A How-To Guide for Defeating Monsters by Letting Your Light Shine: The Shining (1980)

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Delve into the darkest Screen Scares episode yet, as co-hosts Jennie and Sarah step into the labyrinth that is the Stanley Kubrick classic, The Shining (1980). Host Jennie reflects on the significance of the film in her life and the life of her father. She and Sarah examine how isolation and fear can be overcome when honesty and connection are embraced.

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Screen Shares Rating:

• Love Screen-Make sure your loved one won't kill you or cast your child into a labyrinth
• Solo Screen- Find your inner Shining and soak up the creepy vibes

Screen Sparks:

1. What if Asterion had been loved, and not cast into the labyrinth? What if Danny had been believed and Jack had felt comfortable addressing his addiction and pain?
2. Who could survive five months at the Overlook Hotel? Could you?
3. How would the film have been different if Danny has felt comfortable to share his “shining” like Mr. Hollerann named it?
4. What device that Stanley Kubrick used to develop a sense of isolation and madness was the most effective at scaring you? The blood, the twins, the music etc. Why do these things scare us?
5. What “shine” do you have that makes you special, different, or unique? And have you ever tried to hide it? What was the result?

After the Credits Roll-Links Referenced during the show:

• Original 35mm theatrical trailer omg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-tgsURVNrI
• The Film was inspired by the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park Colorado, but Stanely Kubrick filmed it at the Timberline Lodge in Mt. Hood Oregon. King didn’t like it and re-recorded at the Stanley for a miniseries. https://www.locationshub.com/blog/2014/10/31/the-stanley-hotel#:~:text=Even%20though%20King's%20inspiration%20for,(for%20its%20exterior%20scenes).
• Doctor Sleep is the sequel https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5606664/
• The Story of the Minotaur, Theseus, Minos and the labyrinth

https://www.storynory.com/the-minotaur/

• The Indian Burial Ground Trope https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/why-every-horror-film-of-1980s-was-built-on-indian-burial-grounds

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