Top 5 Haunted House Movies

#1:

‘The Shining’ (1980)

A writer takes up a winter caretaker position at an isolated mountainside hotel with his young family where his behavior takes a turn towards the strange and sinister, when his young gifted son begins to have visions of the horrors that took place in the hotel and those yet to happen, and an idyllic seasonal stay becomes a nightmare in this classic horror from legendary director Stanley Kubrick.

In what is certainly one of the greatest horror films ever and the best haunted house movie—or should we say haunted hotel—the epitome of a visionary director takes a bestseller from one of the great modern novelists Stephen King and turns it into an unforgettable cinematic experience that has become an utterly quotable cultural phenomenon.

Benefiting from a genre-defining performance from Jack Nicholson and iconic imagery coupled with striking visuals, ‘The Shining’ is as much a psychological horror as anything else, with enough ambiguity in the story and ending to keep audiences talking for generations, a classic of cinema history and well deserving of its place in this list.

Directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring  Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall and Danny Lloyd among others.

Genre: Horror, Thriller

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