45 Years Ago, Stanley Kubrick Made A Horror Masterpiece By Destroying Its Source Material

45 Years Ago, Stanley Kubrick Made A Horror Masterpiece By Destroying Its Source Material

Warner Bros. Stephen King still doesn't like it, but Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of The Shining, which celebrates its 45th anniversary today, remains a landmark in horror movie history. Kubrick took extensive liberties with King's text, turning a deeply personal novel about the corruption of a broken man's love for his family into a cold, distant study of isolation, addiction, and psychosis. Yet by making the film — and perhaps the Overlook Hot…

The English manor where Stanley Kubrick lived during ‘The Shining’ production lists for $9M

Here’s a property that’s straight out of central casting. Stanley Kubrick’s former Hertfordshire home — the very place where he masterminded the likes of “The Shining,” “2001: A Space Odyssey,” and “A Clockwork Orange” among others — has just hit the market for a blockbuster price: nearly $9 million. The eight-bedroom English estate, known as Abbots Mead, is located on Barnet Lane in Elstree, just outside London. It’s being marketed by Savills, …