The Shining

Academy Award-winner Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall star in this disturbing adaptation of Stephen King's blockbuster horror novel. When writer Jack Torrance—who has a history of alcoholism and child abuse—takes a job as winter caretaker for a hotel high in the Rocky Mountains, he, his wife and their psychic young son will be isolated until spring. But once the first blizzard closes the road out, the accumulated power of evil deeds committed at the hotel begins to drive Jack mad. Now there may be no escape for his wife and son in this haunting madness, memory and family violence...

Directed by the legendary Stanley Kubrick, The Shining remains one of the most celebrated and terrifying horror films of all time. Our Cornell Cinema screening is presented in memory of the actress Shelley Duvall who sadly passed away earlier this year at the age of 75.

The Shining screens as part of our "Worth a Watch" series. Courtesy of Warner Bros. and Swank Motion Pictures.