The Shining

Cool Videos: The Chickening

Posted 10 years ago

Every once in awhile, when a cool short film passes my desk, I try to make it a point to bring it to you and give you the opportunity to experience something interesting and unique that you otherwise might not...

Top 10 Horror Movie Settings!

Posted 10 years ago

Very few aspects of a horror film are more important than setting. Think about it. This week’s release of THE FOREST is a perfect example of such, as it takes place in the real Japanese location of Aokigahara, known as...

Top 10 Greatest Movie Teasers of All Time

Posted 10 years ago

With almost every trailer released, we lament the mystery and magic of a well made teaser. In fact, most studios these days are content to release teasers for trailers to build anticipation rather than give us a true tease of...

The Shining’s Overlook Hotel recreated with gingerbread

Posted 10 years ago

Movie news is slow to non-existent during the holiday season, but while we wait to hear more about the horror movies that we have to look forward to, we can always take a look back at, and pay tribute to,...

The Test of Time: The Shining (1980)

Posted 10 years ago

We all have certain movies we love. Movies we respect without question because of either tradition, childhood love, or because they’ve always been classics. However, as time keeps ticking, do those classics still hold up? Do they continue to be...

Cool Horror Gear: Exclusive look at Candyman and Shining Cuddle Creeps!

Posted 10 years ago

A few weeks ago we introduced you to the Cuddle Creeps, a new line of adorably scary pillows from Austin-based entertainment blog Strange Kids Club. The first two members of this fluffy clan were Regan from THE EXORCIST and Evil...

Horror Movie News

The hotel that inspired The Shining to open a horror museum

Posted 11 years ago

The Stanley Hotel has become something of a Mecca for horror fans. The hotel that inspired Stephen King to write THE SHINING (also where Mick Garris shot the 1997 mini-series adapation) became the host of the popular Stanley Film Festival in...

Face-Off: The Haunting vs. The Shining

Posted 11 years ago

Guillermo del Toro’s CRIMSON PEAK will be haunting theatre screens this weekend, making this the perfect time to take a look back at a couple of the movies that inspired the fan favorite filmmaker’s foray into the haunted house sub-genre....

Overlook Hotel producer says The Shining prequel is completely its own film

Posted 11 years ago

Last year Warner Bros. hired NEVER LET ME GO and ONE HOUR PHOTO director Mark Romanek to helm its THE SHINING prequel THE OVERLOOK HOTEL, which has given me hope for the project, but I'm still not completely sold on...

The Shining prequel will forge its own path

Posted 11 years ago

The SHINING prequel THE OVERLOOK HOTEL has been trapped in a slow-moving circle of Development Hell for quite some time, but with a script by Glenn Mazzara (The Walking Dead) and director Mark Romanek (ONE HOUR PHOTO) at the helm,...

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