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Bear With Us On this Queer Reading of ‘The Shining’ [Horror Queers Podcast]
Bears, bears and bears….oh my!
After spending May discussing Ridley Scott’s controversial sequel Hannibal (listen) and Ana Lily Amirpour’s haunting A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (listen), we’re concluding the month by covering a juggernaut of a film in Stanley Kubrick‘s The Shining (1980)!
The Shining sees struggling writer and recovering alcoholic Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) accept a position as the off-season caretaker of the historic Overlook Hotel. His wife Wendy (Shelley DuVall) and son Danny (Danny Lloyd) accompany him, but young Danny possesses “the shining,” a clairvoyant ability that allows him to see the true horrors that lurk in the hotel’s halls. When a winter storm snows the family in, Jack’s sanity slowly crumbles as the isolation and malevolent entities begin to influence his mind.
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Episode 335: The Shining (1980)
Close the elevator and ash that cigarette because we’re discussing Stanley Kubrick‘s adaptation of Stephen King‘s The Shining for its 45th anniversary!
Join us as we go all in on this classic of horror cinema; from Kubrick’s controversial methods to Shelly DuVall‘s behind-the-scenes treatment, there’s no stone left unturned!
Plus: an unexpected queer reading involving bears (the animal kind), debating the best carpet in the Overlook (it’s Room 237’s carpet) and how Doctor Sleep retroactively affects rewatches of The Shining.
Cross out The Shining!
Coming Up Next: We’re taking a look at our second Frank Henenlotter film of the year in 1990’s Frankenhooker!
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It’s always a cruel summer, but 2026 is about to get crueler.
To blow off steam, the Losers hit the road to visit all the towns in Stephen King’s Dominion. Derry, Castle Rock, Ludlow, Boulder, the list goes on. They’ve got miles to drive and so many (scary) sights to see. At the end of the day, though, they have to ask themselves: Which one’s the best? And, more importantly, what does “best” mean in this context?
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