The Shining

Movie info

Synopsis

When writer Jack Torrance - who has a history of alcoholism and child abuse - takes a job as winter caretaker for a hotel high in the Rocky Mountains, he, his wife and their psychic young son will be isolated until spring. But once the first blizzard closes the road out, the accumulated power of evil deeds committed at the hotel begins to drive Jack mad. Now there may be no escape for his wife and son in this haunting madness, memory and family violence.

Movie info:

Release:

1980

Running Time:

119 min

Certificate:

Contains strong language and violence

Availability:

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Genre:

• Horror

Cast:

• Jack Nicholson as Jack Torrance
• Shelley Duvall as Wendy Torrance
• Scatman Crothers as Dick Hallorann
• Danny Lloyd as Danny Torrance

Director:

• Stanley Kubrick

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