A showing of arguably one of the most iconic horror movies is coming Coronado’s way just days before Halloween on Oct. 29.
From the Coronado Island Film Festival, or CIFF, the Village Theatre will be screening the 1980 psychological thriller “The Shining,” starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd and Scatman Crothers.
The movie is based on a novel by Stephen King, and when taken to the screen by Stanley Kubrick, it initially was a box-office flop.
But years later, critics and audiences alike have reappraised the film and it is now considered a horror masterpiece and the second best movie of 1980, according to a release from CIFF.
Doors for the showing will open at 5 p.m. on Oct. 29 with complimentary wine, and the film will start at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 on coronadofilmfest.com.
CIFF warns that this is not a family film, “but it is a chilling, majestic piece of cinematic fright for the ages, brilliantly written, directed, shot and acted, and the perfect scary movie you asked for!”
