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Horror
Stanley Kubrick
Stephen King
Stanley Kubrick
Diane Johnson
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Jack Nicholson
Shelley Duvall
Danny Lloyd
Scatman Crothers
Barry Nelson
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Kubric's Cube
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Essential Collection - 1980
Just not worthy
M0rkeleb's Top 100

Shining, The

(1980)
277 reviews
Film rated 4.3 / 5  (Chick rating: 4.3 / 5)  (Guy rating: 4.3 / 5)
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237 scarier than 101.
Rovark 
  Vote (16)   
Dyslexic son misspells murder.
Yukon 
  Vote (10)   
Nicholson: Cold-hearted killer.
Yukon 
  Vote (2)   
Danny fingers imaginary friend.
MM0rkeleb 
  Vote (28)   
Bartender ghost lifts spirits.
Yukon 
  Vote (9)   
Heeeere's Jack.
Batty 
  Vote (2)   
One boy, twin personalities.
Batty 
  Vote (1)   
Elevator's flood of blood.
Yukon 
  Vote (7)   
Axed-man Crothers.
Yukon 
  Vote (11)   
Isolated Nicholson slowly cracks.
Al Swearengen 
  Vote    
Alcoholic dad enjoys redRUM.
Yukon 
  Vote (1)   
Kid writes murdeR backwards.
Batty 
  Vote (2)   
Hotel's foyer needs cleaning.
Batty 
  Vote (2)   
Jack's infidelity reflects badly.
Rovark 
  Vote    
Spirits inhabit writer's block.
Rovark 
  Vote (5)   
Twins torment trike tyke.
Rovark 
  Vote (6)   
Carson greeting scares Shelley.
Yukon 
  Vote (2)   
Nicholson's novel very repetitive.
Yukon 
  Vote (16)   
Shelley screams, runs, screams...
Batty 
  Vote (2)   
Jack shines, Shelley whines.
Batty 
  Vote (4)   
Jack should've 'Overlook-ed' hotel.
Yukon 
  Vote (22)   
Jack- dull. Axe- sharp.
Yukon 
  Vote (1)   
Photo finish for Nicholson.
Batty 
  Vote (1)   
Murdered moppets haunt hallways.
Rovark 
  Vote    
Nicholson grinds his axe.
Batty 
  Vote (1)   
Grady's twins stand, corrected.
demonic 
  Vote (15)   
Redrum's not humdrum.
rockfsh 
  Vote (4)   
Dull boy. Sharp axe.
Montgomery 
  Vote (9)   
You don't 'no' Jack!
Larry 
  Vote (7)   
Chilling perfomance by Nicholson.
chaypher 
  Vote (2)   
.letoH koolrevO ta redruM
palefox 
  Vote (17)   
Nicholson apes Ed McMahon.
furly 
  Vote (1)   
Hack Jack's axe attacks.
Anonymous  
  Vote (2)   
Jack shares his feelings.
dgbenner 
  Vote (1)   
Haunted hotel, ghosts, murders.
Julie Chorgo-Gi... 
  Vote    
Blood takes the elevator.
scablet 
  Vote (14)   
Hotel looniness in Colorado.
veloc 
  Vote    
Cold Jack on ice.
MguyX 
  Vote (6)   
Son's finger freaks Shelley.
Montgomery 
  Vote (3)   
Mrs. Torrence needs divorce.
Montgomery 
  Vote (1)   
Lloyd lures lunatic lush.
Montgomery 
  Vote (2)   
Overlook has overlooked guests.
Montgomery 
  Vote (6)   
Overworked writer needs play!
CheesyB 
  Vote (3)   
Ghosts encourage Jack's alcoholism.
Pokernose 
  Vote (3)   
Daddy has writer's block.
Joel Bass 
  Vote    
Johnny has writer's block.
thefoxboy 
  Vote (8)   
Jack loses plot, family.
MelissaS 
  Vote    
Wife's Duvall? Insanity understandable.
dgbenner 
  Vote (1)   
Creepy Jack appropriates catchphrase.
MisterBadIdea 
  Vote (12)   
Jack's trapped, cracked.
rockfsh 
  Vote (6)   
Shelley frightened by 'Johnny'.
Montgomery 
  Vote    
Jack --caretaker taking lives.
Montgomery 
  Vote (2)   
Nicholson botches caretaker job.
Joe Blevins 
  Vote (1)   
Wendy whines, Danny shines.
chaypher 
  Vote    
Kubric creates cataclysmic consternation.
shoon 
  Vote (3)   
Jack plays at working.
LPH 
  Vote (2)   
Kubrick's Steadicam horror show.
randall 
  Vote (3)   
Wife batters psychotic husband.
AC 
  Vote (1)   
Jack does hotel remodeling.
Montgomery 
  Vote (4)   
Room 237. Don't disturb.
Montgomery 
  Vote (2)   
Room 237: rotten romance.
Oatmeal Stout 
  Vote (4)   
Jack, the hack writer.
Lobo 
  Vote    
Kubrick tracks. Jack hacks.
World B. Free 
  Vote (4)   
Kubrick brilliant. What book?
AG 
  Vote (4)   
Kubrick, Nicholson, B�rtok great!
Daniel 
  Vote    
Incredibly disturbing dead kids.
Ken 
  Vote (1)   
Jack axes telepathetic Scatman.
Pathew Noodles 
  Vote    
Dull Jack, sharp hack.
Stalean 
  Vote (1)   
Jack uses his axe.
NH 
  Vote    
Ham ends up frozen.
Joe Blevins 
  Vote (6)   
Shelley clocks Cuckoo's cranium.
dgbenner 
  Vote (1)   
Danny's amazing escape.
rockfsh 
  Vote (3)   
Jack eventually chills out.
Sean 
  Vote (24)   
Scatman splatted.
dgbenner 
  Vote    
Creepy Kubrick, wild hotel.
Jon 
  Vote (2)   
Johnny grinds his axe!
chaypher 
  Vote (1)   
Only black actor axed.
Dangaz 
  Vote (9)   
Writer's block of ice.
PDHugh 
  Vote (3)   
Scatman scared shitless.
weegee 
  Vote    
Creepy hotel, creepier Nicholson.
eva kant 
  Vote    
Horror's shining light.
Pathew Noodles 
  Vote (2)   
Jack goes cuckoo again.
Barfly 
  Vote (2)   
Kid backtracks; freezes father.
memloss 
  Vote (1)   
Talking finger has laryngitis.
dgbenner 
  Vote (14)   
Creepy kid conjures cook.
Funky 5 Star 
  Vote    
Red Rum scary word(s).
LPH 
  Vote (2)   
Splatman Crothers.
Montgomery 
  Vote (8)   
Grady: Stone cold killer.
demonic 
  Vote (12)   
Dead twins want playmate.
Montgomery 
  Vote (4)   
Cabin fever in hotel.
Montgomery 
  Vote (2)   
Psychic kid, also dyslexic.
Montgomery 
  Vote (25)   
Barman serves red rum.
Obie 
  Vote (18)   
Writer's block causes killing.
Montgomery 
  Vote (1)   
She doesn't know Jack.
PDHugh 
  Vote (9)   
Tricycle ride, twins, terror.
Jazzatola 
  Vote    
Family man freezes nuts.
BerndtTohst 
  Vote (3)   
Jack's no dull boy!
chaypher 
  Vote (1)   
Dead people see Jack.
zzzbeauty 
  Vote (6)   
Axeman has writer's block.
Koli 
  Vote (15)   
Novel = One sentence, repeated.
Montgomery 
  Vote (7)   
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