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was 'the shining' a ripoff of this movie?


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I mean the similarities between the two movies are very obvious. And "The Shining" was written one year after this movie came out. It even says in the trivia for this movie that its one of Stephen Kings favorite movies.

-the building is alive and evil in both movies
-in both movies one person wants to leave (oliver reed in this movie and Shelly Duvall in the shining) and someone wants to stay in order to fulfill their duties (Karen black in burnt offerings and jack Nicholson in the shining)
-both movies end with a shot of the picture(s) of the people that are absorbed by the building

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I had a similar feeling. Shame on you, producers and directors of the Shining!!!

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The endings were the same.

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