The Shining (1980)

He came as the caretaker, but this hotel had its own guardians - who'd been there a long time

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Release Date: May 22, 1980
Rated: R | Runtime: 144 Mins | Language: English
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Stars: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers, Barry Nelson, Philip Stone, Joe Turkel

Summary

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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What to Expect

The Shining was directed by Stanley Kubrick and stars Jack Nicholson (from Wolf), Shelley Duvall (from The 4th Floor) and Danny Lloyd. It’s about a man who brings his family to a haunted hotel while working as its winter caretaker. I can objectively tell you this movie kicks ass and blows every other consideration out of its realm. Not because it’s a good Stephen King adaptation, but because it’s a Stanley Kubrick film.

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Critic Reviews:

While The Shining has plenty of individual moments that jump off the screen, it lacks many of the dark corners and manufactured jump scares that blend so nicely into even the highest-concept horror.

– /Film

The Shining is a long movie, clocking in at almost 2 1/2 hours. Despite its deliberate pacing, it moves quickly, in large part because of the extraordinary way that Kubrick builds and deepens the sense of dread.

– Reelviews

This is Kubrick and Nicholson at their best. Sure, their filmographies rank as two of the most impressive in recent decades, but here they are unrelentingly over the top.

– Classic-Horror.com