Why Does The Shining Still Haunt Us Decades Later?

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In the 45 years since 'The Shining' came out, we've had countless horror movies with insanely high kill counts and absolutely shocking imagery, and yet this movie is frightening in a way that's really hard to pin down. How did Stanley Kubrick manage to make 'The Shining' so creepy? This is the question we set out to answer.

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