The Shining
1980 · 144 MIN · HORROR / THRILLER
STAFF RATING:★★★★★5.0 / 5
TMDB:8.2 (18,926 votes)
Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.
DIRECTED BY:Stanley Kubrick
WRITTEN BY:Diane Johnson, Stanley Kubrick, Stephen King
STARRING:Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers, Barry Nelson
STUDIO:Hawk Films, Peregrine, The Producer Circle Co.
shelf notes: alcoholic · alcoholism · ambiguous · avant garde · based on novel or book · blizzard · bloody body of child · caretaker · child abuse · colorado · deal with the devil · delusion · disturbed · domestic violence
THE GUIDED PATH CONTINUES
this is the defining tape of the Hauntings aisle. liked it? the blue tapes pick up where it leaves off.
splits into: Haunted Houses / Haunted People
splits into: Elevated/Metaphoric / Folk
splits into: Curses / Found Footage