THE SHINING

Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) becomes a winter caretaker at the isolated Overlook Hotel in Colorado, hoping to cure his writer's block. He settles in with his wife, Wendy (Shelley Duvall), and his son, Danny (Danny Lloyd), who is plagued by psychic premonitions. As Jack's writing goes nowhere and Danny's visions become more disturbing, Jack discovers the hotel's dark secrets and begins to unravel into a homicidal maniac hell-bent terrorizing his family.

• Rating: R


• Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller


• Original Language: English


• Director: Stanley Kubrick


• Producer: Robert Fryer, Stanley Kubrick


• Writer: Stephen King, Stanley Kubrick, Diane Johnson


• Release Date (Theaters): May 23, 1980, Wide


• Runtime: 2h 22m


• Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures