The Shining (1980)

2 hours, 26 minutes         R

Director:  Stanley Kubrick

Short Movie Synopsis

A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter, where a sinister presence influences the father into violence. At the same time, his psychic son sees horrifying forebodings from both the past and the future.

Why is this a good horror movie?

A Stanley Kubrick masterpiece. Jack Nicholson’s performance made this movie. And I will always check the bathroom in a hotel before I get comfortable in the room because of this movie.