The Shining

1980

Action / Drama / Horror

500
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 93% · 111 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 93% · 250K ratings
IMDb Rating 8.4/10 10 1210056 1.2M

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Plot 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.

Director

Stanley Kubrick Photo
Stanley Kubrick

Top cast

Philip Stone Photo
Philip Stone as Delbert Grady
Aileen Lewis Photo
Aileen Lewis as Woman in Overlook Hotel Lobby
Burnell Tucker Photo
Burnell Tucker as Policeman
Joe Turkel Photo
Joe Turkel as Lloyd the Bartender
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650.01 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
2 hr 26 min
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1.92 GB
1920*1072
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
2 hr 26 min
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6.77 GB
3840*2160
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
2 hr 26 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by richardchatten 9 / 10

Cabin Fever

Stephen King was so horrified at what Stanley Kubrick did to his 1977 novel he felt it necessary to later write his own alternative version for TV. Dismissed at the time as an anticlimax the pendulum of history quickly swung in the opposite direction, where it remains today.Seldom commented upon is the obvious influence on Kubrick of 'Last Year in Marienbad' - already apparent in '2001' - with its endless tracks through an enormous soulless hotel in the middle of nowhere to the accompaniment of a glacial music score, within which Kubrick stages at least two moments worthy of his name for which the film has been carefully preparing us for over an hour: the discovery by Shelly Duvall exactly what her husband (played by Jack Nicholson as if he's auditioning for the role of Richard III) has been labouring on since his arrival and that she and her son are trapped in the middle of nowhere completely at the mercy of a maniac, and the final track into the photograph of Nicholson among the revellers on July 4th 1921 which is quite an ending but - like so much else in the film - to which there is probably far less than meets the eye.
Reviewed by Counterparts42 9 / 10

Amazing Watch!

One of those films that is a classic for a reason.It's been on my list of movies to watch forever and a day and I finally got to it in 2023.This is an experience, masterfully shot and some of the most intense and engaging performances I have ever seen.Nicholson and Duvall have a complex chemistry that works at so many levels, which is essential to the make up of this story and anchors the first class direction.This is cinematically spectacular, the sets and the the design of this film is isolating, terrifying and captivatingly beautiful all at the same time.Worth all of the accolades and hype, even at 43 years old this film delivers in spades.
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