# The Shining (1997)

> A new caretaker moves his family into the mysterious Overlook Hotel for the winter, where isolation and something malevolent slowly take hold.

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## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 3
- Episode runtime: 90 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: horror, drama
- Network: ABC
- Cast: Stephen King, Rebecca De Mornay, Steven Weber, Wil Horneff, Courtland Mead, Stanley Anderson, Pat Hingle, Elliott Gould
- TMDB rating: 6.1/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118460/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: moderate
- Tone: bleak, unsettling, dread-filled, claustrophobic, emotionally raw

## What critics say

Viewers found Stephen King's miniseries adaptation of his novel more faithful and easier to follow than Kubrick's film, though the cast and overall execution were judged weak and not worth rewatching.

## Synopsis

The Shining (1997) is a American horror miniseries created by Stephen King for ABC, adapted from his own novel. Steven Weber plays Jack Torrance, a recovering alcoholic and aspiring writer who takes a job as caretaker of the remote Overlook Hotel for the winter, bringing his wife Wendy Torrance (Rebecca De Mornay) and their psychically gifted young son Danny Torrance (Courtland Mead). Cut off by snow from the outside world, the family is left alone in a sprawling, mysterious building whose history and inanimate objects seem to stir with a malevolent life. The engine of the story is a family trying to hold together while the hotel's pull works on a fragile father, with each episode tightening the isolation and dread. Told across a three-episode miniseries of ninety-minute installments, it is a more explained and accessible retelling of the material than the earlier film. The tone is bleak, unsettling and emotionally raw, with domestic strain and a sense of slow dread pressing against the snowbound walls. Fans of the 1980 film The Shining, Hill House, and The Haunting of Hill House will find resonance in its haunted-house atmosphere and fractured family drama.

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