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Famous Horror Movie Locations: The Shining (1980)

'The Shining' hotel.

'The Shining' hotel.

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Movie Location: The Overlook Hotel, located in the Rocky Mountains, 40 miles west of Sidewinder, Colorado. Writer Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) takes a job as winter caretaker but soon becomes influenced by malevolent forces in the building instructing him to kill his family.
Real Location: The exterior is the Timberline Lodge on Mount Hood in Oregon (Mount Hood, OR 97049). The interior is a soundstage in England.

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