The Shining

TV Show • 1997 • Drama  

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The Shining is a three-part television miniseries based on Stephen King's novel of the same name. Directed by Mick Garris from King's teleplay, the series was first aired in 1997.
This tv show contains 27 potentially triggering events.
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Does the dog die?
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Does a pet die?
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Were animals harmed in the making?
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Is there pedophilia?
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Is there excessive gore?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Is an animal sad?
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Is rape mentioned?
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Abuse
Is someone stalked?
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Is there domestic violence?
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Is a child abused?
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Addiction
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Is there addiction?
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cassandrasaurus
One of the three main characters (Jack, the father) is an alcoholic and his addiction is central to the plot.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Animal
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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Taxidermy
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Does a cat 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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Are there bugs?
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cassandrasaurus
Wasps and a wasp nest. Wasps attack all three main characters during the first episode and there are close ups of wasps stinging people.
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Assault
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TheCassandraComplex
A child is attacked by a malevolent ghost who appears as the corpse of a woman…. Although it’s not shown on screen, at some point she kisses him without consent (his parents find lipstick on his cheek and later Danny himself confirms that the ghost kissed him).
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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Lukesfamilyandfriends
Danny gets choked off screen by Lorraine Massey.
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Is there cannibalism?
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cassandrasaurus
The characters discuss The Donner Party. Nothing is shown.
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Is someone burned alive?
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Jack and two ghosts.
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Is there amputation?
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Is there a hanging?
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Danny’s arm.
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Danny has what looks like seizures.
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Is someone tortured?
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Children
Does a kid die?
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Danny is fine.
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Family
Does a parent die?
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Lukesfamilyandfriends
Jack Torrance does die at the ending and Danny is his son.
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Does someone cheat?
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Lukesfamilyandfriends
Yes In the ball room scene, Jack cheats on Wendy.
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
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Are there jump scares?
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Bathtub scene.
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Are there clowns?
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Is someone possessed?
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Are there razors?
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In the first 10 mins, the groundskeeper is telling Jack about a guest who killed herself by slitting her wrists. The scene is played out and we see her removing a razor from the pack
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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cassandrasaurus
No but someone foams at the mouth during a siezure.
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Does someone spit?
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cassandrasaurus
Lots of drool and foaming when a character has what appears to be a seizure.
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Is there audio gore?
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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cassandrasaurus
More like a small clinic.
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Does someone have cancer?
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Mental Health
Does someone self harm?
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cassandrasaurus
I guess it depends on whether you consider addiction and/or alcoholism a mental illness but I thought I’d better mark this one “yes” just in case.
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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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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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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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
Does someone miscarry?
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Is there childbirth?
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Are there abortions?
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
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TheCassandraComplex
Not in this version. However, Grady does use “d*rkie” to refer to Halloran instead.
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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TheCassandraComplex
A couple of LGBTQ folks appear briefly as ghosts in the ballroom scene. Thier deaths are not explained or reflected on in any way.
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Are there fat jokes?
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Lukesfamilyandfriends
Dick Hallorann survives in the miniseries and book.
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Sex
Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there sexual content?
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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Does a plane crash?
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Lukesfamilyandfriends
There are planes but none crash.
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Violence
Does someone drown?
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Is there blood/gore?
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cassandrasaurus
There is an explosion, it is not nuclear.
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cassandrasaurus
Mafia-related murder with guns in a flashback.
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