Editors' Picks: Celebrating On-Screen Moms10 of 28
The Shining | Available to Stream on Prime Video
Plot: Novelist Jack Torrance brings his wife and young son to an isolated hotel for the winter, where his job as the seasonal caretaker takes a sinister turn.
Mom Moment: The definitive Shining image shows Jack Torrance chopping his way into the bathroom, but we always think about what was happening on the other side of that door, as Wendy helped Danny escape through a window before failing to get herself to relative safety. Stanley Kubrick's treatment of Shelley Duvall was deplorable, though Wendy Torrance is our go-to when we think about the lengths to which a mother will go to protect her own.
Plot: Novelist Jack Torrance brings his wife and young son to an isolated hotel for the winter, where his job as the seasonal caretaker takes a sinister turn.
Mom Moment: The definitive Shining image shows Jack Torrance chopping his way into the bathroom, but we always think about what was happening on the other side of that door, as Wendy helped Danny escape through a window before failing to get herself to relative safety. Stanley Kubrick's treatment of Shelley Duvall was deplorable, though Wendy Torrance is our go-to when we think about the lengths to which a mother will go to protect her own.
PeopleShelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd
TitlesThe Shining