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Synopsis
A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter, where a sinister presence influences the father into violence. At the same time, his psychic son sees horrifying forebodings from both the past and the future.
Cast
- Jack Nicholson
- Shelley Duvall
- Danny Lloyd
- Scatman Crothers
- Barry Nelson
- Philip Stone
- Joe Turkel
- Anne Jackson
- Tony Burton
- Lia Beldam
Moviegoers are saying
This polarizing film has audiences scratching their heads over mysterious bear costumes, furry fetishes, and random cello outbursts that seem to defy explanation. While some praise Shelley Duvall's commanding performance and the film's genuinely unsettling atmosphere, others are left baffled by Netflix's algorithm and wondering what they just watched.
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why is the T so big
pd187Sep 19, 2017something in this movie: happens some guy who just loves going absolutely crazy on the cello: that's my cue
jamie!Oct 27, 2019if it was me i would have simply not gone crazy
abigail. - Oct 7, 2018
I maintain that the scene with the guy in the bear costume is just something random and nobody in the film had any idea what it was supposed to mean.
H. ColeyOct 28, 2020when your circle small but all y’all crazy
hollie amandaMay 10, 2019A tuxedo-clad man with a furry fetish has the best night of his life rudely interrupted by a marital dispute.
Eric Hatch -
men will even get angry on vacation
fran hoepfnerOct 31, 2017this is NOT a jack nicholson film! this is a Shelly Duvall film ‼️ okay❓❗️
☀️Oct 27, 2021Winnie The Pooh blows a guy
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It didn’t age very well. Sorry I was bored out of my mind.
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Metacritic
Disappointing... Jack Nicholson parodies himself while Kubrick fails to provide any thrills. [11 July 1980, p.8]
Gene Siskel
Chicago Tribune
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Eric Henderson
Slant Magazine
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Peter Bradshaw
The Guardian
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