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It was the dead bathtub lady from The Shining. He ran into my room in terror, tears streaming down his face. Such horror. Poor kid, he never got over that. I can never remember how we found out the movie was called The Shining— only that I made a big deal of making sure I watched the movie that scared my older brother to tears. As the younger ...
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The Shining (1980) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. ... Woman Walking Downstairs of Overlook Hotel (uncredited)
The Shining is a 1980 psychological horror film [7] produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick and co-written with novelist Diane Johnson. It is based on Stephen King 's 1977 novel of the same name and stars Jack Nicholson, Danny Lloyd, Shelley Duvall, and Scatman Crothers. Nicholson plays Jack Torrance, a writer and recovering alcoholic who ...
Jun 13, 1980 · The Shining: Directed by Stanley Kubrick. With Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers. A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future.
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- Who Is The Woman in Room 237 in Stephen King’s Book?
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- The Shining Theory: The Woman in Room 237 Is Bob T. Watson's Wife Or Sister
- The Shining Theory: The Woman in Room 237 Represents Abuse
In Stephen King’s The Shiningnovel, room 237 is actually room 217, and it was changed for the movie as the hotel used for the aerial exterior shots requested that the number be changed for the nonexistent room 237. The woman in King’s novel is Lorraine Massey, who used to seduce bellboys and engage in sexual acts with them. Lorraine was the wife of...
One theory about the identity of the woman in room 237 in The Shining links her to Charles Grady and the Grady twins. The Overlook’s manager, Stuart Ullman, tells Jack that the previous caretaker, Charles Grady, succumbed to cabin fever (or so the authorities said) and killed his family before committing suicide, all this while in the hotel. As a r...
Less than a theory, and more of a what could have been, in the Shining prequel that was going to be made, the history of the Overlook Hotel was the main story. Glen Mazzara was writing the script, and he admitted that they had come up with an idea of what happened in room 237 that wasn't in the Stephen King novel or hinted at in the Stanley Kubrick...
Another theory on what happened in room 237 connects the woman to the darkest interpretation of the story of Jack and Danny (via Movies Up Close). Throughout The Shining, it’s mentioned that Jack was physically abusive to his family, and he once broke Danny’s arm. This, along with details in Danny’s clothes, his toys, the way he interacts with Jack...
Feb 22, 2019 · Shelley Duvall in 1990. Photo by Alan Light CC BY 2.0. However, after her role in The Shining, she almost considered leaving acting for good.The reason? The young actress went through trauma during the filming of Kubrick’s film, facing tremendously difficult requests by the director, such as the legendary 127-takes of the baseball bat scene, ending up dehydrated with raw, wounded hands and a ...
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Apr 3, 2013 · She played a very important scene in Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining” as the woman in Room 237 and that seduces Jack Nicholson in the film. After the film, Lia never got into acting full-time as she was already modeling. Media Mikes had a chance to track down Lia and ask her a few questions about the film and reflecting on her role.
