SMOKESCREEN | The Shining (1980)

Few horror films are as visually potent as Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining. Unlike many horror films, it is a glorious enigma. A film that makes us question everything as we watch the characters descend into madness dealing with an impossible world of ghostly bartenders, corridors of blood and haunted ball rooms. Newly developed Steadicam mounts allowed Kubrick to create long smooth tracking shots that help to create some of the film’s most compelling imagery. It is a film that defies the clear-cut troupes of the genre and continues to fascinate.

Director: Stanley Kubrick

Starring: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Scatman Crothers, Danny Lloyd

Run Time: 146mins

Rating: MA15

Licensing: Roadshow