
Carrie(1976)
Withdrawn and sensitive teenager Carrie White faces bullying from classmates and abuse from her fanatically pious mother. When she begins to suspect that she has supernatural powers, things take a dark and violent turn.


“A masterpiece of modern horror.”
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.

Jack Nicholson
Jack Torrance

Shelley Duvall
Wendy Torrance

Danny Lloyd
Danny

Scatman Crothers
Hallorann

Barry Nelson
Ullman

Philip Stone
Grady

Joe Turkel
Lloyd

Anne Jackson
Doctor

Tony Burton
Durkin

Lia Beldam
Young Woman in Bath
The Shining is a horror, thriller film released in 1980 exploring themes of hotel, new year's eve, child abuse, based on novel or book, isolation, telepathy. Directed by Stanley Kubrick, it stars Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd. 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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