The Shining (Main Title)Written by Wendy Carlos and Rachel ElkindPerformed by Wendy Carlos and Rachel ElkindBased on "Dream of a Witches' Sabbath"From Symphonie Fantastique by Hector Berlioz (traditional requiem "Dies Irae") User reviews2.3K Review Featured review9/10 Horror classic that newer f...
The Shining: With Rebecca De Mornay, Steven Weber, Wil Horneff, Courtland Mead. A recovering alcoholic must wrestle with demons within and without when he and his family move into a haunted hotel as caretakers.
The Shining: With Rebecca De Mornay, Steven Weber, Wil Horneff, Courtland Mead. A recovering alcoholic must wrestle with demons within and without when he and his family move into a haunted hotel as caretakers.
The Shining movie information, reviews, trailers. A man and his family head to a isolated hotel to "house sit." As the loneliness sets in, the …
Despite King’s disapproval and mixed critical reviews, Kubrick’sThe Shiningperformed relatively well at the box office, grossing about $44 million in theUnited States. Today, Kubrick’s film is considered a cinematic classic. It is widely regarded as one of the scariest and most influentialhor...
One can easily see why this thrill-less thriller languished on the infamous Weinstein shelf for two years; assembled from spare parts from The Shining, The Amityville Horror, and just about any other haunted house yarn one can name, this tale of an American family dealing with various ...
First edition of The Shining (1977) The Shiningtells of supernatural forces putting pressure on an already fractured family. Jack Torrance takes the winter caretaking gig at The Overlook hotel knowing full well that he and his wife and child will be completely isolated up there once the snows ...
the lonely and strangely claustrophobic mountain road is the first of many labyrinthine constructs the film forces the Torrence family into. Here Kubrick introduces the viewer to an uncharacteristic form of horror: the domestic kind. When stripped of its supernatural elements,The Shiningis an all too...
time. Unlike previous Kubrick films, which developed an audience gradually by building on word-of-mouth,The Shiningwas released as a mass-market film. Film critics, film students, and Kubrick's producer, Jan Harlan, have all remarked on the enormous influence the film has had on popular ...
With “The Shining”, we find Kubrick at his most “fun”. Unlike everything else he ever made, “The Shining” was supposed to be a crowd pleaser and a hit. Kubrick doesn’t dumb it down or anything, but he’s not actively trying to appeal only to film connoisseurs either. If any...