My favorite author is Stephen King. I like his dark and sinister books about supernatural things.
The Shining (film)
The Shining is a 1980 horror film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick and co-written with novelist Diane Johnson. The film is based on Stephen King's 1977 novel "The Shining". The film stars Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Scatman Crothers and Danny Lloyd.
"The Shining" is about Jack Torrance (Nicholson), an aspiring writer and recovering alcoholic, who accepts a position as the off-season caretaker of the isolated historic Overlook Hotel in the Colorado Rockies. Wintering
as a tribute to and attempt to surpass many of the "dark carnival" themes in Bradbury's work. The motif of ordinary people up against sinister, supernatural forces appears in many of King's works, including "It" and "Dreamcatcher". King also discusses this novel at length in his non-fiction book "Danse Macabre".
The book also influenced R.L. Stine, who said, "Ray Bradbury is one of my favorite authors. I always tell people that the scariest book I ever read was