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Horace M. Derwent

Horace M. Derwent (1-2)

**Horace M. Derwent** was a successful accountant, inventor and entrepreneur who owned the Overlook Hotel from 1946 through 1952, when he sold it to a group of California investors. He allegedly acquired controlling interest in the hotel some years later, via behind-the-scenes back channeling, allowing him to conduct unsavory business there well into the 1960's without affecting his public profile. Derwent is a multimillionaire playboy with connections to organized crime, particularly in the gaming industry in Las Vegas, Nevada.

His history is the stuff of legend within legend: for example, he was said to own Las Vegas, Los Angeles and United Airlines, and is credited with inventing the strapless bra.

## Biography

### The Shining (book)

#### Background

After Roger is found dead the next day after the party, his body is found and taken to a postmortem and then later to a coroner. The coroner asks for a private invitation for Derwent which is able to happen. They question how Roger actually died and the stability of the hotel.

#### Main Events

He owns the Overlook in 1945 when the masked ball goes down, and is responsible for the hotel's renovation, including the roque court. We aren't sure if Derwent is alive or not, but he's active and visible at the masquerade ball. He's definitely a bad guy, at least in Jack's mind, and might even be the real manager of the Overlook, the devil himself.

### The Shining (film)

#### Main Events

After Wendy spots the body of Dick, Derwent pops up and quotes the line "Great Party isn't it?" as she is running away.

### Doctor Sleep (book)

In November 1983, years after the Overlook Hotel was destroyed, the ghost of Horace Derwent appears to Danny Torrance once again at his school, in an attempt to claim him. Danny doesn’t get to capture him. However, shortly after New Years, Danny is able to lock Derwent up in his mind thanks to a imaginary lockbox that Dick Hallorann gave him a time they went to take a walk after Lorraine Massey appeared in the home's bathroom.

The ghost of Derwent is released by Danny in the final assault against the True Knot, and Derwent murders Silent Sarey, kissing and strangling her at the same time when she hid, on a plan to help Rose the Hat if any problem surged when trying to kill Abra Stone.

### Doctor Sleep (film)

Years after the Overlook Hotel was destroyed, the ghost of Horace Derwent appeared to Danny Torrance once again, in an attempt to claim him. However, Danny was able to lock Derwent up in his mind for decades. He would be the last Overlook ghost to try to get him.

Danny has in the ensuring years discovered more about the Hotel's past and mentions Derwent. He reveals the fact the Ghost had a head injury, and haunted his family in a Tuxedo. Derwent is part of the pack of Ghosts that consume Rose The Hat.

## Appearances

* The Shining (book)
* The Shining (film)
* The Shining (miniseries)
* Doctor Sleep (book)
* Doctor Sleep (film)

## Trivia

* In the film, it was believed that the gentleman being fellated by the man in the bear costume was Derwent, up until the sequel was released.

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The Red Bathroom

**The Red Bathroom** is a red and white styled bathroom located within The Gold Room.

## Styling

The bathroom is said to have been inspired by a similarly styled Frank Lloyd Wright designed bathroom at the Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix, Arizona.

## Scenes used

It is in this bathroom that Delbert Grady cleans advocaat off of Jack Torrance's jacket, and Jack dives into Delbert Grady's past, revealing that he killed his family with an ax before shooting himself with a double barreled shotgun. Grady states that he had to "correct" his family, as one of his daughters stole a pack of matches and tried to burn the hotel down.

## Filming Locations

The red bathroom was filmed in the plaster shops at Elstree Studios.
Documentaries

**Documentaries** are official pieces of a written, printed, or vocalized nature. There were several documentaries created which revolve around the 1980 Stanley Kubrick film adaptation of the 1977 Stephen King novel *The Shining*.

## List of documentaries

* Room 237 - a compilation of nine interpretations discussing the idea of hidden themes within *The Shining*
* View from the Overlook: Crafting The Shining - a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the film and the phenomenon of Stanley Kubrick.
* Making The Shining - a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the film, filmed by Stanley Kubrick's daughter Vivian.
* The Visions of Stanley Kubrick - a look at the visual design of *The Shining*.

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The Shiner

***The Shiner*** is the name of a parody of the 1980 Stanley Kubrick film version of the 1977 Stephen King novel *The Shining*. Published by MAD magazine, the parody was released in issue #221 of their March 1981 edition.

## Cover Differences

The version of the magazine released in Mexico contained a cover devoted to *The Shining*. The German version also contained a cover devoted to *The Shining* while the US version did not.

Cover of the US release.Cover of the Mexico release.Cover of the German release.
## Trivia

* The parody is later reprinted in *MAD About the Movies (Special Warner Bros. Edition)* as well as *MAD About the Movies: Director's Cut* and in *MAD Spoofs Horror* in Full Color.

## See also

* Parodies
* The Whining
* The Signing
Shelley Duvall

Gender | Female

**Shelley Alexis Duvall** (born July 7, 1949) is an American actress, producer, writer, singer, and comedian who plays the role of Wendy Torrance in 1980 film version of *The Shining*.

## Filmography

She began her career in various Robert Altman films in the 1970s, including *Brewster McCloud* (1970), *McCabe & Mrs. Miller* (1971), *Thieves Like Us* (1974), *Nashville* (1975), and *3 Women* (1977), which won her the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress and a BAFTA nomination for Best Actress. Duvall had a supporting role in *Annie Hall* (1977) before starring in lead roles in *Popeye* (1980) and portrayed Wendy Torrance in *The Shining* (1980).

Later, Duvall appeared in *Time Bandits* (1981), *Frankenweenie]]* (1984), and *The Portrait of a Lady* (1996). She is also an Emmy-nominated producer responsible for *Faerie Tale Theatre* and other child-friendly programming. Duvall's most recent performance was in *Manna from Heaven* (2002).
Lucy Stone

**Lucia "Lucy" Stone** (née Reynolds) is a minor character in Doctor Sleep and it’s film adaptation. She is the daughter of Jack Torrance (books only) and Sandy Reynolds, the younger half-sister of Danny Torrance (books only), the mother of Abra Stone, the wife of David Stone and the granddaughter of Concetta Reynolds.

## Biography

### Doctor Sleep (book)

#### Background

Lucy was a product of an affair between Jack and Sandy, while Jack was teaching. After her mother died in a car accident, she was raised by her grandmother. Later in life she married David and gave birth to their only daughter, Abra. Lucy starts to breastfeeds Abra. One night, he has a nightmare. She and Lucy wake up to Abra crying. Not knowing what to do, they call Concetta. She tells them to take her to a hospital. They do, but nothing is wrong with Abra. Eventually, Concetta and John Dalton, their pediatrician, does come. After Abra stops crying, they go home.

#### Main Events

In August of 2013, Lucy gets a call from Concetta, she tells Lucy that she broke her hip. When she hangs up, Abra calls Lucy (from Camp Tapawingo in Maine) that she wants to come back home but Lucy tells her what happened. When Lucy picks Abra up, they have no choice but to leave for Boston to stay with Concetta. They would spent the last two weeks of August and first week of September there. One day, Concetta tells Lucy that she isn’t afraid to die. Abra would start middle school on September Eighth so she would stay with her dad on weekdays and stay with her mom and grandma on weekends.

On Sunday night, Lucy hears Concetta screaming, she runs in to see her mom on the floor crying with a broken arm and calls the ambulance. In the morning, Lucy goes to Mass General to call David to break the news. When she knows Abra is now down stairs, she tells David to put her on the phone.

## Appearences

* Doctor Sleep (book)
* Doctor Sleep (film)

## Trivia

* She visits her mom in the film.

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Topiary animals

**Topiary animals** refer to the animal-shaped hedge trimmings found at the Overlook Hotel in the 1977 novel and 1997 miniseries versions of *The Shining*. The 1980 film version replaces the topiary animals with a topiary hedge maze due to the limitations of special effects at the time.

## Location

The topiary animals are located in the rear of the hotel.

## Appearances

* The Shining (book)
* The Shining (miniseries)
* Billy Summers (book)
De Natura Sonoris No.1

**De Natura Sonoris No.1** is the twelfth song on the The Shining Soundtrack.

## History

 Copyright

## Scenes used

 Copyright
 1- Danny Torrance pedals, before encountering the twins – title “Monday”
The piece fades in at 0’38” ca. Between 2’05” and 2’25” ca the recording has had a cut. Before the title, it is possible that the recording has been altered.
2- Wendy Torrance leaves the Overlook to go and check the snowcat – shot of Jack Torrance
sleeping in the storeroom

## Videos

The Shining Soundtrack - De Natura Sonoris No. 1

 The Film Soundtrack
Arthur Woodley

Gender | Male

**Arthur Woodley** is an American actor who plays the role of Dick Hallorann in the 2016 operatic version of *The Shining*.

## Biography

The American bass Arthur Woodley has been acclaimed for his performances in both opera and concert.

This season, Mr. Woodley makes his debut at the New Orleans Opera as the title role in Britten's Noyd's Fludde and returns to the Seattle Opera as Crespel in Les contes d'Hoffmann. He recently won critical acclaim for his portrayal of Emille Griffith in the world premiere of Terrance Blanchard’s Champion at the Opera Theater of St. Louis.

Mr. Woodley has appeared with prestigious opera companies all over the United States including the San Francisco Opera, Seattle Opera, Opera Philadelphia, Dallas Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, and Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. His many roles have included Varlaam in Boris Godunov, Bartolo in Le nozze di Figaro, the Four Villains in Les contes d’Hoffmann, Kuno in Der Freischütz, Banquo in Macbeth, Nick Shadow in The Rake’s Progress, Sulpice in La fille du régiment, Leporello in Don Giovanni, Rocco in Fidelio, Publio in La clemenza di Tito, Angelotti in Tosca, Achillas in Giulio Cesare, and Dansker in Billy Budd.

Mr. Woodley has a distinguished history with the role of Porgy in Porgy and Bess. He sang the role in concert with the San Francisco Symphony, the National Symphony Orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony and on tour in Italy, including Santa Cecilia in Rome, with Yuri Temirkanov. In staged performances, he has appeared with the Opera Philadelphia, the Indianapolis Opera, Opera Colorado, the Bregenz Festival, the Savolinna International Festival in Finland, and the Catfish Row Opera Company of Charleston, in a gala celebration of the 50th anniversary of the opera's debut.

In concert, Mr. Woodley has appeared with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, the Houston Symphony, the Modesto Symphony, the American Composers Orchestra in Carnegie Hall, the Collegiate Chorale at Lincoln Center, and at the Bard Music Festival. He also sang the world premiere of God, Mississippi and Medgar Evers with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and was the bass soloist in Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 in Mexico City with Sir Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields.

Mr. Woodley was born in New York City and raised in Saint Croix. He currently resides in Montclair, New Jersey.
The Storeroom

**The Storeroom** is an area in the Overlook Hotel. Dick Hallorann shows Wendy Torrance the storeroom during her tour of the hotel. Wendy winds up locking her husband Jack in their when the hotel's evil begins to take over Jack.

## Usage

### The Shining (book)

Both Danny and Wendy lock Jack in the storeroom.

### The Shining (film)

Only Wendy locks Jack in the storeroom in the Stanley Kubrick version of *The Shining*.

## Interpretations

Several fan interpretations of the film utilize the storeroom. The Calumet Baking Powder Company cans play a role in the Native American genocide theory and the containers of Tang play a role in the fake moon landing theory.

## Disappearing light switch

There is a double switch box on the wall to the right of the door which disappear and reappear frequently throughout the film.

## Filming Locations

The storeroom was filmed on the kitchen set at the Enigma Building at Elstree Studios.

## Appearances

* The Shining (book)
* The Shining (film)
* The Shining (miniseries)
* The Shining (opera)
Lia Beldam

Gender | Female

**Lia Beldam** was a Swiss actress who played the role of Lorraine Massey in the 1980 Stanley Kubrick film adaptation of the 1977 Stephen King novel *The Shining*.

## Biography

Lia Beldam was born in Switzerland and lived in the county of Zurich. She went to secretarial college after finishing her regular school and did work experience in a couture house. There she asked to model now and again. Then she went to college in London to study English and after graduated, where she met her husband and got married at the age of twenty. Sadly, she passed away on the 23rd August 2021 after a short illness.

## Filmography

* **The Shining** ... Young Woman in Bath (1980)
* **Ready Player One** ... Pretty Naked Girl (uncredited)

* **Mr. Skin's Favorite Horror Movie Nude Scenes** ... #14 - The Shining (archive footage)

## External Links

* **Lia Beldam Interview on House of Horrors**
* **Bathtub Scene**
* **Facebook**
* **Twitter**
Howard Cottrell

**Howard Cottrell** is a minor character in the The Shining novel and its miniseries adaptation.

## Biography

### The Shining (book)

Dick Hallorann loses control of his rental car when he passes Howard Cottrell’s plow on a snowy road on the way to the Overlook Hotel and buries his car in the snow. Howard pulls Hallorann’s car out of the snow with his plow truck, and even offers Hallorann his mittens so Hallorann doesn’t freeze to death the next time he gets stuck. Hallorann tells Howard that he must get to the Overlook Hotel because Jack has gone insane and Wendy and Danny are in danger, and even though Howard knows there isn’t anyway Hallorann can know that (the phones are down and they aren’t in range of the hotel’s CB), Howard believes him. Howard “gets feelins,” he tells Hallorann. When Hallorann says he gets feelings, too, Howard says he already knows. Howard tells Hallorann to see Larry Durkin in Sidewinder about a snowmobile and to drop his name for a special rate.

### The Shining (miniseries)

He instead takes the role of Larry Durkin. He is seen helping to supply Dick Hallorann with a snowcat to get up to the Overlook.

## Appearances

* The Shining (book)
* The Shining (miniseries)

## Trivia

* He does not appear in the film, making him a novel only character.
Ahwahnee Hotel

The **Ahwahnee Hotel** is a grand hotel in Yosemite National Park, California, on the floor of Yosemite Valley, constructed from steel, stone, concrete, wood and glass, which opened in 1927. It is a premiere example of National Park Service rustic architecture and was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1987. The hotel was built by two companies that were merged when the National Park Service began leasing concessions to a single concessionaire in 1925. The Curry Company, owned by David and Jennie Curry and the Yosemite Park Company, the owners of the Yosemite Lodge, became the new "Yosemite Park & Curry Company" headed by Donald Tressider. The structure originally served as both a luxury hotel and the company offices of YPC&CC. Despite financial struggles, the YPC&CC remained the concessioner for the Ahwahnee Hotel until 1993, before the National Park Service required a new concessioner to buy the YPC&CC, creating a new company, Delaware North. Delaware North's contract ended on March 1, 2016 when The National Park Service selected Aramark as the new concessionaire.

The Ahwahnee was renamed the Majestic Yosemite Hotel on March 1, 2016, due to a legal dispute between the US Government, which owns the property, and the outgoing concessionaire, Delaware North, which claims rights to the trademarked name.

It is well known for being the inspiration for most of the interior shots used in the 1980 Stanley Kubrick film *The Shining*.
Midnight, the Stars & You

**Midnight, the Stars & You** is the twentieth song on the The Shining Soundtrack.

## Scenes used

 Copyright
 1- Jack Torrance walks towards The Gold Room entrance – line «…hold this for you there, Jeevesy!» (Jack in the red bathroom)
The song starts a few measures after its beginning, precisely after the introduction. It then proceeds uninterruptedly, until the end.
2- Cut to the interior of the Overlook, after Jack’s death – one of the titles
during the end credits

## Videos

The Shining Soundtrack - Midnight, The Stars, & You

 The Film Soundtrack
The Awakening Of Jacob

**The Awakening Of Jacob** is the eighth song on the The Shining Soundtrack.

## History

 Copyright

## Scenes used

 Copyright
 1- Dissolve to Danny Torrance in the bathroom – title “Closing Day”
The piece is inserted from its beginning to 1’22” ca of the recording, probably without alterations (the playing speed may be slightly slower). The listening is interrupted an instant before the appearance of the title. In the DD 5.1 remix, an error has been made: the listening is interrupted on the title, so the piece goes on to 1’27” ca. In the USA version, there are 2 sequences with Danny’s doctor (played by Anne Jackson) before the title: the actress’ voice is heard while the screen is dark, after the blood vision, and is overlapped with the music, which interrupts at 1’27” ca (or probably a few seconds further).
2- Danny is playing with the toy cars – Danny enters The Colorado Lounge and Wendy Torrance says «Danny, everything’s okay!»

The piece starts once again from its beginning, but it proceeds until 3’30” ca.
3- Shot inside Room 237, a few seconds after the cut – dissolve to Dick Hallorann making a phone call

## Videos

The Shining Soundtrack - The Awakening of Jacob

 The Film Soundtrack
Jim Varney

Gender | Male

**James Albert Varney Jr.** (June 15, 1949 – February 10, 2000) was an American actor and comedian. Originally, Varney was supposed to play as a sheriff in the film the Varney turned down the role due to the plot being violent,

He was best known for his role as Ernest P. Worrell in which, he one a Daytime Emmy Award, He would usually play comedic roles through-out his career.

## Biography

Varney began his interest in theater as a teenager, winning state titles in drama competitions while a student at Lafayette High School (which he graduated from with the class of 1968) in Lexington, Kentucky. At the age of 15, he portrayed Ebeneezer Scrooge in a local children's theater production, and by 17, he was performing professionally in nightclubs and coffee houses. He listed a former teacher, Thelma Beeler, as being one of the main contributing factors in his becoming an actor.

His character Ernest P. Worrell proved so popular that it was spun off into a TV series *Hey Vern, It's Ernest!* and a series of movies in the 1980s and 90s. *Ernest Goes to Camp* earned Varney a nomination for "Worst New Star" in the 1987 Golden Raspberry Awards (he lost). Other Ernest movies included *Ernest Saves Christmas* and *Ernest Goes to Jail*. He is also known for his role as "Slinky Dog" in *Toy Story*.

Varney also played the part of Jed Clampett in the 1993 production of *The Beverly Hillbillies*. In addition to his "Ernest Goes to..." series, he starred in several smaller movies for Carden & Cherry such as *Ernest P. Worrell's Family Album*, *Dr. Otto and the Riddle of the Gloom Beam*, and *Your World as I See It*, all of which showcased his great facility with assuming a wide variety of characters and accents. Just prior to his stint as Ernest P. Worrell, Varney was a cast member on the notorious television flop *Pink Lady and Jeff.*
Lontano

**Lontano** is the fourth song on the The Shining Soundtrack.

## History

 Copyright

## Scenes used

 Copyright
 1- Danny Torrance plays with the darts – line «This is the staff wing of the hotel» (Stuart Ullman, while taking Jack and Wendy Torrance to their room)
The piece starts at 2’50”, and goes on without alteration to 4’01” ca.
2- Line «In here is where we keep all the dried goods and the canned goods» (Dick Hallorann to Wendy Torrance in the storeroom) – line «and seven kinds of what have you» (Halloran to Wendy in the same sequence)

The piece is heard as above, but it is interrupted a few seconds before (3’40” ca).
3- Line «Missed!» (Wendy to Danny, while playing in the snow) – Wendy enters Ullman’s office

 The Film Soundtrack
Grandpa Flick

**Grandpa Flick** is a minor antagonist in Doctor Sleep and it’s film adaptation.

## Biography

### Doctor Sleep (book)

#### Background

There had been a time when he'd told people he was a veteran of the Spanish-American War. Then it was World War I. Nowadays it was World War II. In another twenty years or so, he switched his story to Vietnam.

At a movie theater with Rose the Hat and Barry the Chink, they are there to spy on a girl named Andrea so she could join the True Knot. Rose is not impressed but when she notices Andrea using her powers, she is convinced. Barry tells her to keep on watching. They later kidnap and transform her, with Grampa Flick leading.

One day in 2001, the True Knot start to travel to get a kids steam. It’ll take months to get there. On September 8th, they stopped at a New Jersey town. On September 11th, the True Knot witnesses the attack on the Twin Towers. As Pea and Pod push him in his wheelchair while Apron Annie and Black-Eyed Sue fake cry.

One day in May of 2011, the True Knot stay in a camp in Lexington Kentucky. Later that night, the True Knot opens a canister to eat the steam of a kid named Richard Gaylesworthy after they hear Tommy the Truck died. In July going to Iowa, Rose asks who Grandpa Flick is with. Apron Annie says he’s with her and Long Paul. Grandpa Flick tells Crow that they’re going the wrong way but they soon go the right direction. When the True Knot get to Iowa, a kid named Bradley Trevor is kidnapped by Barry the Chink and SnakeBite Andi. The True Knot take him to an abandoned ethanol-processing plant where they kill him, slowly and painfully and torturous. Rose the Hat does most of it.

## Appearances

* Doctor Sleep (book)
* Doctor Sleep (film)
Brown Industries

**Brown Industries** is a small Helghan weapon manufacturer, located in Constantine City. The BP-02 Pup Grenade Launcher and BLR-08 Hadra Rocket Launcher are products of this company, as well as commercial an military explosives.

## History

They later launched a court action against Stahl Arms due to patent infringement, but lost. Stahl Arms was capable of demonstrating significant improvements of their StA-2 Battle Pistol, such as enhanced use of synthetic material, introduction of high pressure ammunition and ergonomic changes.
Alexa Grady

**Alexa Grady** is a minor posthumous antagonist in

#### Background

During the winter of 1970-1971, he went mad and killed his family by killing his two daughters with an hatchet then shot his wife with a shotgun before blowing his own head off with it.

### The Shining (film)

#### Background

During the winter of 1970, he went mad and killed his family by killing his two daughters with an axe then shot his wife with a shotgun before blowing his own head off with it.

#### Main Events

Manager Stuart Ullman tells Jack Torrance of Grady's story during Jack's initial interview for the caretaker job of the Overlook Hotel for the winter of 1980-1981, in which he is unbothered so he still gets the job. After his job interview, he brings his wife, Wendy, and son, Danny with him.

When the Torrance’s arrive at the Overlook Hotel to get a tour, the son, Danny, goes to the Games Room to play darts. Thats when the girls walk in, without saying a word, they then depart.

The girls are seen much later in the movie when Danny is riding his Big Wheels around the hotel's halls. Upon reaching a dead end of the corridor, the girls appear holding hands. They invite Danny to "come and play with us" and be friends forever. Danny then has visions of murdered, bloody corpses of the girls (the same spot where they died) and hides his face in his hands. The girls vanish. Danny then remembers "what Mr. Hallorann said; it is like pictures in a book, and unreal.".

## Appearances

* The Shining (film)
* Doctor Sleep (film)
Suzie

**Suzie** is a minor character in The Shining film. She is a secretary at the Overlook Hotel.

## Biography

### The Shining (film)

Suzie is Stuart Ullman's secretary at the Overlook Hotel. She is first seen when Jack Torrance arrives for his interview. As he approaches Ullman's office door, Suzie is beside Ullman, going over paperwork. Upon Jack's intervention, Ullman closes the file and hands it to Suzie. He then asks her for coffee and to find Bill Watson. She leaves the office and we do not see her again until Ullman is showing the Torrance couple The Gold Room. She walks in, holding Danny Torrance's hand, saying that she found him outside and that he was looking for them.

## Trivia

 Main
David Stone

**David Stone** is a minor character in the Doctor Sleep and it’s film adaptation. He is a writer.

## Biography

### Doctor Sleep (book)

#### Background

Lucy, Concetta, and himself are watching a tape where Abra is born. While Concetta is holding baby Abra, David and Lucy talk about when they can show the tape to Abra. While talking, Lucy breastfeeds Abra. One night, he has a nightmare. He and Lucy wake up to Abra crying. Not knowing what to do, they call Concetta. She tells them to take her to a hospital. They do in the morning, but nothing is wrong with Abra. At 7:30, Concetta does come. At nine, their pediatrician, John Dalton comes. Later, he and Lucy drive home, after Abra stopped crying. In spring of 2002, David and Lucy hear someone playing the piano, David goes downstairs while Lucy calls the police, he sees nothing. He thought it was Abra. It would happen the next day again. He would get suspicious and sleep by the piano. After telling Abra to stop, she does. Just around a year after 9/11, she uses the shine to predict her dad’s return from work. In spring of 2003, she uses her shine to predict money in her mom’s dresser. By July 6, 2003, Abra could speak in full sentences.

In April 2004, shortly before Abra’s birthday party, she and David go to see John to ask him if he wants to go to Abra’s birthday party, he does. They also tell John that they think Abra had a premonition of 09/11, how Abra likes music, and her visions.

David and Lucy set up the birthday party for Abra. He would hire a magician few days ago. He watches Abra and her friends watching the performance when he hear noises in the house. Concetta, Lucy, and John go inside to investigate when they are shocked to see spoons on the ceiling. David then walks in and sees it too. Abra walks in and drops the spoons. Two months later, he and Lucy are at John’s office to talk about if Abra is telekinetic.

#### Main Events

By August of 2013, David been spending his time writing his first novel. When he got the news that Concetta broke her hip, Lucy and Abra live with her for three weeks, leaving him living alone. Abra starts school on September Eighth so she transitions from her dad to her mom and grandma. Sense he was focused on his book, Abra had to do the chores. On September 17th, Abra notices lots of mail, including a paper that has information of missing kids. Abra walks inside, David hears and greets her while writing his book. On a Sunday morning, he gets a call from Lucy. She tells him that Concetta broke her arm, he is sad. Abra comes down and he puts her on the phone. He watches TV while she’s on the phone.

## Appearances

* Doctor Sleep (book)
* Doctor Sleep (film)

## Trivia

* In the book, David doesn’t die.
* His death in the film was added for more suspense and dramatic effect.
The Kitchen

## The Kitchen

### appearances

The Shining (book)
The Shining (film)
The Shining (miniseries)
The Shining (opera)

**The Kitchen** is a large kitchen located in the Overlook Hotel.

## Location

The Kitchen is located off a section of The Lobby.

## Styling

The kitchen is based on the similarly themed kitchen of the.

## Filming Locations

The kitchen was filmed in the Enigma Building at Elstree Studios.
Steven Weber

Gender | Male

**Steven Robert Weber** is an American actor who plays the role of Jack Torrance in the 1997 miniseries version of *The Shining*. Originally the role was written for Tim Daly, however Daly could not commit to it, and instead recommended his Wings costar Steven Weber, who was then cast. (Daly would star in another Stephen King film two years later).
Misery

***Misery*** is the 25th book published by Stephen King. It was his 21st novel, and the 16th novel written under his own name. The book was released by Viking on June 8, 1987.

## Referencing The Shining

* Author Stephen King references his 3rd novel, *The Shining*, in Chapter 24. The character Annie refers to the Overlook Hotel, mentioning that a man burned it down. She is referring to Jack Torrance, who allowed the hotel to burn down after not properly maintaining the boilers in the hotel's basement.

* The cabin is also located in Sidewinder, Colorado, the Overlook Hotel once resided.

* Years after the events in *The Shining*, Andrew Pomeroy, an amateur painter, was employed by a magazine to sketch the ruins of the hotel. Pomeroy disappeared during the assignment. Later on in 1982, his body was found inside the ruins of the hotel, no one knowing how it was possible.
Hedge maze

The **hedge maze** refers to the labyrinth of hedges found at the Overlook Hotel in the 1980 film version of *The Shining*. The 1977 novel and the 1997 miniseries versions of *The Shining* use moving topiary animals in place of the maze.

## Location

The hedge maze is located in the back of the hotel.

## The Stanley Hotel

In 2015, The Stanley Hotel, the original hotel which Stephen King used as a basis when he first wrote *The Shining*, installed its own hedge maze in order to pay homage to its Shining roots. Before this, it had neither a maze nor the signature topiary animals author Stephen King once wrote about.

## Filming Locations

The maze was filmed on the backlot of MGM Borehamwood Studios in England.

The overhead shot of the maze was filmed in the parking lot of the Canterbury Building in Borehamwood, England, with a matte painting added.

The maze at night was filmed on Stage 1 at Elstree Studios.

## Videos

The Shining - The mazeWendy and Danny walking through the maze for the first time.The Shining - The model mazeJack looks at the model of the maze.The Shining - Into the mazeJack chases Danny into the maze.The Shining - Out of the maze!Danny makes his way out of the maze.
Andrew Pomeroy

**Andrew Pomeroy** was a painter in the Stephen King novel *Misery*.

## Biography

Years after the events in The Shining, Andrew Pomeroy, an amateur painter, was employed by a magazine to sketch the ruins of the Overlook Hotel. Pomeroy disappeared during the assignment. Later on in 1982, his body was found inside the ruins of the hotel, no one knowing how it was possible.

He was the lover of Annie Wilkes, and was killed by her. Annie Wilkes is the antagonist of Stephen King's novel Misery. Annie drowned him in a bath, and was possibly the one who left his body in the Overlook. She loved him, but killed him, because he was not actually officially hired, and was just hoping a magazine would be interested.

## Appearences

* *Misery* - mentioned

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Mark Torrance

**Mark Anthony Torrance** is a minor posthumous character in the The Shining novel and it’s miniseries adaptation. He was a nurse until his death.

## Biography

### The Shining (book)

Mark is Jack's abusive, alcoholic father, with whom Jack had a love-hate relationship, even when Jack threw a rock at a car and gave him a black eye and other bad things. Although he's dead, Mark is very much alive in the mind of his son, who's deeply afraid of repeating all his father's mistakes. Making Jack's dad a male nurse, who frequently comes home bloody (some of the blood probably from fighting) is a creepy gruesome touch. Under the influence of the Overlook, all of Jack's issues with his father become manifest and result in Jack's own destruction. Of course, it also results in the destruction of the Overlook, a seat of extreme evil, especially for families.

## Appearances

* The Shining (book) - flashback
* The Shining (miniseries)

## Trivia

* He is mentioned in the films.

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It's All Forgotten Now

**It's All Forgotten Now** is a song used in the 1980 film *The Shining*. It does not appear on the The Shining Soundtrack.

## Scenes used

 Copyright
 Line «Grady, sir, Delbert Grady» (Grady while removing stains from Jack’s jacket) – line «Did you know that?» (Grady to Jack in the same sequence)

## Videos

The Shining Soundtrack - It's All Forgotten Now

 The Film Soundtrack
The Whining

***The Whining*** is the name of a parody of the 1997 Mick Garris miniseries version of the 1977 Stephen King novel *The Shining*. Published by CRACKED magazine, the parody was released in their September 1997 edition in a response to Stephen King recreating his vision of *The Shining*, after him being very disappointed in the 1980 Stanley Kubrick film version of the story.

## The Cover

The cover of CRACKED magazine issue #319 is devoted to "Jurassic Park". "The Shining" never received a cover of its own. It just appears in this issue. Probably due to CRAZY and MAD magazines also doing parodies at the time, CRACKED magazine never did a parody of the original film.

## See also

* Parodies
* The Shiner
* The Signing
REDRUM

**REDRUM** (/ɹidː.ɹʌm/), also stylized as **REDЯUM**, refers to the word *murder*, spelled backwards

## Usage

### The Shining (book)

Danny Torrance has a vision of the word REDRUM appearing on a wall, where it then transforms into the word MURDER, directly below the word REDRUM. He is aware of this as he saw this in a vision prior to arriving at the Overlook Hotel. His first vision is of the hotel, where "a single word appeared in green fire ... REDRUM".

Tony also shows Danny the word “REDRUM” “flashing off and on” in the bathroom mirror and the word murder is not seen in a mirror. Murder is seen in the reflection of “a huge clock in a glass bowl materialized in front of [the bathroom mirror]”.

### The Shining (film)

Danny writes the word REDRUM on a door and his mother, Wendy Torrance, sees the word reflected into a mirror, where it reads MURDER.

## Appearances

* The Shining (book)
* The Shining (film)
* The Shining (miniseries)
* The Shining (opera)
* Doctor Sleep (film)
Sandy Reynolds

**Alessandra "Sandy" Reynolds** is a minor posthumous character in the Doctor Sleep novel and its film adaptation. She was a former teacher assistant.

## Biography

### Doctor Sleep (book)

Sandy had an affair with Jack Torrance while she was his teaching assistant. After he was fired, she learns she was pregnant and gave birth to her daughter Lucy. She later died in a car crash, after which her daughter was raised by her grandmother, Concetta Reynolds.

## Trivia

* She is mentioned in the Doctor Sleep film.

 Main
The Gold Room

**The Gold Room**, or **The Gold Ballroom** is a large ballroom contained within the Overlook Hotel. The Red Bathroom is attached to the Gold Room. In the book, it was named The Colorado Lounge. The original name was used for the 1980 film's sitting room, which is a room where guests can relax and read or chat. The Gold Room is presumed to be the most haunted room in the hotel, besides Room 217/237.

## Videos

### The Shining (film)

The Shining - The Gold RoomThe Shining - The ball
## Filming Locations

The Gold Room was filmed on Stage 5 at Elstree Studios.

Despite rumors, pick-up shots for Lloyd's bar WERE NOT filmed at the bar in the cabaret room of American Legion Hollywood Post 43 in Los Angeles, California.

## Appearances

* The Shining (book)
* The Shining (film)
Alejandro Vega

Gender | Male

**Alejandro Vega** is an American actor who plays the role of Danny Torrance in the 2016 operatic version of *The Shining*.

## Biography

Alejandro began his journey into the performing arts at the age of six under the guidance of his vocal and performance mentor Katy Hays in a garage in Northeast Minneapolis. After performing in the Hays' garage and attending a number of Theater Arts Training classes at Children's Theatre Company (CTC), Alejandro decided he wanted to perform on the “big stage.”

In his theater debut in the Theater Latté Da/Hennepin Theater Trust production of Oliver! the St. Paul Pioneer Press described Alejandro as an “all-singing/all-dancing/all-astonishing … tiny powerhouse." In 2015, he performed in Peter Pan the Musical and The Wizard of Oz at CTC, and at the Minnesota Fringe Festival in Damn Kids These Days.He was also honored to perform at the Ivey Awards and at CTC’s Curtain Call Ball.

In 2016, Alejandro returned to The Pantages Theater in the cast of Gypsy as part of Theater Latté Da/Hennepin Theater Trust’s Broadway Re-imagined series. In an exciting culmination of the 2015–2016 season, Alejandro appears in the Minnesota Opera's world premiere of The Shining in the role of Danny Torrance.

Alejandro is in the fifth grade at XinXing Academy Chinese Immersion School in Hopkins, Minnesota.
כוח רצון

מדד יכולתה של הדמות להתנגד לשליטה מוחית, בעיות מנטאליות וריסון דחפים לא רצויים. כל דמות מתחילה עם 4 נקודות כוח רצון קבועות. לדמות יש מלאי של נקודות כוח רצון זמניות אתן ניתן ניתן להפעיל מתנות מסויימות או להעלות זמנית את הדירוג קבוע על מנת לכוחות שההגנה נגדם היא כוח רצון.

### משמעות הדירוג:

מדד כוח הרצון מראה את יכולתה של הדמות להתנגד לדחפים ולהתמקד במה שחשוב לה באמת למרות הסחות דעת או השפעות חיצוניות - ככזה, כוח הרצון משחק תפקיד חשוב באיזון הדמות מול הנוסיס והזעם שבתוכה. דמות שדירוג הנוסיס שלה עולה על דירוג כוח הרצון שלה מתקשה להתנתק מעולם הרוחות אפילו כשהיא רוצה בכך. דמות שדירוג הזעם שלה גדול מדירוג כוח הרצון תתקשה להסוות את הטבע החייתי והפראי שלה ותגרום לכך שהקללה והזעם שלה ישפיעו כמעט מיידית.

במובן זה, כוח הרצון של הדמות הוא התכונה המאזנת והמפשרת בין האחרות, שמשאירה את הדמות כמו שהיא.

### סיסטם:

לדמות יש דירוג כוח רצון קבוע ומאגר נקודות כוח רצון זמניות המתמלא ומתרוקן בהתאם למאמציה של הדמות. אם לדמות יש דירוג קבוע של 5, הרי שבמצב אידאלי לדמות יש 5 נקודות כוח רצון זמניות. בעזרתן ניתן להפעיל מתנות, טכניקות אומנויות לחימה, להתעלם מהסחות דעת טבעיות ולהגביר את דירוג ההתנגדות לשליטה על טבעית חיצונית.

#### הגברת דירוג :

במחיר של אחד לאחד, ניתן 'לנפח' את דירוג כוח הרצון הקבוע - אם למוקי הא'הרון החזק יש 5 נקודות כוח רצון זמניות, הוא יכול להוציא את כולן או חלקן כדי להתנגד להשפעה של גריזלדה מכשפת הנהר הנוראית שמנסה לשכנע אותו לבוא למקלחת בנהר שלה ולהעלות את דירוג כוח הרצון הקבוע שלו למשך סיבוב אחד במספר הנקודות שהוציא.

#### תשישות:

כאשר דמות נותרת בלי נקודות כוח רצון זמניות היא תשושה מנטאלית ולא יכולה לחשוב ולהתרכז לעומק על דברים. מסוף הסצינה שבה הוציא הדמות את נקודת כוח הרצון האחרונה ועד אשר יחזור לה קצת מכוח הרצון שלה, הדמות עייפה וסובלת 2- לכל דירוג.

### כוח רצון סטטי:

יש אפשרות להעלות את כוח הרצון באופן סטטי , העלאה זו עולה נקודות נסיון (3, 6, 9, 12, 15), אך מוסיפה רק לדירוג כוח הרצון ולא מעניקה כח רצון זמני. היא מגיעה עד למקסימום של 5.
Main Title "The Shining"

**"The Shining" Main Title** is an electronic piece composed for the 1980 film *The Shining*. It is the first song on the The Shining Soundtrack.

## History

 Copyright

## Scenes used

 Copyright
 1- Beginning – title “The Interview”
The piece is interrupted before its ending.
2- Danny Torrance in his room telepathically hears his parents - Jack throws objects in the kitchen

The piece is heard from 2'41" ca to an imprecise point. This portion of the piece was mixed here so as to remove the Dies Irae theme, maintaining the other sounds and the distorted voices, to which other electronic sounds are added. In the DD 5.1 remix, the volume of music and sound effects is higher than the original mix, so we can't say whether there are differences in the mix itself.
3- Jack Torrance goes towards Stuart Ullman’s office – cut to Dick Hallorann driving his car

## Videos

The Shining Soundtrack - Main Title

 The Film Soundtrack
Jack Nicholson

Gender | Male

**John Joseph "Jack" Nicholson**, born April 22, 1937, is an American actor and filmmaker who played the role of Jack Torrance in the 1980 film version of *The Shining*.

Having performed for over 60 years, Nicholson is known for playing a wide range of starring or supporting roles, including satirical comedy, romance and dark portrayals of antiheroes and psychopathic characters. In many of his films, he has played the "eternal outsider, the sardonic drifter," someone who rebels against the social structure.

## Biography

Nicholson's 12 Academy Award nominations make him the most nominated male actor in the Academy's history. Nicholson has won the Academy Award for Best Actor twice, one for the drama *One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest* (1975) and the other for the romantic comedy *As Good as It Gets* (1997). He also won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the comedy-drama *Terms of Endearment* (1983). Nicholson is one of three male actors to win three Academy Awards.

Nicholson is one of only two actors to be nominated for an Academy Award for acting in every decade from the 1960s to the 2000s; the other is Michael Caine. He has won six Golden Globe Awards, and received the Kennedy Center Honor in 2001. In 1994, he became one of the youngest actors to be awarded the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award.

## Filmography

Other films in which he has starred include the road movie *Easy Rider* (1969), the drama *Five Easy Pieces* (1970), the comedy-drama film *The Last Detail* (1973), the neo-noir mystery film *Chinatown* (1974), the drama *The Passenger* (1975), and the epic film *Red* (1981). He played Jack Torrance in Stanley Kubrick's horror film *The Shining* (1980), Joker in Tim Burton's superhero film *Batman* (1989), and Frank Costello in Martin Scorsese's neo-noir crime drama *The Departed* (2006). Other films include the legal drama *A Few Good Men* (1992), the Sean Penn-directed mystery film *The Pledge* (2001), and the comedy-drama *About Schmidt* (2002).
ילדיה של גאיה

*בזמני קדם, כאשר הגארו צדו בני אדם על מנת לצמצם את מספריהם ההולכים וגדלים, היו כאלו שטענו כנגד הנוהג הזה. לימים התאחדו אלו לשבט אחד אשר קיבל את השם ילדיה של גאיה. לכל אורך קיומם ילדי גאיה היו עוף מוזר בקרב הגארו, שוחרי שלום אבל באופן מפתיע יודעים להגן על עצמם. דוגלים בשיוויוניות וחופש אבל מסוגלים להתאגד ולפעול כגוף אחד. למרות שהשבטים האחרים נוהגים לבוז לילדי גאיה, הם כן מרבים לפנות עליהם כאשר עולה הצורך במרפא טוב או שופט הגון וחסר משוא פנים.*

*יחודם הגדול ביותר של ילדי גאיה הוא שהם אינם מעוררים חשש בקרב בני אדם רגילים ויכולים להתערב בחברתם בקלות ללא ההשפעות השליליות של 'הקללה'. הזיכרון הגזעי של בני האדם לא רואה את ילדי גאיה כאימה הגדולה אשר חטפה ילדים בלילות פרה-היסטוריים. החיסרון היחידי בכך הוא שמראם של ילדי גאיה בקרינוס לא גורם לדליריום כפי שקורה עם בני שבטים אחרים. בני אנוש אשר רואים את ילדי גאיה בצורת קרינוס עשויים לפחד אבל לא באופן כה בסיסי עד שמוחם ינסה למחות את הזיכרון דקות ספורות לאחר מכן.*

הרוח הפטרונית של ילדי גאיה הוא חד הקרן.
Alexie & Alexa Grady

**Alexie and Alexa Grady** refer to the two girls in blue Danny Torrance sees while riding in the Overlook Hotel's West Wing.

## Sighting of the twins

The girls are first mentioned by Stuart Ullman saying that ten years before Jack Torrance was hired, his predecessor Delbert Grady lived at the hotel with his wife and two daughters. In a fit of rage, Mr. Grady murdered Mrs. Grady along with the two girls. The police chalked it up to an extreme case of cabin fever.

On the last day of work for the regular staff, the Torrances arrive. Danny is amusing himself in the game room, playing darts, when the girls walk in. Without saying a word, they then depart.

The girls are seen much later in the movie when Danny is riding his Big Wheels around the hotel's halls. Upon reaching a dead end of the corridor, the girls appear holding hands. They invite Danny to "come and play with us" and be friends forever. Danny then has visions of murdered, bloody corpses of the girls (the same spot where they died) and hides his face in his hands. The girls vanish. Danny then remembers "what Mr. Hallorann said; it is like pictures in a book, and unreal."

## Speculation

Speculation is that the girls are not twins. While they mirror each other, remember that anachronistically, a lot of families dressed their offspring in similar, matching fashions. Also, their dresses are designed to be different and one is up higher than the other. One also appears to be slightly taller. While Stanley Kubrick may have cast a real set of twins (Lisa and Louise Burns) in the role, note that they have been intentionally made to look differently.

Also, Stuart Ullman, in the Kubrick movie, describes Grady's two little girls as 8 and 10, when he tells the story of Grady's breakdown to Jack at the beginning of the movie.

## Biography

### The Shining (film)

Two little girls about 8 (Alexa) and 10 (Alexie)...

## Trivia

* In the film, Alexie Grady is the twin on the left and Alexa Grady is the twin on the right.

### Videos

The Grady twins in the hallway.Danny sees the girls.The girls dead.
## See also

* Alexie Grady
* Alexa Grady
Eleanor Ouellette

**Eleanor Ouellette** is a minor character in the Doctor Sleep novel.

#### Personality & Appearance

Eleanor is a slow, little old lady with a raspy French accent. Due to smoking for eighty years has left her with colorectal cancer. She likes to get her hair done. She is noted to look almost identical to her relatives as their is a lot.

#### Background

Little is known about her life before the story other than a time in 2009 where she was moved to Room 15 of Rivington One.

## Death

### Doctor Sleep (book)

In the fall of 2013, it is now imminent that she is going to die as Azreel lays in her bed. Dan comes in to talk to Eleanor as Azzie leaves the room. Eleanor compliments Dan and have a friendly conservation up till the point where she dies.

## Trivia

* She is indirectly mentioned in the Doctor Sleep film adaptation.
List of differences between the book and film

**List of differences between the book and film** is just that. A comprehensive list of all differences between the 1977 Stephen King novel *The Shining* and the Stanley Kubrick 1980 film adaptation.

## Background

Stanley Kubrick made quite a few changes to the original Stephen King storyline, keeping only the bare bones plot line of the book.
Charlie Hayes

**Charlie Hayes** is a minor character in Doctor Sleep and it’s film adaptation.

## Biography

### Doctor Sleep (book)

#### Background

One day in January 2007, he was fine playing checkers with Danny Torrance, a hospice employee, during the day but starts to have problems at night. Azreel comes into his room. This causes another hospice employee to tell Dan.

### Doctor Sleep (film)

#### Background

His mom was a farmer and made blueberries, in which Charlie loved to eat.

## Death

### Doctor Sleep (book)

When Dan gets there, he goes into Charlie’s room and sits down. Charlie greets Dan and tells him that Azreel thinks he’ll die soon but Dan just say Azreel is a cat. Charlie disagrees. Dan uses his shine to see what Charlie is thinking. Dan sees Charlie with is wife and kids, a tractor, him eating blueberries and killing deer, him being sixty dancing with his wife, splitting wood at thirty, and him at five in a wagon. Charlie tells Dan that he’s scared that heaven or hell doesn’t exist but Dan says there is. As saying that, Dan and Azzie see him taking his last breath. Dan then gets a message from Abra Stone.

## Appearances

* Doctor Sleep (book)
* Doctor Sleep (film)