The Shining
Saturday, October 31, 2026 · 12:30 PM PDT · The Frida Cinema · Santa Ana, CA
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Our Art House of Horrors: Presented by MUBI series ends with The Shining, the legendarily disturbing 1980 adaptation of Stephen King’s horror novel. The film follows Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson), an aspiring writer and recovering alcoholic, who takes a job as the winter caretaker of the remote Overlook Hotel. Along with his wife Wendy (Shelley Duvall) and young son Danny (Danny Lloyd), who possesses psychic abilities called “the shining,” Jack hopes to find peace and inspiration for his writing. However, the hotel’s malevolent supernatural forces and Jack’s descent into insanity turn their stay into a nightmare. Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation is one of the most meticulously crafted horror films ever made, transforming an isolated hotel into a labyrinth of psychological terror. From the Steadicam’s eerie glide through The Overlook, to Jack Nicholson’s unforgettable descent into madness, to Frida Cinema favorite Shelley Duvall’s manic performance as Wendy Torrance, Kubrick created an atmosphere so unnerving that its images have become permanently embedded in the cinematic imagination.
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