2. The Shining was really an expose of a faked moon landing

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Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 adaptation of the Stephen King novel polarizes audiences in a big way. People either love it or hate it. I personally love it. It traumatized me as a kid (not sure why I was allowed to watch it at such a young age) and I am forever grateful. The eerie silence of the secluded Colorado hotel that Jack Nicholson manages is enough to drive anyone crazy…which is exactly what happens. All the while his wife and son are stuck in the mountain retreat with him for the entire winter. His son Danny has visions of past horrors that occurred at the hotel and his wife…well she just kind of annoys everyone. Jack is also working on a book because he’s a writer. So he thinks the job watching the empty hotel will be perfect to get in the writer’s mindset.

There’s a documentary out there called Room 237 all about just what the hell the movie really means. One very strange rumor about The Shining is that Kubrick intended for the film to be a secret apology for his role in producing fake footage of the 1969 moon landing. Danny wears an Apollo 11 sweater in the film, so there’s that…but it sounds pretty far fetched.