A recovering alcoholic must wrestle with demons within and without when he and his family move into a haunted hotel as caretakers.A recovering alcoholic must wrestle with demons within and without when he and his family move into a haunted hotel as caretakers.A recovering alcoholic must wrestle with demons within and without when he and his family move into a haunted hotel as caretakers.
- Won 2 Primetime Emmys
- 15 wins & 10 nominations total
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- TriviaStephen King: Author plays Gage Creed, the band conductor. Gage Creed is also the name of the 2-year-old boy played by Miko Hughes in Pet Sematary (1989), also based on a book written by King. King also had a cameo in Pet Sematary.
- GoofsReflected in the Overlook's main doors, behind Watson.
- Quotes
[Addressing the Overlook Hotel]
Dick Hallorann: Hello, you old bitch. You're just as ugly in wintertime as you are in summertime.
- Alternate versionsDVD contains 11 deleted scenes:
- Danny at the doctor's office; they briefly discuss Tony.
- Brief scene with Danny and Jack conversing.
- A brief scene where the Torrences step outside the hotel and observe that they are snowed in.
- A scene which originally occurred after the "217 lady" scene. Jack says that Wendy and Danny can leave the hotel ASAP and that he will stay. He also shows Wendy the lipstick he found, and describes how he believes Danny's strangle wounds were self-inflicted.
- A fireside chat between Wendy and Danny, in which he tells her that he hears the ghosts in the hotel, talking, laughing, and screaming.
- Two scenes which originally occurred after Jack is locked inside the vault. Wendy leaves Danny to get some food, and Danny tells her that he called to Dick. Then a scene in which Wendy returns and Danny says that Dick may not have heard him.
- A brief scene showing Grady releasing Jack from the vault, and Jack exiting and grabbing the mallet.
- A brief scene in which Danny encounters a female ghost, and he tells her he isn't afraid of her, that only his father can hurt him now. The ghost vanishes, and Jack then appears to "punish" him.
- A climatic ballroom scene in which the "party guests" and the orchestra all melt in gruesome fashion.
- An outtake featuring orchestra conductor Gage Creed (played by Stephen King) melting in gruesome fashion.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 49th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1997)
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For suspense n ambiguity, Kubrick's version is far superior but for the faithful adaptation of the book, this one is good for a warm up before watching Doctor Sleep.
I saw this for the first time recently aft revisiting the 1980 version.
This miniseries is the second adaptation of King's book after the 1980 film by Stanley Kubrick.
Inspite of the 273 mins runtime, this series was not able to get the maximum from certain actors. For example, the wife's character looked very believable in Kubrick's version but here it ain't.
Here she looked too hot to stick with an unemployed, alcoholic, student basher.
But the most horribly done character is the hotel.
In Kubrick's version, the hotel is a character itself n looked so very isolated, creepy and eerie.
The hotel is much more sinister in Kubrick's version compared to the hotel in this miniseries.
While this televisual adaption is very faithful than Kubrick's version and it made it very easy for me to skip the book n directly head for Doctor Sleep, this miniseries is not at all scary n the hotel in this one didn't look isolated at all. The series has cheesy effects n the hedge animals look terrible here n is a big lol.
Now aft watching the miniseries, i am happy that Kubrick did the right thing by not following the book.
There is zero ambiguity in the miniseries while Kubrick's version is still talked about regarding so many ambiguous scenes.
The hotel in Kubrick's version is majestic n so grand that one can easily get lost. The huge empty corridors, the big wide stairs, the ballroom, etc everything is a character themselves.
There is nothing creepy or eerie about the hotel in this tv version.
This miniseries is the second adaptation of King's book after the 1980 film by Stanley Kubrick.
Inspite of the 273 mins runtime, this series was not able to get the maximum from certain actors. For example, the wife's character looked very believable in Kubrick's version but here it ain't.
Here she looked too hot to stick with an unemployed, alcoholic, student basher.
But the most horribly done character is the hotel.
In Kubrick's version, the hotel is a character itself n looked so very isolated, creepy and eerie.
The hotel is much more sinister in Kubrick's version compared to the hotel in this miniseries.
While this televisual adaption is very faithful than Kubrick's version and it made it very easy for me to skip the book n directly head for Doctor Sleep, this miniseries is not at all scary n the hotel in this one didn't look isolated at all. The series has cheesy effects n the hedge animals look terrible here n is a big lol.
Now aft watching the miniseries, i am happy that Kubrick did the right thing by not following the book.
There is zero ambiguity in the miniseries while Kubrick's version is still talked about regarding so many ambiguous scenes.
The hotel in Kubrick's version is majestic n so grand that one can easily get lost. The huge empty corridors, the big wide stairs, the ballroom, etc everything is a character themselves.
There is nothing creepy or eerie about the hotel in this tv version.
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- Jun 2, 2021
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