Story Line
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.
“A masterpiece of modern horror.”
Top Cast
Jack Nicholson
Jack Torrance
Shelley Duvall
Wendy Torrance
Danny Lloyd
Danny
Scatman Crothers
Hallorann
Barry Nelson
Ullman
Philip Stone
Grady
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Rating
8.2/ 10
Release Date
1980-05-23
Runtime
2h 24m
Genres
HorrorThriller
Part of the Series
The Shining Collection
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User Reviews (7)
Andres Gomez
10/10
•11/5/2012A masterpiece. Kubrick chose a perfect cast and uses the timing and music to create a greatly opressing atmosphere.
Nicholson is superb, but Duval and the kid are not less good.
John Chard
8/10
•11/1/2015This rum is red, man!
In spite of author Stephen King not being happy with Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of his novel, The Shining (1980) has proved to be a critical and commercial darling.
It may not be in the spirit that King wanted, but it's ...
JPV852
8/10
•10/5/2019Probably my favorite of the Stephen King adaptations (though not much for many of the others save for a one or two) but not amongst Stanley Kubrick's, watched this one for the first time in many years (maybe a decade) and while I did immensely enjoye...
Manuel São Bento
10/10
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With Doctor Sleep, an almost 40-year sequel to The Shining, being released this week, now it’s the perfect time to revisit one of the greatest horror movies of all-time, as wel...