MovieHorrorThriller

The Shining

Name: The Shining
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Released: 1980-05-23
Duration: 2 h 24 min

1980 · 2h 24m · R · English · United Kingdom

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.

8.2

24.7285% popularity

At a glance

Details

Director: Stanley Kubrick
Writers: Diane Johnson, Stanley Kubrick
Release date: May 23, 1980
Runtime: 2h 24m
Original language: English
Production countries: United Kingdom, United States of America
Production companies: Warner Bros. Pictures, Peregrine, Hawk Films, The Producer Circle Co.
Certification: R
Budget: $19,000,000
Revenue: $50,312,025

Where to watch

Streaming availability has not been added yet.

Keywords

hotelchild abusebased on novel or bookisolationtelepathydelusionsnowstormcoloradoseclusionsurrealismwriter's blockalcoholismpremonitionpsychic powercaretakerlonelinessvisiondomestic violencepostmodernpsychological thrillerwritertwinslabyrinthalcoholicblizzardextrasensory perceptionmotherhoodhaunted hotelpsychological disintegrationdisturbedmother son relationshipsupernatural powersupernatural horrorghost childdrearynuclear familyavant gardeidentical twinsambiguousfrightenedsubjective

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

Burnell Tucker

Policeman

Jana Shelden

Stewardess

Kate Phelps

Receptionist

Norman Gay

Injured Guest

Paul Desbois

Hotel Porter (uncredited)

Vivian Kubrick

Smoking Guest on Ballroom Couch (uncredited)

Derek Lyons

Hotel Bellhop (uncredited)

Media

Reviews & ratings

8.2

0 community reviews

Similar to The Shining

View all

Doctor Sleep

2019 · 7.1

1408

2007 · 6.7

Burnt Offerings

1976 · 6.5

The Fury

1978 · 6.3

Hokum

2026 · 6.9

Raising Cain

1992 · 6.0

Eli

2019 · 6.0

Spider

2002 · 6.7