The Shining

Theatrical - Wide 1980-05-23

Cast Jack Nicholson Shelley Duvall Danny Lloyd Scatman Crothers
Directed by Stanley Kubrick
Written by Stanley Kubrick Diane Johnson

Genres: Horror

JoBlo's Rating

10/10

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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Reviews

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The Shining (45th Anniversary IMAX) Review – A Seminal Experience

Posted 5 months ago

The Shining has gotten an incredible 45th anniversary re-release in IMAX theatres, and it's an incredible way to experience it.

The Shining

Posted 27 years ago

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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What happens after the events of The Shining? Stephen King reveals the release date for the sequel

Posted 14 years ago

As some of you may already know, Stephen King has been working on a sequel to his novel, The Shining. The story follows Danny Torrance, who is now 44-years old and living in upstate New York. Danny is, “a hospice...

Warner Bros contemplating a prequel to The Shining

Posted 14 years ago

Stanley Kubrick’s version of THE SHINING may not be Stephen King’s cup of tea, but movie fans love the atmospheric and slow burn of a movie. I watch it every chance I get and it still freaks me out. It...

Making of The Shining

Posted 19 years ago

I have a feeling I’m not alone on this, but haven’t ‘the making of’ documentaries grown tamer and more formulaic in today’s behind-the-scenes world? There was a time when ‘making of’ documentaries were films in their own right, and captured...