The Shining
1980 · 144 min · Horror / Thriller · TMDB 8.2
The short version:A family snowed into a hotel while the father comes apart. Slow, grand, dread-soaked. The horror is domestic abuse as much as ghosts.
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Scare profile
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Scary7.0
TameNightmare fuel
Dread9.0
RelaxedSuffocating
Jump scares2.0
NoneConstant
Disturbing6.0
ForgettableHaunts you
Grim6.0
Fun ridePunishing
Synopsis
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.
What is in it
Intensity: brief means implied, off-screen or a single moment; heavy means graphic, prolonged or central. Items marked “inferred from keywords” come from TMDB tags and have not been confirmed by a person.
Violence & gore
- Graphic goreModerateeditorial
Details (may spoil)
- The elevator of blood and a corpse in a bathtub.
Children & pregnancy
- Child in dangerHeavyeditorial
- Child abuseModerateeditorial
Details (may spoil)
- Past abuse of the child is discussed and the threat recurs.
Sexual content & violence
- Sex & nudityBriefeditorial
Mental health & grief
- Addiction & drugsModerateeditorial
- Mental illnessModerateeditorial
Abuse & bigotry
- Domestic abuseHeavyeditorial
- Racism & hate violenceBriefeditorial
Details (may spoil)
- A slur is used in one scene.
Phobias & sensory
- Claustrophobia & confinementModerateeditorial