9 Things Stephen King Has Said About Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining Movie

The Shining is one of the most celebrated horror films ever made, but Stephen King isn’t a fan of the adaptation of his story and has been vocal about it for decades. Stephen King has been writing novels since the 1970s, making 1977’s The Shining one of his earliest works. The film was adapted shortly after in 1980 by legendary director Stanley Kubrick. The Shining stars Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall as Jack and Wendy Torrance and is centered around the family’s stay at a remote, haunted hotel during the winter in Colorado. As he unearths the hotel’s secrets, Jack’s sanity deteriorates.