Nukes and Knives™: The Shining

Before the main event, let's look at how others sporadically referenced Stephen King's original novel.

Room 217

Dog Pound

Horns of Fear

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum

The Adjudicator stays in Room 217 at the Continental.

The Aviator

At the Cocoanut Grove, Hughes (Leonardo DiCaprico) tells Thelma the waitress his hotel room number is 217.

Going deeper, the character Horace M. Derwent was based on the real Howard Hughes.

Finally.

Life Is Strange
Redrum and 217.

The Shining (1980)

It's finally time to give Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece the respect it deserves.

I'm biased of course, but good luck finding better.

Comic covers

Afterlife with Archie - "Here's Juggy!"

Crazy - issue 69

Viz - issue 292

Elevator

The crew filled compartments with hundreds of gallons of fake blood and set up four cameras, each equipped with a different lens and speed.
In an old interview, Kubrick's long-time personal assistant Leon Vitali revealed the scene was so nerve-racking for him, he walked off set before they started shooting.

Although he was very happy with the result (which took a year to film) - what a shame.

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

Kung Fu Hustle

Event Horizon

Typewriter

It took months for Kubrick's secretary Margaret Adams to type 500 pages of 'All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy' over and over again.
Whether intentional or not, typos (such as PLay) made sequence even more chilling.
For international versions, she had to repeat feat in Italian, German, Spanish and French.

Surprised she didn't go insane.

Annabelle Comes Home
miss me? miss me? miss me?

Misery
fuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuck

Postman Pat The Movie
All work and no play makes Wilf a dull boy!!

South Park - The Succubus
All work and no play, makes Jack an ideal employee!

The Simpsons

The Last Temptation of Homer

Treehouse of Horror XXIV

Twin Peaks - Zen, or the Skill to Catch a Killer

Jerry says: "All work and no play make Ben and Jerry dull boys."

Rock and Roll Fantasy

"All work and no play makes Alex a dull girl."

Lust for Freedom

"All work and no play makes Jud a dull boy."

Drive Thru

Chuck Taylor: "Don't hurt me, man."

Horny the Clown: "Hurt you? I'm not gonna hurt you. I'm just gonna bash your brains in. I'm gonna bash 'em right the fuck in!"

Then after killing him.

"All work and no play makes Horny a dull boy."

Redrum

Danny's imaginary friend Tony isn't given much explanation in the film, but in the book, character is his adult self from the future.
Here, he's only a high-pitched voice, using Danny as a vessel to speak to his parents.
Evil presence eventually possesses wee lad, forcing him to write 'Murder' backwards in lipstick on their door.

Duke Nukem Forever

Her Smell

Max Payne 2: The Fall of Man Payne

One Eight Seven

Family Guy - Love Thy Trophy

Silent Hill (1999)

Thesis

TimeSplitters: Future Perfect
Check out the bottom left of blackboard.

Who's That Girl?

Resident Evil 2 (1998)

Xenogears
Redrum is a boss.

Words in the title sequence of comedy horror Secret Santa morph into others.

For instance, director Adam Marcus becomes SICK BASTARD.

Robert Kurtzman was responsible for more than special make-up.

And.

Little Evil
RAPTUЯƎ is the same principle.

Heeere's Johnny!

The beginning of iconic sequence was influenced by 1921 silent drama The Phantom Carriage, adapted from Selma Lagerlöf's novel Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness!

Jack Torrance vs David Holm

Moving on.

Resident Evil 2 (2019)

Accident Man

Child's Play (1988)

The Amazing World of Gumball - The Sale

Nightmare

Until Dawn

Part Two

Jack Nicholson ad libbed Ed McMahon's famous line from The Tonight Show.

The ripple effect.

Carlito's Way

Dawn of the Dead (2004)

Finding Nemo

Mortal Kombat X

It Chapter Two

Leprechaun: Back 2 tha Hood

Seed of Chucky

Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2

Silent Rage

Problem Child

The Addam's Family (2019)

"Here's Pugsley!"

Spawn

"Here's Clowny!"

Caught (1996)

"Here's Danny!"

Thank you for the Days

Story takes place primarily on Tuesday, Saturday, Monday, and Wednesday.

All of which are displayed on-screen.

Others adopting same principle include:

Pusher (original and remake)

Labor Day

The Corrupted

127 Hours

Tower Block

The Trigger Effect

Session 9

Seven

Alexa and Alexie Grady (affectionately known as the Grady Twins)

Pose of Lisa and Louise Burns was inspired by a photograph taken by Diane Arbus.

Identical Twins, Roselle, New Jersey, 1967

More, more, more.

The Cabin in the Woods

Alice in Wonderland (2010)

Blood II: The Chosen

Coco

The Angry Birds Movie

Come play with us Danny

Family Guy

Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater

PTV

Resident Evil Village

Inside House Beneviento, Angie taunts Ethan by saying:

"I'd make a much better daughter than Rose. Please won't you stay with me - forever?"

Code Veronica's antagonist Alexia is likely an amalgam of Alexa and Alexie.

Room 237

Halloran warns Danny to give shit a very wide berth.

Let me tell you an interesting story.

On 9 April, 1978, the hotel's general manager Tad Michel (on behalf of area operator Richard Kohnstamm), wrote to Kubrick asking if he could change the number from 217 to 237, 247 or 257, as neither existed at the Timberline Lodge. Dick was concerned that once the film was released locally, guests would be afraid of being chased by the bloated body of "bath-tub lady".

Kubrick didn't kick up a fuss and chose...

Ironically, 237 became the most requested room number.

All Hallows' Eve and All Hallows' Eve 2

Chucky - Twice the Grieving, Double the Loss (S1 E7)

Cold Prey

Gags the Clown

Grace: The Possession

Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers

Reincarnation

The Exorcist - Unworthy (S2 E10)

The Gift (2015)

Truth Seekers - The Watcher on the Water (S1 E2)

Untraceable

Some got more creative.

Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight
A cop car is marked 237.

Poltergeist (1982)
When Carol Anne wakes up to greet the 'TV people', time is 2.37.

Scare Package
Map screen shows Server Room 237.

Triangle

Christopher Smith admitted The Shining greatly influenced the visual look of psychological time loop horror.

Jess lives at number 237.

Aboard the Aeolus is cabin 237.

Aside from shotgun, another Jess wields an axe. There's also a ballroom and 'Go to Theater' is written in blood on a mirror.

Hostel

Paxton and co stay in 237.

The Shawshank Redemption

Red's cell is 237.

Blood Fest

Amy states 237 people are left alive.

If that wasn't enough, Jessica Vasami portrays the Overlook News Anchor.

Best of all.

Stand By Me

The gang club together to buy some food from Quidacioluo's.

Gordie - $1.02

Chris - $0.68

Teddy - $0.60

Vern - $0.07

With or without a calculator, total amount is $2.37.

Genius, right?

Miscellany

Blood

Guess they imagined him dying knelt down.

Blood II: The Chosen

Duke Nukem 3D

Family Guy - Better Off Meg

Goosebumps (2015)

Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon
Robert Englund's Doc Halloran is an amalgam of Danny's nickname Doc and the surname of Dick Hallorann.

Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
Danny Strode's first name pays homage to...

Nathan Tyler - Shadow of the Comet vs Jack Torrance

Yeah, they waited until camera fully zoomed in before doing their thing.

Jim Preston and Arthur - Passengers vs Jack and Lloyd

Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
Commemorative plaque outside the Bryant overlook.

Clearly a capitalisation error, but whatever.

Silent Hill: Homecoming and Silent Hill: Downpour boast a different Overlook Penitentiary.

Spencer Mansion - Resident Evil (1996) vs Overlook foyer

Resident Evil VII: Biohazard
Jack Baker relentlessly pursues Ethan.

Freaky

Layers of Fear 2

Io and Nix are the evil Tethered twins of Becca and Lindsey Tyler.

They are subsequently killed.

Please compare to:

The result of Delbert Grady 'correcting' his offspring.

BRILLIANT.

The Simpsons

Treehouse of Horror V - The Shinning

Girl's in the Band

South Park - A Nightmare on Face Time

Ready Player One

The third highest-grossing animated franchise of all time steps up to the plate.

Toy Story
Sid's carpet reminds me of something.

Toy Story 3

Garbage truck bears the registration RM237.

Trixie's online pal is named Velocistar237 and one of the security cameras at Sunnyside Daycare is labelled OVERLOOK R237.

To the control room, and beyond.

The intercom Wendy uses to make a call and tissue box's design are the same as carpet.

Finally.

Toy Story 4
As Benson escorts Woody, Gabby Gabby and Forky out of Second Chance Antiques, a gramophone blurs out Midnight, The Stars and You.

Music

The Shining are songs by Black Sabbath and Badly Drawn Boy.

Lyrics of Nine Ice Kills' Enjoy Your Stay was inspired by...

The videos to Slipknot's Spit It Out and The Kill (Bury Me) by 30 Seconds to Mars recreate meat of memorable scenes.

The Unwinding Hours were a Scottish rock band.

Did they take name from the sign outside The Gold Room?

Maybe.

Check these out.

Suede - Animal Nitrate

Alice In Chains - Your Decision

Personal best

The Hole in the Ground
Sarah's wallpaper.

American Horror Story: Hotel
Those who stayed at the Hotel Cortez didn't just go nuts - they went absolutely Gaga.

Marvel Super Heroes
All work and no play, makes Hulk a grouchy boy.

Samurai Shodown II
Satisfy playing conditions and you'll enter a secret fight with Kuroko the referee.
When stage is zoomed out, a banner displays Redrum.

Scanners
There are 4 billion people on earth.
237 are Scanners.
They have the most terrifying powers ever created... and they are winning.

The Evil Within 2
Ahead of Stefano setting his Obscura on Sebastian, check out room's wallpaper.

The Thing (1982)
Axe left in door is John Carpenter's cheeky tribute.

Trainspotting
Mikey Forrester bought about 2 kilos of skag from two Russian sailors.
Shot is suspiciously similar to the twins.

Twelve Minutes
Play. Explore. Solve. Repeat.

The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Digging Katie's socks.

The Thaw
In another universe, the Overlook owned a helicopter.

Happy! - When Christmas Was Christmas (S1 E3)

Well Nick my Sax.

Hannibal - Apéritif (S1 E1) vs Restroom

Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles

There are 237 in-game files and archives, surpassing record previously set by The Umbrella Chronicles.

Rocky III

Take it away Jeff Temkin.

"Out of the blue corner, weighing 237 pounds. The hard punching battler from Chicago, the reigning heavyweight champion of the world - Clubber Lang."

For the record, he was 235 in the first fight.

The Departed

Martin Scorsese's remake of Internal Affairs (2002) uses the word 'fuck' and its derivatives 237 times.

Was casting Jack Nicholson done on purpose?

Who knows?

Rip offs

Yes, I'm not quite done yet.

James Horner

Known for 'borrowing' music, he often reused his own scores for other films, but also incorporated and reworked themes from classical composers (without giving credit).

Aliens

The meat of main title theme is virtually identical to Aram Khachaturian's Gayane Ballet Suite (Adagio), which was previously used in 2001: A Space Odyssey.

He combined cues of Wall Street and the Wolves and The Final Confrontation from Wolfen for Ripley's Rescue.

Okay, here's the thing.

As cast is displayed and title card eventually forms, an excerpt of Krzysztof Penderecki's The Dream of Jacob, aka The Awakening of Jacob is repeated.

Haunting composition is first heard during Danny's vision of blood elevator.

Urotsukidōji: Legend of the Overfiend vs Grady twins