The Shining

1997 "110 empty hotel rooms - filled with horror!"

The Shining

6.1 | 4h33m | R | en | Drama

Television adaptation of Stephen King novel that follows a recovering alcoholic professor. He ends up taking a job as a winter caretaker for a remote Colorado hotel which he seeks as an opportunity to finish a piece of work. With his wife and son with him, the caretaker settles in, only to see visions of the hotel's long deceased employees and guests. With evil intentions, they manipulate him into his dark side which takes a toll on he and his family.

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6.1 | 4h33m | R | en | Drama , Horror , Thriller | More Info

Released: May. 23,1997 | Released Producted By: Lakeside Productions , Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:

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Cast

Elliott Gould , Stephen King , Pat Hingle

Director

Mick Garris

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Reviews

johnnyrimes This takes nothing away from Kubrick's earlier film, and, in fact, should be viewed as a totally different animal. I love Kubrick's original, but it's not really the same story King told at all. The miniseries, aside from delivering great scares and maintaining the tension well, conveys the tragedy of the story as well as the horror. Jack is a loving husband and father with a monster on his back, and is slowly possessed by an evil entity in the Overlook Hotel that is bent on using him to destroy his family. That's what sets it apart the most from the Kubrick version. Jack is a full character with an arc versus a man who was already psychotic prior to taking the job of hotel character. Steven Weber is fantastic at portraying the duality and conflict within the character and delivers my favorite interpretation of the character.

Rainey Dawn If you have never read the book and have seen Kubrick's The Shining then there are a few questions left lingering in the mind. I've read that this film is King's book on film so I recommend watching this 1997 version. King himself had a hand in making this one.It is true that comparing the two films is like comparing Apples to Oranges - both are quite different. Kubrick's film is a condensed and somewhat changed version of King's book vs this 1997 film which is basically King's book on film (I want to reiterate for those who might not have given this movie a chance).I won't rehash the differences between the two movies - other reviewers have done a great job with that - but I can say that I like both movies.9/10

newocj I was more disappointed with the first one more than mr king was if you didn't read the book you had no idea what was going on the first 20 minutes of the second one is already better. The boy acts more like the book the wife looks more like the book describes her. The second one I hope is better but so far it appears to be. I have seen 40 minutes of this one and I think it is a 10 so far! He is the best author I have been reading his books for about 45 years have not read all of them yet

xllxlx Kubrick's The Shining is better in every way: scenery, actors, music, mountains, ghosts, camera shots, etc.In this miniseries... the actors aren't so good, the scenery is worse, it isn't creepy or scary at all... the hotel is way too well lite and too small for ghosts to be appearing out of the blue. The ghosts and the hotel don't go well together.Mr. Ulmen in the miniseries sucks... Mr. Halleron isn't as good either, neither are the parents or kid.Just avoid the miniseries... only get the King novel and Kubrick's The Shining.