The Shining (1980)

Director
Stanley Kubrick

Main cast
Jack Nicholson; Shelley Duvall; Danny Lloyd; Scatman Crothers; Barry Nelson

Genres
Horror, Thriller

Description
Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.


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