‘The Shining’ may become horror-themed museum

The hotel that inspired the cult classic The Shining is being turned into a horror museum. While the hotel’s Founding Board is seeking state funding through the State of Colorado’s Regional Tourism Act, if its application is accepted, it will be granted $11.5 million as credit.

One of America’s most spine-tingling hotels wants to up the ante with an on-site horror museum. If it’s completed, the 140-room hotel will cement its place on horror road trip routes with a “year-round horror destination” in the heart of the Rockies. Copyright Warner Brothers Jack Nicholson starred as Jack Torrance in the film adaptation of “The Shining”. “It was practically built for it”.

For those skeptics out there, it’s worth noting that the board’s founders features a handful of notorious horror geeks including the likes of Elijah Wood, Simon Pegg, and George f*ckin’ Romero.

The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park hopes to raise $24m (£15.6m) for the attraction, along with an exhibition space, 500-seat auditorium, production facilities and editing suites.

The Stanley Film Centre would also hold events and invite travelling film exhibits to take part, as well as partner with the Colorado Film School on educational projects.

The 106-year-old grand hotel, overlooking the Rocky Mountain National park, has long had a haunted reputation.

The Stanley was the inspiration for the Overlook Hotel in King’s 1977 novel. But a certain hotel in Colorado is using its creepy past to actually entice visitors, and it’s all because of its link to The Shining. The hotel already hosts ghost tours and a horror film festival in the Spring/early Summer each year.