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The Shining: Book, Movie, or Both?
Are these moments from the original Stephen King book, the Stanley Kubrick movie adaptation, or both?
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Last updated: February 9, 2026
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1. Jack Torrance breaks down the bathroom door with an axe.
Jack's weapon of choice in the book is a roque mallet; the axe is a movie-only addition.
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2. The haunted Overlook Hotel is located in the Colorado mountains.
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3. Jack and Wendy are aware of the extent of Danny's "Shining" powers.
Though they know of Danny's eccentricities in the movie, Danny outright tells them about his powers in the book.
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4. The last caretaker of the hotel, Delbert Grady, is said to have murdered his wife and daughters the previous winter.
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5. The murdered daughters appear before Danny in the hotel.
Though the girls are mentioned in both, the famous "Grady twins" scene appears only in the movie.
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6. Jack previously broke Danny's arm in a drunken rage.
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7. Wendy locks Jack in the kitchen pantry.
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8. Dick Hallorann recieves Danny's call for help while driving on the highway.
In the movie, Hallorann recieves the call while he's in his own home.
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9. Blood flows out of the hotel's elevator.
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10. Danny is warned to not enter the mysterious Room 217.
The room number was changed to 237 in the movie.
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11. Jack writes "all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" over and over on a typewriter.
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12. The hotel's hedge animals come to life when the characters aren't looking.
The hedge animals are replaced with a hedge maze in the movie.
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13. Hallorann is killed by Jack when he attempts to save Wendy and Danny.
Hallorann survives the attack in the book.
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14. In the bathroom, Wendy defends herself from Jack with a razor blade.
In the movie, Wendy uses a knife.
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15. Jack dies at the end.
--Though it's done differently in each; he freezes to death in the movie, and dies in the hotel explosion in the book.
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