'The Shining' Film On its 43 Year Anniversary

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THE SHINING was released 43 years ago today. Not a huge success on its release, it has gone down as one of Stanley Kubrick’s most popular films and most influential horror movies ever made. The behind the scenes story is as outrageous as you might expect…

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[ionadelfina]

yeah the movie is way better and King is the last person who should be calling someone else misogynistic. I got to the end of It, Stephen.

[scriptedending]

Totally disagree! I love the movie as a separate entity, but the book is scary as fuck.

[vapor]

the part about the hedges moving creeped me out so bad

[meadowphoenix]

this takes are always so interesting to me because it felt like kubrick increased all the shitty points of the book (the racist treatment of Hallorann) and diminished the truly great parts (Wendy coming into her own as a mother, the family drama). the book is significantly more interesting to me