The Shining

  • Theatrical - Wide 1980-05-23
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Synopsis

Jack Torrance becomes the caretaker of the Overlook Hotel up in the secluded mountains of Colorado. Jack, being a family man, takes his wife and son to the hotel to keep him company throughout the long and isolated nights. During their... See more stay strange things occur when Jack’s son Danny sees gruesome images powered by a force called “The Shining” and Jack is heavily affected by this. Along with writer’s block and the demons of the hotel haunting him Jack has a complete mental breakdown and the situation takes a sinister turn for the worse.

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The Shining

Review Date: Director: Stanley Kubrick Writer: Stanley Kubrick and Diane Johnson (based on a novel by Stephen King) Producers: Stanley Kubrick Actors: Jack Nicholson as Jack Torrance Shelley Duvall as Wendy Torrance Danny Lloyd as Danny Torrance Scatman Crothers as...

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Review: Room 237 (directed by Rodney Ascher)

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New trailer for Shining documentary Room 237 is bloody good

They’ve really nailed it with this simple trailer for ROOM 237, Rodney Ascher’s documentary about THE SHINING. A clear homage to the Stanley Kubrick horror classic, you must stick with it until the end. The doc has been a festival...
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The Shining sequel Doctor Sleep gets creepy cover art

Fans of Stephen King’s work have been waiting with eager anticipation for The Master’s long awaited sequel to THE SHINING, DOCTOR SLEEP. Described by King himself as “A return to balls-to-the-wall, keep-the-lights-on horror”, DOCTOR SLEEP follows Danny Torrance, now a...
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The Shining’s lost ending is here with us tonight!

When THE SHINING was released on May 23,1980 audiences witnessed a somewhat different cut of the infamous Jack Nicholson film. That’s because the overly obsessed Stanley Kubrick re-cut the film a week after it premiered, removing about two minutes from...
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Cool Horror Gear: The Shining, the board game!

I love this idea, even if I’m not really into board games. THE SHINING was turned into a board game back in 1998, apparently with the assistance of Stephen King himself. And it’s not a board game you go out...
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