The Shining

The ShiningThe Shining

Film • May 23, 1980

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.

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Status
Released
Release
May 23, 1980 (46 years ago)
Alias
Stanley Kubrick's The Shining
Language
English
Runtime
2h 24m
Rating
R
Origin
United Kingdom, United States
Genres
Supernatural & Paranormal, Psychological horror, Holiday Horror
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alcoholicalcoholismambiguousavant gardebased on novel or bookblizzardbloody body of childcaretakerchild abusecoloradocomfortingdeal with the devildelusiondisturbeddomestic violencedrearyextrasensory perceptionfrightenedghost childhalloweenhaunted hotelhotelhypothermiaidentical twinsisolationlabyrinthlonelinessmother son relationshipmotherhoodmutilationnew yearnew year's evenew year's partynuclear familypediatricianpostmodernpremonitionpsychic powerpsychological disintegrationpsychological dramapsychological horrorpsychological thrillerpsychotronic filmrepetitionseclusionsnowsnowstormsubjectivesupernatural dramasupernatural horrorsupernatural powersurrealismtelepathythrillertwinsuxoricidevisionwriterwriter's block
Companies
Hawk Films, Peregrine, The Producer Circle Co., Warner Bros. Pictures

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