The Shining (1980)

Synopsis

Jack Torrance takes a caretaker position to look after the remote Overlook Hotel in the Colorado Rocky Mountains while it is closed for the winter. On arrival, hotel manager Stuart Ullman informs Jack that a previous caretaker, Charles Grady, killed his wife, two young daughters and himself in the hotel a decade prior.

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Box office

$57 million

Budget

$19 million

IMDb votes

1,252,054

Where to watch The Shining in Canada

Availability from JustWatch Canada, checked November 2026. Catalogues change often.