The Shining

film-locations

In Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 horror classic The Shining, the looming, snowbound exterior of the Overlook Hotel was filmed on location at Timberline Lodge, a historic mountain res...

film-locations

The opening credits sequence of Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining (1980) uses a long tracking shot that glides past the Timberline Lodge on Mount Hood, Oregon, establishing the Ov...

travel-and-lodging

The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado, does not operate a hedge maze on its historic grounds. While the property is famous for inspiring The Shining, its current offering fo...

film-locations

The Overlook Hotel in The Shining is an enduring image of cinematic dread, but much of what looks like a single ominous mansion is a combination of real locations and studio con...

film-analysis

The Shining twins actresses are Louise Burns and Mandy Burns, the child actors who played the twins Grady sisters in Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 film adaptation of The Shining. Ide...

people-arts

In reliable published interviews, Stephen King has most often cited The Shining (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick, as his favorite film adaptation of his work, while also expr...

category-film-locations

The Overlook Hotel is the primary setting of Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 psychological horror film The Shining and one of the most recognizable fictional hotels in cinema. While th...

film-legacy

At the center of Stanley Kubrick’s unsettling 1980 horror classic are the twins, the Grady sisters, portrayed by actresses Louise Burns and Mandy Burns. While not identical in...

filmmaking

The Shining was directed by Stanley Kubrick, who also co-wrote the screenplay with novelist Diane Johnson. Kubrick is universally credited as the film’s principal creative for...

Film Production

The question of what hotel was used for The Shining is common among fans, but it’s important to clarify a key detail: there is no single, specific real hotel that was replicat...