Genres Horror Thriller
Keywords child abuse hotel new year's eve based on novel or book telepathy isolation colorado halloween snowstorm seclusion writer's block delusion alcoholism psychic power surrealism loneliness premonition caretaker vision snow domestic violence postmodern psychological thriller writer twins labyrinth alcoholic blizzard mutilation bloody body of child extrasensory perception uxoricide motherhood hypothermia haunted hotel psychological disintegration disturbed pediatrician repetition mother son relationship

Synopsis

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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Director & Writers

Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick
Director
Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick
Screenplay
Stephen King
Stephen King
Novel
Diane Johnson
Diane Johnson
Screenplay

Cast

Jack Nicholson
Jack Nicholson
Jack Torrance
Shelley Duvall
Shelley Duvall
Wendy Torrance
Danny Lloyd
Danny Lloyd
Danny
Scatman Crothers
Scatman Crothers
Hallorann
Barry Nelson
Barry Nelson
Ullman
Philip Stone
Philip Stone
Grady
Joe Turkel
Joe Turkel
Lloyd
Anne Jackson
Anne Jackson
Doctor
Tony Burton
Tony Burton
Durkin
Lia Beldam
Lia Beldam
Young Woman in Bath

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