EPISODE
The Shining - Season 1
A recovering alcoholic must wrestle with demons within and without when he and his family move into a haunted hotel as caretakers.
19 April 1987, Mission Viejo, California, USA
23 October 1939, Billings, Montana, USA
28 January 1959, Montbéliard, Doubs, France
August 25, 2017
a solid adaptation
October 10, 2018
A screen adaptation of a book can respect the original text and still be terrible. It can respect the author's wishes and still be terrible. Still, few adaptations are as openly awful as the TV version of The Shining.
October 10, 2018
Mr. King's script and the direction of Mick Garris slowly and skillfully bring The Shining to a pitch of screeching horror. Mr. Weber, shucking the light comedy of sitcom, is chillingly effective.
August 25, 2017
A mediocre horror thriller that doesn't quite top Kubrick's vision, in spite of the talent behind it.
October 10, 2018
Perhaps the flawed gem that is Stephen King's The Shining could never hope to match the greatness of Kubrick's film. Yet it still stands as a worthy companion piece.
August 25, 2017
There's a deep, rich creepiness suffusing Stephen King's The Shining that makes this miniseries the most frightening TV movie ever made.
October 10, 2018
The most terrifying thing about this crap-fest was Steven Weber's acting.
August 25, 2017
This version is more faithful to the book -- six hours (with commercials) of lugubrious, slavish faithfulness.
October 10, 2018
Change just a couple of things -- and granted, they're major things -- and you'd have a satisfying and textured ghost story... The first thing that would have to change is the acting. It is, in a word, awful.
October 10, 2018
It's torture. It's hell. And millions will tune in, attracted by King's reputation as America's scaremaster... The best thing would be for everybody to avoid it like the plague, because it is the plague.
October 10, 2018
The running time unwisely inflates this intimate story of a three-member family coming apart at the isolated hotel in the Colorado Rockies. The Stand was an epic. The Shining is not.
August 25, 2017
A consistent, carefully textured story that rarely gives you the chance to properly breathe.