The Shining
1980 · TMDB 8.2
Directed by Stanley Kubrick
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.
Why it matters
A family isolated in a snowbound hotel descends into madness as supernatural forces exploit their weaknesses. Kubrick's horror masterpiece uses the Overlook as a pressure cooker.
- Runtime
- 144 min
- Released
- 1980-05-23
- Studio
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- TMDB score
- 8.2
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A family isolated in a snowbound hotel descends into madness as supernatural forces exploit their weaknesses. Kubrick's horror masterpiece uses the Overlook as a pressure cooker.
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A family becomes the winter caretakers of an isolated hotel, where corridors shift and the past bleeds into the present. The Overlook Hotel is a liminal space of memory and madness.
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