The Shining
HorrorDramaMystery
1980//DIR: Stanley Kubrick//146 MIN
Logline
A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where an evil and spiritual presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future.
Director
Stanley Kubrick
Box Office
$47 million
Rotten Tomatoes
84%
IMDb
8.4/10
Runtime
146 min
VISUAL STRATEGY: Primarily focused on Extreme Long Shots.
PACING:BALANCED
MOTION:DYNAMIC & FLUID
COMPLEXITY:VISUALLY DENSE
Principal Cast
Jack NicholsonShelley DuvallDanny LloydScatman CrothersBarry Nelson
Visual Themes
IsolationSupernaturalPsychological ThrillerBased on NovelHallucinations
Film DNA
"The Shining is a balanced horror with 1510 shots and a 5.7s average shot length."
1510
Total Shots
5.7s
Avg Shot Length
10.5
Cuts / Min
Visual Style Meters
PACINGFRENETIC
SLOW
WARMTHCOLD
WARM
SATURATIONMUTED
VIBRANT
COMPLEXITYMINIMAL
INTRICATE
This film’s visual complexity is 173% higher than the average for Horror.
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