Released: May 23,1980
Runtime: 2 Hours 22 Minutes
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers
Stephen King may not be a huge fan of Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of The Shining, but movie fans sure do seem to be. This tale of a family stuck in a snowbound hotel all alone features some of the most terrifying sequences ever, but it’s probably Jack Nicholson’s gloriously unhinged performance that movie buffs remember the most. Well, Nicholson and those freaky twin girls. And that hedge maze. And that bleeding elevator. And that woman in the shower.
Source: Best Horror Movies of All Time, Ranked: Scariest Movies Ever Made – Thrillist