Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 144 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on frights — not a wind-down.
- One of the best-reviewed films Cue holds.
The story
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.
- hotel
- new year's eve
- child abuse
- based on novel or book
- isolation
- telepathy
- delusion
- halloween
- snowstorm
- colorado
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- 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
- Directed
- Stanley Kubrick
- Written
- Diane Johnson, Stanley Kubrick
Production
- Rating
- 8.2 / 10 · 19,220 ratings
- Studio
- Warner Bros. Pictures, Peregrine, Hawk Films, The Producer Circle Co.
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1980 · You’re hereThe Shining
Where it starts.
Doctor Sleep
2019
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
