From the world's best-selling master of horror comes a terrifying mini-series about a little boy whose psychic gift fails to stop the danger awaiting his family in Stephen King's The Shining. Recovering alcoholic Jack thrills his patient and supportive wife, Wendy, when he becomes the winter caretaker for the luxurious but isolated Overlook Hotel in the Rocky Mountains. Unfortunately, neither one listens to their young son, Danny whose haunting visions come to life as the demons of the Overlook do their dirty work to transform Jack into a madman. Snowed in and very alone, Wendy must rely on Danny's clairvoyance to save them from Jack's maniacal plan. Will they get out alive? Or are they destined to join the hotel's ghostly permanent residents? A more literal adaption of Stephen King's novel that the 1980 Kubrick version.
Synopsis
Jack Torrance and his family move into the sprawling, vacant Overlook Hotel to get away from it all. Away from the alcoholism that derails Jack's writing career. Away from the violent outbursts that mar Jack's past. But Jack's young son Danny knows better. He possesses a psychic gift called The Shining - a gift the hotel's vile spirits desperately want.
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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 hotels ghost's. 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".
Television adaptation of Stephen King novel that follows a recovering alcoholic professor. He ends up taking a job as a winter caretaker for a remote Colorado hotel which he seeks as an opportunity to finish a piece of work. With his wife and son with him, the caretaker settles in, only to see visions of the hotel's long deceased employees and guests. With evil intentions, they manipulate him into his dark side which takes a toll on he and his family.
This is a bit supernatural and a bit horror, follows the insanity of mankind, the story is set at The Overlook Hotel where a family is staying. For Jack, Wendy, and their young son, Danny, it is a place where past horrors will come to life and where they will find that those gifted with the shining (a power) will do battle with the darkest of evils. THe father plays a brilliantly frightening character, though no where near as good as the first one with jack nicholson
This is a bit supernatural and a bit horror, follows the insanity of mankind, the story is set at The Overlook Hotel where a family is staying. For Jack, Wendy, and their young son, Danny, it is a place where past horrors will come to life and where they will find that those gifted with the shining (a power) will do battle with the darkest of evils. THe father plays a brilliantly frightening character
if you havnt seen the first "The Shining".... i wouldnt bring myself to say that this is one of stephen kings best movies.... he has done better.... but once you do get into the movie you kinda want to watch more to see what is going to happen.... but if i was asked to buy this movies again i wouldnt.... he has alot of better movies out there then this one!
i would have thought this movie was ok had i not been comparing it to the original the w hole time. i was unimpressed by this long and very drawn out remake of a spectacular classic horror. the acting left a lot to be desired as no one could compete with the amazing job that jack nicholson did in the original.
Hmm. Although pretty much made for television, this movie manages to be watchable. It is more faithful to the original story, but lacks the cinematography magic which Stanley Kubrick brought to the original movie. I found this movie to be too long, and I hate it when a remake is done on a movie when the original was just fine (or even spectacular). I would, however, recommend this for King devotees, due to it's faithfulness.
this is one of the better adaptations of stephen kings acclaimed novel, the shining, as it follows more true to the actual book, and waht happened in it. some good actring in here, more realistic than in other movies, and really scared me at many times. good for a watch if you are a king fan, you will like this.
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