The Shining
1980
A masterpiece of modern horror.
Directed by Stanley Kubrick
User Rating
Intensity
Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.
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- Director
- Stanley Kubrick
- Written by
- Stephen King, Diane Johnson, Stanley Kubrick
- Produced by
- Stanley Kubrick
- Composers
- Rachel Elkind, Wendy Carlos
- Cinematographer
- John Alcott
- Editor
- Ray Lovejoy
- Origin country
- United States
- Production countries
- United Kingdom, United States
- Runtime
- 2h 24m
- Language
- English
- Rating
- R
- Also known as
- Stanley Kubrick's The Shining
- TMDB
- 8.2/10 (19,292 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 84% Fresh
- Metacritic
- 68/100
- IMDb
- 8.4/10 (1,216,349 votes)
Awards
- NominatedSaturn Award— Best Horror Film(1981)
Cast
Jack Nicholson
Jack Torrance
Shelley Duvall
Wendy Torrance
Danny Lloyd
Danny
Scatman Crothers
Hallorann
Barry Nelson
Ullman
Philip Stone
Grady
Joe Turkel
Lloyd
Anne Jackson
Doctor
Tony Burton
Durkin
Lia Beldam
Young Woman in Bath
Billie Gibson
Old Woman in Bath
Barry Dennen
Watson
David Baxt
Forest Ranger 1
Manning Redwood
Forest Ranger 2
Lisa Burns
Grady Daughter
Louise Burns
Grady Daughter
Robin Pappas
Nurse
Alison Coleridge
Secretary
Crew
Stanley Kubrick
Director
Diane Johnson
Screenplay
Stephen King
Novel
Rachel Elkind
Original Music Composer
Wendy Carlos
Original Music Composer
Béla Bartók
Music
György Ligeti
Music
Krzysztof Penderecki
Music
John Alcott
Director of Photography
Ray Lovejoy
Editor
Roy Walker
Production Design
Jan Harlan
Executive Producer
Keywords
Links
Trailer
Soundtrack
Wendy Carlos, Rachel Elkind
The Shining (Selections from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Features Wendy Carlos, Rachel Elkind
Podcasts
The Evolution of Horror — GHOSTS Pt 6: The Shining (1980)
The Shining Collection
Appears in
Ghosts - The Evolution of Horror Podcast
Isolation Madness
Kim Newman — Nightmare Movies
Rolling Stone: 101 Best Horror Movies of All Time
Slant Magazine: 100 Greatest Horror Films of All Time
Stephen King — Danse Macabre
Time Out: 100 Best Horror Films
Variety: 100 Best Horror Movies of All Time
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