Doctor Sleep: Rose The Hat & The True Knot Explained | Backstory, Powers, Book & Film Differences

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With the release of Doctor Sleep taking us back to the world of The Shining I thought that it was the perfect time to break down the big villain of the piece Rose The Hat and her group of followers: The True Knot.

As chosen by you we’re going to be covering what we know about the group, their abilities and the differences in their depiction from the book and film adaptation.

Now there will be heavy spoilers here so if you haven’t had a chance to check out the movie yet and don’t want anything ruined then I highly recommend that you turn off now.

With that out the way I just wanna give a huge thank you for clicking this video, now let’s get into our breakdown of Rose The Hat and The True Knot!

The True Knot
Ok so the film Doctor Sleep actually spans a great distance of time, beginning just after the events of the Shining in the early 1980s and running all the way up to modern-day. Whilst we primarily focus on Danny Torrence, a strong psychic, there also exists The True Knot, who we also witness operating from 1980 to the present.

We watch as Danny grows older, his life torn apart by Alcoholism whilst the True Knot remain ageless due to the fact that they are able to take the life force, or as they call it ‘steam’ from psychics. The group are basically vampires that live a nomadic lifestyle, moving from state to state in a convoy, preying on the weak and unsuspecting. Because of this, they have attained a certain kind of immortality that keeps them immune to most natural causes though they are able to be killed through more conventional methods.



What Doctor Sleep boils down to and portrays in both it’s protagonist Danny and the antagonist the True Knot is a battle with addiction. Danny, similar to his father is an alcoholic that is neglectful, less caring of others and because of this it leads to the death of an infant after it’s mother overdoses. Danny is really torn apart by this and the guilt that he feels over this act causes him to up sticks and start a new life where he will not allow his demons to take over him.

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A Battle With Addiction
Mirroring this, The True Knot is addicted to steam but unlike Danny, they do not take any responsibility for the pain that they inflict and thus they operate almost with a sense of glee, too causing the deaths of children but reveling it instead of disgust. This is the main conflict of Doctor Sleep and the entire storyline is about Danny trying to protect a child for succumbing to the addiction of others that do not possess the mortality that he does.

There is a pivotal moment in Doctor Sleep for both characters in which they have the choice between their addiction, for Danny it is when he returns to the Overlook Hotel and comes face to face with his father in the Gold Room. Danny is offered a drink and he turns it down, thus putting his demons to rest and going on to do the right thing that has an overall positive outcome.



Juxtaposing this, after the True Knot is wiped out, just leaving Rose by herself, she has the option to let Abra go but her greed and craving for Steam get the better of her and this ultimately leads to her downfall.

The True Knot Mantra
The True Knot themselves are fascinating and they have a long, storied history and way of life that makes them one of the most unique horror creations in all of Stephen King’s back catalogue.

When describing themselves during one of their many rituals throughout the work they state:

‘We are the True Knot and we endure. We are the chosen ones. We are the fortunate ones. What is tied cannot be untied. Here is a woman, will she join us? Will she tie her life to our life? ‘

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