★ 8.4 1980 USA 146 min

The Shining

“Here's Johnny!”

Directed by Stanley Kubrick

A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future.

Starring
Jack NicholsonShelley DuvallDanny LloydScatman CrothersBarry NelsonPhilip StoneJoe TurkelAnne Jackson
Screenplay — Stanley Kubrick
Based on the novel by — Stephen King
Music — Wendy Carlos
Cinematography — John Alcott

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The Shining

The book behind the film. Sometimes the real horror is in the margins.
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Analytical Psychology
Carl Jung
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The Shining OST
Wendy Carlos
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