Knowra The Shining The Shining A 1980 horror film directed by Stanley Kubrick, adapted from Stephen King’s 1977 novel. It follows a family isolated in a hotel where supernatural forces and psychological strain threaten them.
Overlook Hotel : The fictional Colorado hotel where the Torrance family spends the winter in The Shining. Its empty corridors and hidden history make the hotel an active source of menace.
Stephen King : An American novelist known for horror, suspense, and supernatural fiction. His novel supplied the characters, hotel premise, and supernatural framework.
Jack Nicholson : An American actor who played Jack Torrance in The Shining. His performance makes Jack’s menace visible well before the character’s final breakdown.
Psychological horror : Horror that builds fear through mental distress, unstable perception, or emotional vulnerability. The film blends psychic phenomena with Jack’s psychological disintegration.
The Shining (1980 film) production : The filming process and production history of Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 adaptation of The Shining. Its lengthy shoot and demanding direction became part of the film’s public mythology.
Danny Torrance : A child in The Shining who possesses psychic abilities known as the shining. His visions expose the hotel’s violence before it becomes visible to the adults.
The Shining (novel) : A 1977 horror novel by Stephen King about a family’s winter at a haunted hotel. The film adapts the novel but changes characterization, events, and the ending.
Shelley Duvall : An American actor who played Wendy Torrance in The Shining. Her performance centers the family’s fear and resistance to Jack’s violence.
Gothic fiction : A literary and artistic tradition using threatening settings, buried histories, and heightened emotion. The isolated hotel and its violent past adapt Gothic conventions to modern cinema.
Room 237 : A documentary examining competing interpretations and theories about The Shining. It demonstrates how the film’s ambiguities have generated persistent interpretive debate.
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