One of the best-known and most controversial opinions in cinema history is the well-recorded fact that Stephen King dislikes Stanley Kubrick's 1980 classic "The Shining." Kubrick adapted King's 1977 novel, and King resented the changes that Kubrick made to his narrative, feeling they were pessimistic or arbitrary. King's novel is about a former alcoholic author named Jack who moves his family into a remote, snowbound hotel, serving as its caretaker for the winter. While there, some ghostly entities begin appearing, driving Jack toward wrathful insanity. King's version was a clear metaphor for falling off the wagon, a sad, sympathetic story about an ordinary man turned into a monster by external forces. Kubrick's film, in contrast, starred Jack Nicholson as Jack, making the character seem

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