The Shining returns to theaters in 4K!

Last Updated on August 2, 2021

Today we've learned that Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of Stephen King's THE SHINING (Pre-order HERE) starring Jack Nicholson will be coming back to theaters with a brand-spanking-new 4K restoration for two nights later this month and next month on September 26 and October 1. 

Along with the must-see 4K restoration of Kubrick's classic, you’ll also be able to check out a sneak peek of THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE and HUSH director Mike Flanagan's upcoming adaptation of King's THE SHINING sequel novel DOCTOR SLEEP. Grab your tickets HERE!

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Here's what THE SHINING is about for that one guy who still doesn't know:

“All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy” – or, rather, a homicidal boy in Stanley Kubrick’s eerie 1980 adaptation of Stephen King’s horror novel. With wife Wendy (Shelley Duvall) and psychic son Danny (Danny Lloyd) in tow, frustrated writer Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) takes a job as the winter caretaker at the opulently ominous, mountain-locked Overlook Hotel so that he can write in peace. Before the Overlook is vacated for the Torrances, the manager (Barry Nelson) informs Jack that a previous caretaker went crazy and slaughtered his family; Jack thinks it’s no problem, but Danny’s “shining” hints otherwise. Settling into their routine, Danny cruises through the empty corridors on his Big Wheel and plays in the topiary maze with Wendy, while Jack sets up shop in a cavernous lounge with strict orders not to be disturbed. Danny’s alter ego, “Tony,” however, starts warning of “redrum” as Danny is plagued by more blood-soaked visions of the past, and a blocked Jack starts visiting the hotel bar for a few visions of his own. Frightened by her husband’s behavior and Danny’s visit to the forbidding Room 237, Wendy soon discovers what Jack has really been doing in his study all day, and what the hotel has done to Jack.

Stanley Kubrick produced and directed THE SHINING from a screenplay he co-wrote along with Diane Johnson based on the novel by Stephen King. It stars Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Scatman Crothers, and Danny Lloyd. Warner Bros. unleashed it into theaters back on May 23, 1980. Meanwhile, THE SHINING hits 4K Blu-ray and Digital on October 1, 2019. Pre-order HERE.