1980 • R • 2h 24m
8.2/10
( users) 
Overview
Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and 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.
8.2/10
( users) Cast / Crew 
Jack Nicholson Jack Torrance 
Shelley Duvall Wendy Torrance 
Danny Lloyd Danny 
Scatman Crothers Hallorann 
Barry Nelson Ullman 
Philip Stone Grady 
Joe Turkel Lloyd 
Anne Jackson Doctor 
Tony Burton Durkin 
Lia Beldam Young Woman in Bath 
Billie Gibson Old Woman in Bath 
Barry Dennen Watson 
David Baxt Forest Ranger 1 
Manning Redwood Forest Ranger 2 Lisa Burns Grady Daughter 
John Alcott Director of Photography 
Diane Johnson Screenplay Ray Lovejoy Editor Leslie Tomkins Art Direction Douglas Twiddy Production Manager 
Stanley Kubrick Screenplay 
Stephen King Novel Roy Walker Production Design Stanley Kubrick Producer Tom Smith Makeup Artist 
Wendy Carlos Original Music Composer Jan Harlan Executive Producer Rachel Elkind Original Music Composer Barbara Daly Makeup Artist 
Milena Canonero Costume Design
Jack Nicholson Jack Torrance Shelley Duvall Wendy Torrance Danny Lloyd Danny Scatman Crothers Hallorann Barry Nelson Ullman Philip Stone Grady Joe Turkel Lloyd Anne Jackson Doctor Tony Burton Durkin Lia Beldam Young Woman in Bath Billie Gibson Old Woman in Bath Barry Dennen Watson David Baxt Forest Ranger 1 Manning Redwood Forest Ranger 2 Lisa Burns Grady Daughter John Alcott Director of Photography Diane Johnson Screenplay Ray Lovejoy Editor Leslie Tomkins Art Direction Douglas Twiddy Production Manager Stanley Kubrick Screenplay Stephen King Novel Roy Walker Production Design Stanley Kubrick Producer Tom Smith Makeup Artist Wendy Carlos Original Music Composer Jan Harlan Executive Producer Rachel Elkind Original Music Composer Barbara Daly Makeup Artist Milena Canonero Costume Design 
Keywords
hotel child abuse based on novel or book isolation telepathy delusion grave snowstorm colorado seclusion surrealism alcoholism premonition psychic power caretaker loneliness vision domestic violence postmodern psychological thriller writer twins labyrinth alcoholic blizzard mutilation bloody body of child extrasensory perception uxoricide motherhood filicide snowed in burial ground hypothermia haunted hotel psychological disintegration paranoid vexed afi frantic pediatrician repetition mother son relationship malicious supernatural power supernatural horror ghost child psychotronic film writers-block cabin fever psychological horror negative deal with the devil nuclear family avant garde yosemite national park twin sisters identical twins arrogant assertive demeaning enraged frustrated harsh mean spirited sardonic
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