The Shining
IMDb8.41.2M votes
RT84%critics
RT93%audience
MC66metascore
豆瓣8.3642k votes
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Streaming on Max (US, subject to change)
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The vibe
Kubrick's Overlook Hotel is the genre's great architectural villain — carpets, corridors, and one impossible room. A film about isolation, addiction, and a family curdling in real time, plus enough ambiguities to fuel fifty years of theory documentaries.
Before you press play
- How scary is The Shining?
- On our intensity scale, The Shining rates 4/5 for scares and 5/5 for dread. It is genuinely scary, with sustained tension and hard-hitting scares. The dread keeps climbing even between the big moments.
- How gory is The Shining?
- The Shining rates 3/5 for gore — expect a moderate amount of blood and violence.
- Where can I stream The Shining?
- As of our last update, The Shining is streaming on Max in the US. Availability changes, so check your service before settling in.
