5.492 minSeason 1 • Episode 3
LatestDanny uses his "shining" to call Halloran for help as Jack finally goes over the edge.
A new caretaker moves with his family into the mysterious Overlook Hotel for the winter.
Writing
King's teleplay restores book beats Kubrick murdered.
Practical Effects
Actual hedge animals, not hedge maze—cheesy glory.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
King famously despised Kubrick's 1980 film, calling it 'a Cadillac with no engine'; this miniseries was his expensive corrective, shot at the actual Stanley Hotel that inspired the novel.
The hedge animals—animated via stop-motion—were King's book-accurate replacement for the maze; critics roasted them as 'scary as a shrubbery sale.'
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