The Shining
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The Shining

1980Movie2 h 24 minR

HorrorThriller
76
GreatGoodWatch score
IMDb8.4Letterboxd4.2/5Metacritic688.6
76
GreatGoodWatch score
IMDb8.4Letterboxd4.2/5Metacritic688.6

Summary

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.

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  • Friends night
  • Thought-provoking
  • Adults

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Fingerprint

  • Gets under your skin.
  • Pulls you in.
  • Scares you.
  • Feasts your eyes.
  • Keeps you on edge.

Not for warmth, uplift or comfort.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

At a glance

Tropes

Rule of Scaryin 146 titlesMuch of the score is modernist classical music that sounds terrifying in context. What makes it this trope is that much of the score wasn't actually written to be scary.Alien Geometriesin 141 titlesThe layout of the hotel makes no sense whatsoever.All 159 tropes

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