The Shining

About The Shining

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.

The Shining (1980) is a horror thriller film directed by Stanley Kubrick. At 144 minutes long, it arrived in May 1980.

Jack Nicholson stars as Jack Torrance, Shelley Duvall as Wendy Torrance, Danny Lloyd as Danny, and Scatman Crothers as Hallorann. Written by Diane Johnson and Stanley Kubrick. Production companies include Hawk Films, Peregrine, and The Producer Circle Co.. The film began as a novel.

Members will find alcoholism, loneliness, alcoholic, and child abuse in it.

All of Us Strangers, Misery, and Sinners make useful companions to The Shining, all filed under frightened and isolation. It scores 8.2 out of 10 from 19,664 TMDB voters and it carries a R rating.