RATING ****

Title: The Shinning

Released: 1980

MPAA Rating: R

Director: Stanley Kubrick

Cast: Jack Nicholson, Shelly Duvall, Phillip Stone, and Scatman Corothers

Synopsis: Kubrick's masterwork adaptation of Stephen King's novel "The Shining" is a marvelous horror movie that really is more then a horror flick, it's a psychological study of a man who is pushed to madness by isolation, and the help of a haunted hotel.  Stephen King himself didn't like this film (because it was a  dramatically changed version of the book), but many others still enjoy watching this film.  In fact, Scott Parsons remarked that this may be his favorite horror film ever!  When he says that, it must be good.  I'm not going to explain this movie, because everyone knows what it's about, and if you don't, you should be ashamed of yourself.

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