It’s said to be a nod to the bloody crime that got the room its reputation. The story goes that a woman by the name of Annalisa was violently murdered by her husband in room 311’s bath—shades ofThe Shining’s room 237—and that she still lingers on the premises. Room 325 (and...
Nearly 60 years after director Robert Wise put Shirley Jackson’s malevolent Hill House on screen for the first time, there’s still room to debate whether the mansion’s effect on its guests is psychological or supernatural. You can never be too sure about anything in “The Haunting,” and...
The 15 most haunted hotels in America offer more than room service and a comfortable bed. Spotting the spirits that wander their halls should be on every thrill-seeking tourist's must-do list. With so many to choose from, you could even plan a Halloween-themed getaway to a haunted destina...
If you think that perhaps I am making this up or exaggerating, well here are the results of the reading I did for my own home (my current home, not the one I grew up in with that unpleasant thug of a big, deep dark shadow presiding over the living-room door): Negative entities: 1...
in northern Colorado. King bunked in room 217 of The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colo., and got the idea to pen what would become the classic horror novel. The hotel concierge claims that King and his wife dropped their bags in the room and came back 45 minutes later to find the ...
as the wacky loose-hand hijinks don’t mesh with the child’s wretched crying.Houseis unable to pick a lane, and this is a recurring problem. Should we see Roger as the one sane man in a world gone mad, or as a troubled individual very steadily beginning to crack under the pressure...
"I worked housekeeping in a chain hotel. "There was one room at the end of the hall where things would happen while you were working on it, and the same two things every time. Sometimes the faucet would start running. Not full blast or anything, but turned on enough to be running ste...
seen through the crack in a door. Before the group can investigate, they (and the camera) see a hulking, gray figure moving towards them from another room. It's only a quick shot, but the visual is terrifying. Needless to say, the kids got out of the mansion as fast as they coul...
Colorado: The Stanley Hotel Stephen Kingstayed at the Stanley Hotelin Estes Park once and came away inspired to writeThe Shining. Ghosts take a liking to the billiard room and bar, and especially Room 217. And don’t forget that weird children’s laughter. ...
she meets up with men in her room, they are fleeting, nameless exchanges: tonight, he is hers, tomorrow he will be someone else’s. The hotel seems to belong only to the protagonist, but we are aware that it is hosting countless other people and happenings. She can feel their shadows....