Stephen King has established his reputation as the maestro of horror. With 88 volumes to his credit and counting, the author’s ability to get into the human brain and find what scares us the most has become uncanny — and Hollywood has long been aware of it. Since 1976’s Carrie, more than 40 films based on King’s works have been released, not including sequels. We’ve already seen remakes of Pet Sematary, It: Chapter II, and Doctor Sleep in 2019. (aka the cinematic follow-up to The Shining).
Stanley Kubrick produced and directed The Shining in 1980, and co-wrote the screenplay with novelist Diane Johnson. The film stars Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Scatman Crothers, and Danny Lloyd and is based on Stephen King’s 1977 novel of the same name. Jack Torrance (Nicholson) is the principal character of the film, an aspiring writer and recovering alcoholic who accepts a job as the off-season caretaker of the remote old Overlook Hotel in the Colorado Rockies.
The film was nearly entirely shot at EMI Elstree Studios, with sets based on real-life places. Kubrick frequently worked with a small crew, allowing him to shoot multiple takes, sometimes to the detriment of the performers and crew.
Warner Bros. released the film in the United States on May 23, 1980, and in the United Kingdom on October 2, 1980. There were multiple theatrical versions, each of which was chopped slightly shorter than the one before it; in total, around 27 minutes were eliminated. Stephen King has established his reputation as the maestro of horror. With 88 volumes to his credit and counting, the author’s ability to get into the human brain and find what scares us the most has become uncanny — and Hollywood has long been aware of it. Since 1976’s Carrie, more than 40 films based on King’s works have been released, not including sequels. We’ve already seen remakes of Pet Sematary, It: Chapter II, and Doctor Sleep in 2019. (aka the cinematic follow-up to The Shining).
Stanley Kubrick produced and directed The Shining in 1980, and co-wrote the screenplay with novelist Diane Johnson. The film stars Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Scatman Crothers, and Danny Lloyd and is based on Stephen King’s 1977 novel of the same name.
Jack Torrance (Nicholson) is the principal character of the film, an aspiring writer and recovering alcoholic who accepts a job as the off-season caretaker of the remote old Overlook Hotel in the Colorado Rockies.
The film was nearly entirely shot at EMI Elstree Studios, with sets based on real-life places. Kubrick frequently worked with a small crew, allowing him to shoot multiple takes, sometimes to the detriment of the performers and crew.
Warner Bros. released the film in the United States on May 23, 1980, and in the United Kingdom on October 2, 1980. There were multiple theatrical versions, each of which was chopped slightly shorter than the one before it; in total, around 27 minutes were eliminated.
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