Doctor Sleep is streaming now on Netflix, and it’s never been more relevant

It: Welcome to Derry makes one thing clear: Dick Halloran is way more important than his humble role in The Shining suggests. While the Overlook Hotel’s head chef may serve as a violent punchline in Stanley Kubrick’s movie, where he’s played by Scatman Crothers, Stephen King always had bigger ambitions for the character, writing him into other stories like It and his The Shining sequel, Doctor Sleep.