The Shining

Book • 1977 • Horror  

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Does the dog die?
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TacosChezi
It is mentioned that Jack once found a stray dog and kicked it into the gutter, but it is very brief and only mentioned once.
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Is there bestiality?
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Is rape mentioned?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Is an animal sad?
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Are rabbits harmed?
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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Abandonment
Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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Abuse
Are there abusive parents?
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Is someone stalked?
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abd57900
Several characters are being chased/stalked through the hotel near the end
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ilomilo12
There is a ton. A main character has many times where he abuses his family. He also has vivid flashbacks of his own father abusing his family. It is all very graphic.
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Is a child abused?
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PlatoCrawford
Several descriptions of child abuse with all three main characters.
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Addiction
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ilomilo12
Alcohol is a major part of the book. A character frequently uses the medicine Excedrin and describes how it makes him feel high.
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Is there addiction?
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PlatoCrawford
It's a central theme of the book.
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PlatoCrawford
Alcoholism is a recurring theme in the book.
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Animal
Were animals harmed in the making?
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Does a horse die?
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
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Are animals abused?
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mkmkmkmk
Described in chapter 14 when Jack is reflecting on his rage issues appearing in his childhood. Skip this paragraph when you get to it.
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Is there a dead animal?
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Does a cat die?
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Does a pet die?
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there spiders?
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Are there snakes?
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ilomilo12
There are no physical snakes but one of the characters imagines a hose to be a snake chasing him.
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Are there bugs?
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ilomilo12
Wasps are mentioned multiple times. 3 people get stung by wasps. If you're afraid of wasps or bees, these parts can make you very uncomfortable.
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Assault
Is there pedophilia?
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Is someone held under water?
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
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Redpen2
A character is briefly imprisoned in a large walk-in pantry with a locking door.
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Is someone sexually assaulted?
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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KennedyKelly418
(Spoilers) Danny is strangled by “the woman” in Room 217
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Is there cannibalism?
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abd57900
many references to the Donner Party, but not graphic details or anything
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Is someone crushed to death?
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Is someone choked?
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KennedyKelly418
(SPOILERS) It is implied Jack dies in the hotel after it catches fire when the boiler explodes. BUT you can argue that he was already dead, and the hotel inside him died.
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Is someone buried alive?
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Is there body horror?
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Is there amputation?
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KennedyKelly418
Jack has a nightmare where he is beating George over the head with a mallet and then it changes to Danny.
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
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Is there a hanging?
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KennedyKelly418
The ghosts tell hallorann they are going to hang him, but nothing like that happens
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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KennedyKelly418
(SPOILERS) Jack, Wendy, and Danny all have recurring flashbacks to when Jack broke Danny’s arm
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PlatoCrawford
Danny is described as having episodes that may appear as seizures.
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Is someone tortured?
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quartz_suisse
More psychological than physical torture. The hotel kind of torture Jack and Danny. Tony show horribles images to Danny
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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Does someone fall to their death?
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KennedyKelly418
Not described explicitly, but you could count (SPOILERS) when possessed Jack hits himself in the face over and over again with the mallet
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Redpen2
Yes, especially at the end. A character self-injures, and it is described vividly.
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Children
Is an infant abducted?
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Does a kid die?
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PlatoCrawford
There are references to dead children, but we do not see a child die.
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Death
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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Does someone die?
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Family
Does a family member die?
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Does a parent die?
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ilomilo12
Someone destroys a room which includes a child's toys.
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Does someone cheat?
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
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PlatoCrawford
It's pretty central to the book.
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Anonymous
I’d consider the bathtub scene a jump scare.
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KennedyKelly418
Nothing s*xual, but there are recurring references to a ghost in a bathtub that got out and strangled Danny.
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Are there clowns?
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Is someone possessed?
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KennedyKelly418
Jack is possessed by the hotel at the end
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Is trypophobic content shown?
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Are there razors?
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Are there mannequins?
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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LouisT2924
Also, it's said that a man in Halloran's plane whoopsed on his paper and had to get cleaned up. Plus, Jack says he v*s out the coke he drank.
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friedmeggs
after one of danny's "shinings" it is said that he wets himself. this only happens once in the beginning
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Does someone spit?
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Is there audio gore?
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Large-scale Violence
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amwhite91
This book came out in 1977
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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LGBTQ+
Are there transphobic slurs?
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Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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Is there bisexual cheating?
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
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Are needles/syringes used?
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KennedyKelly418
Danny talks about “the men in white coats” many times
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Does someone have cancer?
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Mental Health
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KennedyKelly418
(SPOILERS) at the end, when Jack is possessed by the hotel and trying to kill Danny, Danny gets through to him and Jack hits himself in the face with the mallet repeatedly, but I don’t think it’s consciously.
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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Is there misophonia?
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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KennedyKelly418
Danny gets trapped in a snow tunnel and he thinks something is coming for him
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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abd57900
There are several mentions of side characters who committed suicide, and one character considers it in a flashback.
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Noxious
Is there shakey cam?
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Does a baby cry?
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Paranoia
Is the fourth wall broken?
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Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
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Does someone miscarry?
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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Is there childbirth?
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KennedyKelly418
Danny’s birth is described because he had some kind of rare mucous membrane over his face
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Are there abortions?
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Prejudice
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abd57900
Main character imagines a side character saying the f slur
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AudreyHoman
Jack makes fun of a boy who stutters.
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abd57900
some intense threats towards a Black character that includes the n-word multiple times
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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PlatoCrawford
One of the ghosts is a gay man, but we don't see him die.
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Are there fat jokes?
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fiona1111
Not jokes but definitely nasty comments about people's weight
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georgiaaaaaaaaa
he doesn't die at all, he saves the day
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Is there hate speech?
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PlatoCrawford
The N word is used near the end of the book.
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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Sex
Are there nude scenes?
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Does someone lose their virginity?
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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KennedyKelly418
Many references to s*x throughout the book, (SPOILERS AHEAD) first early on and is only described after, Danny talks about his parents “doing the thing that makes babies”, after Danny gets strangled there is a s*xually explicit scene, and Danny finds a cuckoo clock where two figures pop out and start giving each other or*l s*x. That’s all I can remember off the top off my head.
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Sexism
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fiona1111
However, Danny berates himself internally for feeling like crying in the playground.
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Sickness
Does someone have a stroke?
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Does someone have a chronic illness?
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Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
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Social
Is someone homeless?
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Are there anti-abortion themes?
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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Anonymous
Debatable.
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Vehicular
Does a car honk or tires screech?
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Does a car crash?
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Does a plane crash?
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abd57900
several characters suspect a plane will crash but it doesn't
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JaylexanderTheGay
A crash does take place whilst one of the characters is drink-driving, though no-one is hurt.
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Violence
Does someone drown?
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Is there blood/gore?
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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abd57900
described in dialogue, but not seen in detail
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