The Shining Carpet American Horror Story

7 obvious references to the shining on american horror story.
The shining carpet american horror story. Zachary quinto on american horror story spock and filthy slash fiction. The shining is a gothic horror novel by stephen king first published in 1977. American horror story s hotel cortez is a relic from the past in more ways than one if you caught last week s season premiere you may have been struck by a certain decor element. Eclipsed perhaps only by its 1980 film adaptation the novel is one of the most popular and enduring horror stories of all time.
Ryan murphy is a pop culture regurgitator of the highest form. If the carpet wasn t enough for shining lovers hotel even employs creepy blonde kids that lurk in the hallways who even deliver lines like do you want to play though in the world of american horror story with a diversion like hotel are shining references really a surprise. A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future. It s very similar to the shining.
November 3 2015 by ryan roschke. With jack nicholson shelley duvall danny lloyd scatman crothers. Film and furniture regulars will know one of the original inspirations for this very website was the hexagonal patterned carpet in the shining s overlook hotel. Stanley kubrick s classic 1980 horror hit prominently features a carpet emblazoned with a hexagonal pattern in red orange and brown.
To room 237 s contributors even the carpet in the shining s overlook hotel has significance. It is made with glycerin soap and the design is printed on water soluble paper which will boldly show through and eventually wash away as the bar wears down. 1 9k shares view on one page advertisement start slideshow. Directed by stanley kubrick.
This soap is designed after the iconic carpet in stanley kubrick s classic horror film the shining one of my favorite films. Learn more about the shining in this article.