The Shining Mini Series Comes to Blu ray This March

The Shining Mini Series Comes to Blu ray This March By heads to Blu ray courtesy of Scream Factory in March. Mick Garris (Sleepwalkers, The Stand, Critters 2) directed the adaptation of ‘s story. The Shining Mini Series Details After a much publicized distaste for , Stephen King provided the teleplay for this 1997 mini series that stars Rebecca De Mornay and Steven Weber as Wendy and Jack Torrance.

As with the original story, Jack and Wendy Torrance along with their son Danny go to live and work in the Overlook Hotel during the off season. Unfortunately, the hotel has many ghosts from its past that prey on the family. Danny’s struggles with his fledgling power known as Shining appears to only make the situation worse.

While it has its fans who enjoyed how close it sticks to the book in the early going, many criticized the mini series for its overly sentimental ending and often cheap look. It was one of many during the 1990s. Kubrick’s film received something of a spiritual follow up in Mike Flanagan’s Doctor Sleep.

That film balanced the best of both worlds as it kept the tone of King’s stories as we follow an adult Danny Torrance acting as mentor to Abra, a young girl with a powerful form of the Shining. The Shining mini series Blu ray is set to be released on March 12, 2024. You can pre order it now. Neil became a horror fan from just a nightmare inducing glimpse of the Ghoulies VHS cover and a book on how to draw ghosts.

It escalated from there and now that's almost all he writes and talks about. Share article Subscribe to our Newsletter Related.