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The Shining
| The Shining (1980) | |
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Rating: 8.4/10 (584,323 votes) Director: Stanley Kubrick Writer: Stephen King (novel), Stanley Kubrick (screenplay), Diane Johnson (screenplay) Stars: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers Runtime: 146 min Rated: R Genre: Drama, Horror Released: 23 May 1980 |
| Plot: A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where an evil and spiritual presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from the past and of the future. | |
The Shining remains the most terrifying film I’ve ever seen. There’s something haunting and demented within these frames, and indeed the production of one of Stanley Kubrick’s masterpieces has been covered in depth. The unending takes, the mind tricks—poor Shelley Duvall. But you can’t deny the fact that Kubrick’s exacting nature paid off, and in the end he crafted an iconic piece of cinematic history; a masterful chronicle of madness. — Adam Chitwood
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