Is The Shining scary?

Moderately so — The Shining mixes scares with other modes. As a family film, it scored 6.0/10 for fear, 9.6/10 for atmosphere, and 8.8/10 overall on Watch Darkly's curator scale across 1 rating.

How many jump scares are in The Shining?

The Shining has 3 jump scares, based on Watch Darkly's per-film jump-scare count.

Does The Shining have a happy ending?

The Shining has an ambiguous ending on Watch Darkly's spoiler-gated ending scale.

What are some films like The Shining?

The Shining is tagged as family, haunted house, supernatural on Watch Darkly. The film's page lists similar horror films selected by curated scoring across fear, gore, atmosphere, and overall quality.

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The Shining

Name: The Shining
Genre: horror
Released: 1980-05-23
Duration: 2 h 26 min
Rating: 8.8

1980 · R · 2h 26m

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.

Plot summary via TMDB

Curator Score

8.8

Overall

Based on 1 curator rating

Anchored by atmosphere, light on gore.

Jump scares

The Shining has 3 jump scares. Compare counts

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8.8Overall

Fear6.0

Gore3.8

Atmosphere9.6

Intensity7.5

Genres

horror

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Details

Budget$19M

Box office$44M

Directed by

Stanley Kubrick

Written by

Diane Johnson, Stanley Kubrick

Cinematography

John Alcott

Music

Wendy Carlos, Rachel Elkind

Starring

Jack Nicholson as Jack Torrance · Shelley Duvall as Wendy Torrance · Danny Lloyd as Danny · Scatman Crothers as Hallorann · Barry Nelson as Ullman · Philip Stone as Grady · Joe Turkel as Lloyd · Anne Jackson as Doctor

Production

Hawk Films, Peregrine, The Producer Circle Co., Warner Bros. Pictures

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