Recovering alcoholic Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) gets a job as caretaker at the ... more
deserted Overlook Hotel during the winter. He takes up residence with his wife, Wendy, and son, Danny, who experiences clairvoyant forebodings. As the bleak isolation of the Overlook Hotel begins to affect Jack's mind, Wendy begins to fear for her and Danny's lives.
Danny is only five years old but he is a 'shiner' aglow with psychic voltage. When his ... more
father becomes caretaker of an old hotel his visions grow out of control. Cut off by blizzards the hotel seems to develop an evil force and who are the mysterious guests in the supposedly empty hotel?
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In the exciting build-up to publication of Stephen King's new mainstream novel LISEY'S ... more
STORY Hodder are launching their King Classics Campaign -- starting with 6 of the most popular titles CARRIE THE SHINING BAG OF BONES CHRISTINE THE STAND MISERY. These titles will be published for the first time in B-format paperback in a stunning new livery.
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Continuing the epic tale begun in Book One of The Tamuli Domes of Fire! Prince Sparhawk ... more
and Queen Ehlana must remain with their retinue of Pandion Knights in the Eastern land of Daresia to assist the beleagured Emperor Sarabian. The rebellion against Sarabian within the walls of the famed pearl-encrusted city of Matherion was defeated. But Sarabian's enemies will regroup and plan an attack that will be less easily routed. Trolls despoil Atan in the North and vampires werewolves zombies ghouls and Ogres form a vast conspiracy to take over the Empire. Most disturbing of all are reported sightings of Shining Ones among the hordes. These luminous beings inspire more fear than the rest combined. Queen Ehlana has taken Sarabian in hand and is educating him in ruthless statecraft -- her skill in which has always inspired Sparhawk's admiration. The Pandion Knight meanwhile resurrects the Bhelliom -- with Flute's help (actually Sparhawk has no idea where it is but Flute fortunately does) -- and awaits the arrival of the full complement of Pandion Knights needed for the coming battle.The enemies of the Empire know that possession of the Bhelliom makes Sparhawk as dangerous as any god. But gods are among his foes. The outcome of the conflict is beyond the possibility of prediction! and while Sparhawk defends the far-flung Tamul Empire he cannot also protect his beautiful Queen. Continuing the epic tale begun in Book One of The Tamuli Domes of Fire!
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From a script he co-adapted from the Stephen King novel, director Stanley Kubrick melds ... more
vivid performances, menacing settings, dreamlike tracking shots and shock after shock into a milestone of the macabre. In a signature role, Jack Nicholson plays Jack Torrance, who's come to the elegant, isolated Overlook Hotel as off-season caretaker with his wife (Shelly Duvall) and son (Danny Lloyd). Torrance has never been there before - or has he? The answer lies in a ghostly time warp of madness and murder.
Production Year: 1980 - Horror - Director: Stanley Kubrick - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd
The Shining is a 1980 horror film directed by Stanley Kubrick which is based a Stephen King novel of the same name. It stars Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall and Danny Lloyd.
Jack Torrence (Nicholson) is a writer who accepts the job as a caretaker of the Overlook Hotel, which always gets snowed in during the winter, and so becomes completely isolated. He is warned that the last caretaker got cabin fever and killed his family and himself, but Jack just wants some peace and quiet in order to write. So he takes his wife Wendy (Duvall) and his son Danny (Lloyd) up to the hotel on the closing day, where they meet the elderly cook, Dick Halloran (Scatman Crothers). He surprises Danny by talking with him telepathically and asking him if he wants an ice cream. When alone, he explains that he and his grandmother shared this incredible gift ...
Walter_Kovacs 06.02.2009
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Advantages: The cinematography, the storyline, the acting, the direction... Disadvantages: Not a single one in my opinion
of her son. Will any of them get out alive?
I would imagine/hope that there are few people who haven't heard of The Shining. Based on the novel by Stephen King and directed by Stanley Kubrick, it was made back in 1980, and yet for me and many others, remains a film that has stood the test of time. It is my all-time favourite film and has been for some time - it is one of the few films that I can watch over and over again, and yet I never get bored of, despite knowing precisely how it is going to end. For me, it has everything that I want in a film - great acting and visuals, a creepy atmosphere with a bit of supernatural thrown in, a bit of gore, beautiful visuals and wonderfully appropriate music. I should note here that I have never read the book, so cannot comment on how well it translated onto the screen, although I have read ...
Advantages: one of the best horror films ever Disadvantages: None
that I have ever been scared by are Event Horizon and Shining. Shining was made before the recent glut of teen slashers and comes from the book by Stephen King, which is his scariest apart from IT. Shining, originally called The Shining was made in 1980 by the late, great Stanley Kubrick, who could proudly say he’d never made a turkey. He died luckily before his last film Eyes Wide Shut came out and so he was spared seeing the carnage, as the film was cruelly mauled by audiences and critics alike.
Shining stars Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall as well as some kid whose name I forgot. The plot is simple but effective; a family go to live in a deserted hotel for the winter as the father is the caretaker. Nicholson plays the caretaker who is also trying to write a novel and Duvall plays his wife. Upon their arrival they meet Mr ...
Opening with spectacular aerial shots of a beautiful, mountainous landscape, Stanley Kubrick's horror classic THE SHINING, based on Stephen King's best-selling novel, sucks the viewer into his frightening tale with quiet, relaxing visuals - but the ominous soundtrack warns that all is not right at the gorgeous Overlook Hotel. Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson at his eyebrow-raising best), a Vermont schoolteacher, accepts a job as the winter caretaker of the glorious early-20th-century resort that operates only in warm weather because the snowy roads deny access in the colder months. Jack brings his wife, Wendy (Shelley Duvall), with him, as well as his young son, Danny (Danny Lloyd)--who brings with him a little boy named Tony who lives in his mouth. As the Torrances settle in for the long, lonely months ahead, strange, unexplainable things start occurring in the hotel--and in every scene Jack seems to be growing a little more evil and dangerous... With superb camerawork (the Steadicam follows the evil through narrow hallways and ornate rooms), extraordinary sound detail (the scene in which Danny rides his Big Wheel across the Overlook's hardwood and carpeted floors is an aural classic), and a terrifying score (based on the work of Bela Bartok), THE SHINING is an unforgettable masterpiece, a psychological supernatural thriller featuring outstanding performances from Nicholson and Duvall--and a cast of dead twin girls and suicidal ax-murdering ghosts, among other bloodcurdling figures.
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