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Overlook Hotel

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"Some places are like people: some shine and some don't."
―Dick Hallorann
The Overlook Hotel
Continuity: The Shining
Category: Business
Continent: North America
Country: United States of America
State: Colorado
1st appearance: The Shining (1980)

The Overlook Hotel is a fictional hotel featured in The Shining multimedia franchise. It first appeared in the 1977 novel, The Shining, by famed horror author Stephen King. It was first brought to cinematic life in the 1980 feature film adaptation of The Shining, directed by Stanley Kubrick. The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado was inspiration that King drew upon for this location and it was used for exterior shots of the hotel in the 1997 television movie, Stephen King's The Shining. The exteriors of the Overlook from the Kubrick film were actually shot at the Timberline Lodge in Mount Hood, Oregon.

History[]

The Overlook Hotel was a luxury summer vacation resort nestled deep within the Colorado Rockies. Some sources indicate that it was built over top a Native American burial ground.

Construction on the Overlook Hotel began in 1907 and was finished in 1909. The site where the building was constructed was over top an ancient Native American burial ground. According to hotel manager Stuart Ullman, the construction crews had to fight off angry groups of Indians that would attack the site.

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Room 237
Room 237 is where Lorraine Massey committed suicide. Her ghost appeared in varying appearances, either as a young woman or an old hag. Danny Torrance was traumatized by seeing an image of old, dead Lorraine creeping after him. Jack Torrance later went into room 237 where he was seduced by an image of a younger, more attractive Lorraine.

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