I, too, am no fan of Kubrick's attempted adaptation of The Shining. Kudos, yes, to the performances. But that's about it. The film was a mish-mash mess with no resolve. That's not to say there isn't something that is frightening about a tale concerning people stuck in something unexplainable. The original The Haunting, based on Shirley Jackson's classic ghost novel, shows how it can be done. This one didn't achieve that. The Simpsons' Halloween spoof of it was better.
King recalled that one morning, while he was shaving, the phone rang and he answered it.
Voice: "Is this Stephen King?"
King: "Yes."
Voice: "This is Stanley Kubrick. Do you believe in god?"
King: "Um, yes, I guess so."
Kubrick: "Okay." Click.
King said his immediate thought was: "Oh, my god, what is he doing to my book?"
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