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Originally posted by BlackStar_93
Amazing film! Still so tense and frightening after all these years. I'd also recommend the book.
Fun fact: Stephen King (the original author of the Shining) didn't approve of Kubrick's imagining of the book onto screen. He was however, actively part in creating the mini-series which King believed was a better representation of the original Book.
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That was the reason I avoided watching the movie for a long time. It was one of my fave Stephen King books. The movie as a stand alone was incredible, very tense. But it is a poor adaption of the book.
If your going to read the Shining, I'd also recommend reading its new sequel Doctor Sleep, although no where near as good, its still a good read.