Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 film adaption, starring Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall, is recognised as a horror classic.
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If all goes according to plan, the property will soon be known as “the world’s first horror-themed museum, film archive, and film production studio”. Now that gives me the heebie-jeebies. It would operate as a nonprofit, with actors Simon Pegg and Elijah Wood listed among the founding members of the board.
The Stanley Hotel was built in 1909 and in the early 1970s it became famous due to rumors that the place was haunted.
The Stanley Hotel is seeking $11.5 million from the state’s tourism funds to put towards the facility’s $24 million price tag.
Find out more about the Shining hotel horror museum after the jump.
The Stanley Hotel is located in the resort-filled Estes Park, Colorado, home of the Rocky Mountain National Park and located 70 miles northwest of Denver.
That reputation served it well when guest Stephen King found inspiration there for his 1977 bestseller “The Shining”, reviving interest in the hotel and solidifying its status as a hotbed of paranormal activity.
While details about what aspects of The Shining, if any, will be incorporated into Stanley’s new identity (twins in a hallway, perhaps?), these developments will certainly make it a haven for horror fans around the world.
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“Ghost Adventure” packages are already offered at the hotel, which also hosts an annual horror film festival but the hope is that the new project will turn it into a “year-round horror destination”.
