The Shining

Released Year: 1980

Certificate: A

Runtime: 146 minutes

Genre: Drama, Horror

IMDB Rating:

Meta Score: 66

Director: Stanley Kubrick

Stars: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers

No of Votes: 898237

Gross: 44017374

Overview: A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future.

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