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Jack Nicholson plays his role for everything that it is worth. If there is any certain moment that could define Nicholson's long and varied filmography it would be that now inordinately famous "Here's Johnny" moment from The Shining....read the complete Shining, The (1980) review at David Perry's Xiibaro Reviews
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By the second hour all hell breaks loose, and in the last few minutes it's sheer terror....read the complete Shining, The (1980) review at DVDTown.com (John J. Puccio)
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Ask Stephen King what his LEAST favorite film adaptation of one of his books is, and he'll tell you it's The Shining. He has maintained this opinion throughout the two decades since this film's release, while we've seen the likes of Pet Sematary,...read the complete Shining, The (1980) review at Horror View
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by tiffany on January 30, 2009 Ogden, Utah
No one can play a psycho like Jack Nicholson. And believe me he more then proves it in this Stephen King classic! This movie has everything a horror fan could need to get the heart pumping. It's filled with screams and scares at every turn. A movie ...
by cory on February 23, 2009 Ogden, Utah
Throughout childhood as well as adulthood, this movie has served as one of my all-time favorite horror movies. Jack Nicholson plays a writer hired to care for a large hotel out in the middle of a snowy rural wilderness. Haunted and manipulated by ...

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Shining, The (1980) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
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Shining, The (1980) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
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