The Shining
Directed by Stanley KubrickA family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter, where a sinister presence influences the father into violence. At the same time, his psychic son sees horrifying forebodings from both the past and the future.
The Shining Ratings & Reviews
- Eric BakkeOctober 9, 2024Sanity slowly deteriorates in the most disturbing ways. It's terrifying without having to rely on jump scares and gore, leaving viewers on edge and deeply unsettled. Although The Shining has it's flaws, in my opinion, it's the greatest horror film ever made.
- The Gutter MonkeyMarch 23, 2025For me, it’s the quintessential horror movie. I could play it forever... and ever... and ever... 🪓
- Michael SurberMay 7, 2025Yet another instance where the book was better. So much better. Admittedly, very few of King's novels have gotten close to a decent film adaptation and King himself hated this one. Kubrick still produced a masterpiece but it fails to match the level of King's original horror. Tons of classic scenes that are guaranteed to chill viewers though, especially the scenes with Danny alone in the hotel. Truthfully, I preferred the sequel, Doctor Sleep. Now THAT was a great film!
- darsanMay 25, 2025"here's johnny!" u gotta love the creepy performance by jack nicholson 😂😂
- JennaVerstraetenNovember 7, 2025What's not to love, it's a good old fashioned tale of a man going insane and trying to murder his family with an axe.
- Sun KingDecember 15, 2025Stanley Kubrick best movie.
- Tom MajskiDecember 15, 2025I finally got to see this in the cinema and what a treat! The Shining is, simply put, one of the great horror movies of all time, despite what Stephen King things of it. The tale of the Torrences tenure at the Overlook Hotel is incredibly gripping from the very first scene. There is a wonderful tension within the family created by Nicholson's Jack. From the initial drive up to the hotel right down to the awkwardness of the interview there is a compounding sense of dread for the entire movie. The performances by Nicholson and Duvall are second to none. This is very much a movie with 2 equal leads. I've genuinly never seen terror like that on the face of Shelly Duvall throughout this movie. A woman losing all sense of safety for her and her child as her husband unravels into a dreanged monster. A monster we all have a glimpse of from the start (hence King's dislike of the movie). Add Kubrick's signature flair in cinematography and presentation as well as slight surrealism and you truly have one of the great cinematic works of all time.
- 0 1December 8, 2025One of the greatest Horror films
- Terrence MartineauDecember 6, 2025Classic… love it!
- Patrick and NancyApril 1, 2025Flawless. Everyone at the top of their game. Easily rewatchable. Day or night.
- AngusMcNutzDecember 5, 2025Yeah, yeah, the book is better, I know. ...Still. This is simultaneously a very comfy and very stressful movie; great if you want to gawk at Kubrick composition, try to parse your own version of what's happening story wise or just admire how cute Shelly Duvall is in every shot she's in. I really like Shelly Duvall.
- William GalanNovember 22, 2025Watching this movie after the events of Welcome to Derry is something different
- andy bOctober 30, 2025white mans burden lloyd my man white mans burden
- tmmzhOctober 30, 2025Very interesting. As someone who is watching this in 2025, that has never seen this before. I would say that it holds up. The movie seems very open to interpretation. Like... you can draw whatever conclusions you would like. I never read the book, so I do not know how much it differs. But I really toyed it. the cinematography and music, and tone, are fantastic.
- Dave BarnesMarch 12, 2025I read the book as a young teenager and had to put it down I was so scared. I eventually picked it up and read it when I was about 15 and could just make it through. While the film's not as scarey as it was to me back in the day, it's a great psycological drama thats so well acted it jumps off the screen. This is a must watch movie for every movie fan.
The Shining Trivia
The Shining was released on May 23, 1980.
The Shining was directed by Stanley Kubrick.
The Shining has a runtime of 2 hr 23 min.
The Shining was produced by Stanley Kubrick.
The key characters in The Shining are Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson), Wendy Torrance (Shelley Duvall), Danny (Danny Lloyd).
The Shining is rated R.
The Shining is a Horror, Thriller, Drama film.
The Shining has an audience rating of 9.3 out of 10.