Note: Minor spoilers for The Shining and Ready Player One lie ahead…

Think about The Shining. What springs to mind? Is it the river of blood flowing through the Overlook Hotel? The sinister Grady Twins tormenting poor Danny Torrance? Maybe it’s Jack Nicholson crashing an axe through the bathroom door and shouting “here’s Johnny!”?

Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 horror strikes a chord with different viewers in different ways, mainly because it’s just so jam-packed with unforgettable screen moments. That’s a big reason why The Shining has become a legit masterpiece – we keep coming back to it again and again, revisiting these iconic sequences and finding new things to love each time.

The making of The Shining? Well that’s another remarkable story. Sure, putting together any film is a monumental challenge, but Kubrick’s perfectionism meant that The Shining took over a year to film, with the gargantuan Overlook Hotel sets taking over the entirety of the UK’s Elstree Studios.