The Shining

May 22, 1980 R 2h 24m

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 r...

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9 / 10 Verdict: Great
Avg. Rating: 9 # of Ratings: 14 # of Reviews: 3

Overall Rating

9 / 10 Verdict: Great
Avg. Rating: 9 # of Ratings: 14 # of Reviews: 3

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Director: Stanley Kubrick

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  • The Shining is one of the most iconic psychological horror films of all time. Some even regard it as the scariest film of all time. Is it? It's definitely up there with the best. The plot involves a family looking after a hotel during the winter s... Read the full review »
  • WHAT I LIKED: Seemingly obsessed with making films that mostly serve as commentaries on the human condition and its societies, Stanley Kubrick is generally a very theatrical, comedic and thematic filmmaker, so you may think he's a far cry from the... Read the full review »
  • This in my opinion, is the greatest horror movie of all time. Instead of just having a slasher film with a natural born killer, The Shining shows a man's descent into pure insanity. This movie is so simple but so complicated, with a lot of symboli... Read the full review »

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