The Shining

May 23, 1980

2h 24m

★ 8.2

A masterpiece of modern horror.

Overview

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.

Genres

Horror

Thriller

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

Peregrine

Hawk Films

The Producer Circle Co.

The Shining Trailers

Cast

Jack Torrance

Jack Nicholson

Wendy Torrance

Shelley Duvall

Danny

Danny Lloyd

Hallorann

Scatman Crothers

Ullman

Barry Nelson

Grady

Philip Stone

Lloyd

Joe Turkel

Doctor

Anne Jackson

Durkin

Tony Burton

Young Woman in Bath

Lia Beldam

Old Woman in Bath

Billie Gibson

Watson

Barry Dennen

Two Egyptologists, Professor Fuchs and Corbeck, are instrumental in unleashing unmitigated horror by bringing back to England the mummified body of Tara, the Egyptian Queen of Darkness. Fuchs’s daughter becomes involved in a series of macabre and terrifying incidents, powerless against the forces of darkness, directed by Corbeck, that are taking possession of her body and soul to fulfill the ancient prophesy that Queen Tara will be resurrected to continue her reign of unspeakable evil.

5.8

The Human Factor

Dec 18, 1979

When a leak of information in the African section of British Intelligence is discovered, a security man is brought in to investigate.

5.8

Beloved

Oct 16, 1998

After Paul D. finds his old slave friend Sethe in Ohio and moves in with her and her daughter Denver, a strange girl comes along by the name of "Beloved". Sethe and Denver take her in and then strange things start to happen...

5.3

Silent Fall

Oct 28, 1994

Having seen the double murder of his parents, autistic youth Tim Warden is sent to therapy with controversial therapist Dr. Jake Rainer. Jake tries to probe the silent child about what he saw, but he gets more details about the Wardens' household dynamics from Tim's teenage sister, Sylvie. As he spends more time with the siblings, Jake learns that the Wardens' marriage was not as perfect as it seemed, and he uncovers other new details that might help solve the crime.

7.2

The Devil All the Time

Sep 11, 2020

In Knockemstiff, Ohio and its neighboring backwoods, sinister characters converge around young Arvin Russell as he fights the evil forces that threaten him and his family.

6.0

The Home

Oct 29, 2025

Many years after leaving the small town behind, Joel returns to move his mother Monika, a home for the elderly struggling with dementia. However, Monika’s health takes a turn for the worse soon after her arrival. She experiences terrifying visions of her late husband, Joel’s abusive father, and begins exhibiting violent behavior. Joel begins to believe that something malevolent and supernatural has taken control of his mother. But with his own history of substance abuse and mental instability, can he trust his own perceptions? As Monika’s memories fade, Joel must confront the demons of his own past, dredged up by his return to the home where he grew up.

5.5

Ripley Under Ground

Nov 6, 2005

After his friend, a hot young artist, is killed, a resourceful American man living in London covers up the crime and tries to keep the friend's name alive in order to exploit his legacy and reap millions in the process.

6.4

House of the Long Shadows

Jun 17, 1983

An American writer goes to a remote Welsh manor on a $20,000 bet that he can write a classic novel like 'Wuthering Heights' in 24 hours. However, upon his arrival he discovers that the apparently empty manor has several rather odd inhabitants.

7.4

Sorcerer

Jun 24, 1977

Four men from different parts of the globe, all hiding from their pasts in the same remote South American town, agree to risk their lives transporting several cases of dynamite (which is so old that it is dripping unstable nitroglycerin) across dangerous jungle terrain.

6.5

The Forbidden Door

Jan 22, 2009

A successful sculptor's life is turned upside down when he starts to receive mysterious messages from someone asking for his help. As he digs deeper, he discovers a boy is being abused and has to choose between saving the boy or losing everything.

1.5

The Sadness

Mar 18, 2008

A depraved couple abuse and eventually sell their own young daughter for drug money, where she is then given to a group of psychopathic wannabe satanists who kill her as a sacrifice. From the grave she rises to seek revenge on those who have caused her pain, using evil henchmen to torture and mutilate them one by one in the most brutal, disgusting ways possible.

6.0

Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean

Mar 5, 2005

A drama set during World War II where a submarine carrying a secret weapon attempts to stop a planned third atomic bombing of Japan. Based on Harutoshi Fukui's novel Shuusen no Lorelei.

6.8

Unthinkable

May 26, 2010

The government gets wind of a plot to destroy America involving a trio of nuclear weapons for which the whereabouts are unknown. It's up to a seasoned interrogator and an FBI agent to find out exactly where the nukes are.

6.6

Framed

Aug 1, 1975

Joe Don Baker plays a gambler who is framed for a crime he did not commit. A corrupt legal system leads him into a plea bargain and four years behind bars. By the time he gets out of prison, he's determined to put together the pieces of his frame-up and dole out the justice he was denied to those responsible.

0.0

Materia

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9.0

They Came from the Attic

May 10, 2022

A teenage boy is home alone for the weekend but when nocturnal creatures living in his attic escape, he must survive.

4.4

Night of the Lepus

Oct 4, 1972

Rancher Cole Hillman is fed up of rabbits plaguing his fields. Zoologist Roy Bennett conducts an experiment to curb their population, but it gives rise to giant rabbits that terrorise the town.