“The horror is driving him crazy.” ~The Shining (1980)

IMDB Summary: A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where an evil and spiritual presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from the past and of the future.

Rotten Tomatoes rating: 91%

Why I love it: I love any movie where you find yourself rooting for the sick and twisted bad guy.

It’s a well known fact Stephen King wasn’t exactly jazzed about Stanley Kubrick’s film version of his book. (And I just realized they have the same initials.) From the article What Stanley Kubrick Got Wrong About The Shining on salon.com: “I felt that it was very cold, very, ‘we’re looking at these people, but they’re like ants in an anthill, aren’t they doing interesting things, these little insects.’”