The Shining was filmed in 1980. We can attribute this movie to the genre:
Actors: |
Lan Fendors Lorella Cravotta Thomas Thieme Hans-Uwe Bauer Volkmar Kleinert Matthias Brenner Charly Hübner Herbert Knaup Bastian Trost Marie Gruber Volker Michalowski Werner Daehn Martin Brambach Carol Reed |
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Director(s): | Frank Berry | |
IMDB Rating: | 8.5 out of 10 (205029 votes) |
Plot Summary:
A man, his son and wife become the winter caretakers of an isolated hotel where Danny, the son, sees disturbing visions of the hotel's past using a telepathic gift known as "The Shining". The father, Jack Torrance, is underway in a writing project when he slowly slips into insanity as a result of cabin fever and former guests of the hotel's ghosts. After being convinced by a waiter's ghost to "correct" the family, Jack goes completely insane. The only thing that can save Danny and his mother is "The Shining".