The most popular, however, might be the Overlook Hotel fromStanley Kubrick’sThe Shining.
In 1994, it was whereJim Carreyand Jeff Daniels caused their own kind of chaos inDumb and Dumber.
He has written countless influential books, with a plethora of them becoming modern classic horror films.
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For example, his first novel,1974’sCarrie, is partially based on a bullied girl he once knew growing up.
It has been discussed in biographies written about the author and wassummed up by the Smithsonian Channel.
When he woke up, he had an idea for his next novel.
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We all remember that infamous WTF scene.
Three years earlier, in 1994,it served as the setting for several scenes inDumb and Dumber.
On his way out,he sees a framed newspaper clipping about the moon landing.
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“We landed on the moon!”
the shocked, excited dolt yells.That framed newspaper page still hangsat the Stanley Hotel today.
If only we had a movie where the idiot best friends encountered the ghosts of the Overlook.
Those ghouls wouldn’t have stood a chance.
