Why 'The Shining' Remains so Frightening Almost 40 Years Later
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Horror is a constantly maturing genre, with the definition of what is and is not scary changing as time goes on. Back in the 1940’s, there were kitschy, special-effects laden, monster-flicks that centered on a romance of some sort - like I Walked with a Zombie or The Wolf Man. They didn’t even require violence or
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Forever and Ever and Ever: Reappraising the Score of The Shining – Senses of Cinema
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The Shining” is Still Shining 40 Years Later, by Lauren Massuda, incluvie
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How The Shining Changed Shelley Duvall Forever
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Stephen King Q&A: The author explores the origins of The Shining and its sequel Doctor Sleep
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The Best Movies About Ghosts – IndieWire
The Shining [Blu-ray] : Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers, Joe Turkel, Barry Dennen, Lisa Burns, Anne Jackson,
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The Shining [Blu-ray]
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The Shining (film) - Wikipedia
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40 Years Later, Stanley Kubrick's The Shining Is a State of Mind
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Why is The Shining Scarier Than Most Horror Movies?, by Jeanne Briatte, The Culture Corner