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A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Stanley Kubrick's superb adaptation of Stephen King's horror novel stars Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall and young Danny Lloyd as the family that is invited to look after a remote mountain hotel when it's closed for the winter. It's not long before Nicholson becomes unhinged as a series of apparitions, hallucinations and time-warps begins to affect his sanity. Trust Kubrick to be different: this horror film chills rather than shocks, works by stealth and provides nothing but eerie discomfort. Filmed on an amazing set built at Elstree (the opening aerial scenes were shot by Kubrick's daughter at the Timberline Lodge in Oregon) using a gliding Steadicam throughout, the movie boasts a technique that's as overpowering as Nicholson's performance, which is both hammy and deeply disturbing.

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Credits

Cast

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Jack TorranceJack Nicholson
Wendy TorranceShelley Duvall
DannyDanny Lloyd
Dick HallorannScatman Crothers
UllmanBarry Nelson
GradyPhilip Stone
LloydJoe Turkel
DoctorAnne Jackson
DurkinTony Burton
Young woman in bathtubLia Beldam
WatsonBarry Dennen
Old woman in bathtubBillie Gibson
Forest rangerDavid Baxt
Forest rangerManning Redwood
Grady girlLisa Burns
Grady girlLouise Burns
NurseRobin Pappas
SecretaryAlison Coleridge
PolicemanBurnell Tucker
StewardessJana Sheldon
ReceptionistKate Phelps

Crew

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DirectorStanley Kubrick

Details

Theatrical distributor
Warner Bros
Released on
2019-10-18
Languages
English
Guidance
Contains violence, swearing and nudity.
Available on
video, DVD and Blu-ray
Formats
Colour

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