Lloyd is a minor posthumous antagonist in the The Shining novel and its film adaptation, and the film adaptation of Doctor Sleep. "It" was a ghostly bartender at the Overlook Hotel. "It" was most likely a bartender before it died also.
Biography[]
The Shining (book)[]
Jack hallucinates him in the Colorado Lounge at the Overlook Hotel. As Jack slips further into insanity, Lloyd serves him 20 martinis—all at once—presumably to get Jack drunk so the hotel can more easily convince him to kill Wendy and Danny.
The Shining (film)[]
Jack found Lloyd in the gold room after he had already begun to succumb to the effects of the malevolent forces governing the hotel. He had forgotten that the building was empty but for he and his family. A recovering alcoholic, Jack somehow know’s Lloyd’s name, orders up a bit of the "hair o' the dog that bit me", which Lloyd gladly accommodates. Lloyd is a man of few words, but kept a keen ear towards Jack's voiced frustrations concerning his wife, Wendy, and young son, Danny. Maintaining a tight smile, Lloyd invokes the old adage, "Women: can't live with them, can't live without them". Suddenly, Wendy comes looking for Jack and Lloyd disappears. She comes down to tell Jack about the Room 237 incident.
After Jack checks Room 237 and tells Wendy, he once again stumbles into the gold room, this time, he is angry. However, the ballroom is full of guests. Jack walks to Lloyd and says that it is a busy night, and Lloyd agrees. Jack asks Lloyd for a drink, and he is obliged. Lloyd is last seen serving drinks to the occupants.
Doctor Sleep (film)[]
When Danny and Abra arrive at the now abandoned hotel, he tells Abra to wait in the car while he wakes up the hotel. Eventually, he stumbles upon the Gold Room where he sees Lloyd, now resembling his father.
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Trivia[]
- Lloyd does not have a counterpart in the 1997 television miniseries.
- Playing the part of Lloyd was actor Joe Turkel's second-to-last film role.
- During the busy season, nobody was aware of Lloyd's presence, but the haunting power of the hotel allowed him to present himself to Jack Torrance.
| Characters | |
| Main | Jack Torrance • Wendy Torrance • Danny Torrance • Stuart Ullman • Dick Hallorann |
| Minor | Albert Shockley • Bill Watson • Delbert Grady • Doctor • Grady Twins • Horace M. Derwent • Jack's Mother • Lorraine Massey • Mark Torrance • Robert Townley Watson • Roger • Suzie • Tony • List of characters in The Shining (book) |
| Doctor Sleep | Abra Stone • Concetta Reynolds • Lucy Stone • Sandy Reynolds |
| Other | Andrew Pomeroy (Misery) |
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