by Andrew Olthuis
synopsis
This second filmed version of Stephen King's best-selling horror novel credits King as the scriptwriter as well. The 4 1/2-hour long made-for-TV epic takes a more subtle approach to the horror and spends more time on the human elements than the now legendary Stanley Kubrick predecessor
characteristics
- Psychic Abilities
- Novel
- Psychic-phenomena
- Spellbinders
- Supernatural-forces
- Mental-breakdown
- Inn
- Emotional-breakdown
- Family
- Father
- Hostelry
- Hotel
- Writer's Life
- Alcoholism
- Alcoholic
