilliantly by Henry Thomas ( The Haunting of Hill House). Dan does reunite with the spirit of his father in the movie, but this isn’t the Jack Torrance we know from The Shining. Not only is the Overlook Hotel still standing in this version of Doctor Sleep - following up on the ending of Kubrick’s movie - but Jack is anything but a friendly ghost in the final act. Obviously, Mike Flanagan’s movie takes a few liberties with this ending.
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Dan and Abra take on Rose in a big psychic battle, and are ultimately able to defeat and kill her with the help of none other than Jack Torrance, now somehow sort of a benevolent ghost… Dan unleashes the diseased “steam” of Concetta Reynolds, Abra’s great-grandmother, on the members of the True Knot, killing most of them, while the spirit of dead Overlook owner Horace Derwent finishes off Rose’s last acolyte, Silent Sarey (who is long dead in the movie by this point). They confront Rose and the remaining members of her True Knot. The Doctor Sleep novel features a similar ending that sees Dan, Abra, and Billy (still alive in the book) drive down to the abandoned site where the Overlook once stood (it blew up at the end of The Shining novel).
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