Tales from the BackRoom - Horror, Sci-Fi and Exploitation movie and Television reviews

  DIRECTED by Stanley Kubrick SCREENPLAY by Stanley Kubrick & Diane Johnson based on the novel "The Shining" by Stephen King STARRING - Jack Nicholson as Jack Torrance Shelley Duvall as Wendy Torrance Danny Lloyd as Danny "Doc" Torrance Scatman Crothers as Dick Hallorann Barry Nelson as Stuart Ullman Philip Stone as Delbert Grady Joe Turkel as Lloyd Anne Jackson as Doctor Tony Burton as Larry Durkin Lia Beldam as young woman in bath Billie Gibson as old woman in bath PLOT -  Recovering alcoholic novelist - Jack Torrence - gets a winter job as the caretaker of the Overlook Hotel, a remote establishment with a blood soaked history. It's Jack's task to maintain the upkeep of the hotel during the Winter months whilst the hotel is closed. Jack is accompanied by his wife Wendy and their young son - Danny. Little does Jack know but his son possess a rare psychic ability known as "the Shining" which allows him to see the spirits of the dead whilst also...