10/3/25 - 31 Days of Halloween Movies
By LindaOH
@LindaOHio (203168)
United States
October 3, 2025 3:30am CST
1980 - The Shining
This psychological thriller is based on Stephen King's novel of the same name and is directed and produced by Stanley Kubrick.
Recovering alcoholic Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson), goes for an interview for a caretaker position at the Overlook Hotel in the Colorado Rockies. It's in a very isolated spot and will be closed for the winter.
The manager warns Jack that the isolation can be tough; but Jack assures him that's what he needs to do some writing. The manager also tells Jack about another caretaker about a decade ago that killed his wife, two daughters and himself at the hotel. Jack says that is the type of thing that would interest his family. Jack's wife, Wendy (Shelly Duvall), and son, Danny (Danny Lloyd) will be staying with him at the hotel.
Danny has premonitions and seizures; and the cook at the Overlook, before he leaves for the season, tells Danny that he has "The Shining".
Room 237...The bloody elevator...The twins..."Here's Johnny!"...The maze...
Definitely a movie for the Halloween season.
Photo Credit: Pixabay
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@FourWalls (79378)
• United States
3 Oct
I’ve never seen it, believe it or not. But I know the “here’s Johnny” part…it’s part of popular culture! (Like the horse’s head in The Godfather.)
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@LindaOHio (203168)
• United States
4 Oct
It's a pretty good movie. We went to see the hotel that they took the outside views of. It was hot down below and sn**wing when we got to the top where the hotel was.
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@AmbiePam (104171)
• United States
4 Oct
@LindaOHio My mom was a professor, and she showed that movie in class.
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@LadyDuck (484869)
• Italy
5 Oct
@LindaOHio The mini TV series was much more similar to the book than the movie. Stephen King disliked Stanley Kubrick's film adaptation. He said the movie depicted Wendy, a "screaming dish rag" and portrayed Jack, as already crazy rather than a sympathetic man driven to madness by the hotel. Those who read the book can only agree with him.
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@porwest (109171)
• United States
3 Oct
The Shining, to me, is a timeless classic and definitely right up my alley. I was always a Stephen King fan as well, and even though several of the adaptations of his books didn't pan out well, The Shining was definitely a winner in my book.
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@LindaOHio (203168)
• United States
4 Oct
It was very well done. We went to see the hotel that they used for the outside views.
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@LindaOHio (203168)
• United States
6 Oct
@porwest It was really hot that day. By the time we got halfway up the mountain, it was s**wing. It was weird seeing the "Overlook" in person.
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@porwest (109171)
• United States
5 Oct
@LindaOHio I have never been there. It would be a place I'd like to see though. Although, I have always wanted to drive by the King mansion in Maine. Maybe one of these days.
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@MommyOfEli2013 (85746)
• Rupert, Idaho
4 Oct
I have never seen this one but might have to check it out. I do know the Here's Johnny line too...
If you like Stephen King stuff.... 1408 is a very interesting movie....very trippy.
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@LindaOHio (203168)
• United States
4 Oct
I've seen 1408. I'd like to see The Stand. I have the 700-page book but haven't read it yet.
@MommyOfEli2013 (85746)
• Rupert, Idaho
5 Oct
@LindaOHio oh ok, my bad. Saw that one, but wasn't my favorite. Never read the book either..
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@Nakitakona (58467)
• Philippines
3 Oct
I would watch again the 2021 film The Conjuring - The Devil Made It. And its sequel The Conjuring - The Last Rites in Netflix.
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@LindaOHio (203168)
• United States
12 Oct
@Nakitakona I don't have Netflix. They might have them on YouTube; but I don't like to watch scary movies when I'm alone.
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@Nakitakona (58467)
• Philippines
11 Oct
@LindaOHio If you haven't watched them, try Netflix.
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@snowy22315 (197394)
• United States
3 Oct
I watched The Shining last year, and think I read it too
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@id_peace (16750)
• Singapore
11 Oct
@LindaOHio I do hope that he would win something for that show.
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@LeaPea2417 (38536)
• Toccoa, Georgia
3 Oct
That's one movie I refuse to watch. It scares me too much.
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@RasmaSandra (89764)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
3 Oct
I love both the movie and the book. However, I think Stephen King made a couple of mistakes on the movie, The cook who came to try to save them should have been left alive like in the book and the hotel should have exploded what a more spectacular ending I say but waht was, was.
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@LindaOHio (203168)
• United States
4 Oct
Yes there were a couple of differences.
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@Marilynda1225 (86488)
• United States
3 Oct
Enjoyed the movie but loved the book even more
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@Traceyjayne (5762)
• United Kingdom
3 Oct
Of course I have heard of this ….never read the book or seen the film.
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