The Shining is a horror movie directed by Stanley Kubrick (A Clockwork Orange). Starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall and Danny Lloyd. It’s based on the novel by Stephen King.
A masterpiece of terror.
Plot
Writer Jack Torrance takes a job as a winter caretaker of the Overlook Hotel in the remote Colorado mountains. He moves in, along with his wife Wendy and son Danny, in the hope that the isolation will cure his writer’s block. But as the weather isolates them, Jack descends into madness. And then apparitions from the hotel’s past appear, imploring Jack to kill his family. (Filmaffinity)
Movie Reviews
“Meticulously detailed and never less than fascinating, ‘The Shining’ may be the first movie that ever made its audience jump with a title that simply says ‘Tuesday’.” Janet Maslin: The New York Times
“With everything to work with, director Stanley Kubrick has teamed with jumpy Jack Nicholson to destroy all that was so terrifying about Stephen King’s bestseller” Variety Staff: Variety
Our Opinion
An absolute masterpiece.