Who is the woman in Room 237?

Lia Beldam is best known for playing the super sexy babe in the bathtub in room 237 -- whose flesh rots off while in Jack's arms -- in the Stanley Kubrick's 1980 masterpiece "The Shining
The Shining
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.
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Who is the ghost in Room 237 in The Shining?

Firstly, in the book, the poltergeist that haunts Room 237 is a woman named Lorraine Massey. When she was alive, Lorraine was known to seduce young bellhop boys. She would invite them into her room where they would conduct sexual activity.
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What is the story behind Room 237?

History. The room was inhabited in the past, by a Lorraine Massey who would usually seduce young bellboys who would visit her room. One time Danny Torrance visited this room after a ball strangely rolled to him from its open doors. Later, he claimed that a "crazy woman" tried to strangle him.
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Who was the old woman in the tub in The Shining?

The Shining (1980) - Billie Gibson as Old Woman in Bath - IMDb.
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Who is the lady in room 217?

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In the past, a young Lorraine Massey would usually seduce young bellboys who would visit her room. Mrs. Massey dies in Room 217 during the 1975 season, so she's the hotel's freshest death at the time the Torrances move in.
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Why does Abra go into the bathroom?

In the film's last scene, Abra finally tells her mother the truth—that she's been conversing with a ghost—before heading into her bathroom to dispose of another one of the Overlook's insidious ghouls, just as Danny did all those years earlier.
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Why does the Overlook want Danny?

In the book The Shining it's made clear to the readers that the Overlook Hotel wants to possess Danny Torrance so it can use his powerful telepathic power (his 'shine'). It does this by possessing his vulnerable father, Jack Torrance and using him as a puppet to hopefully kill Danny.
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What does the old lady represent in The Shining?

The naked old woman mythology dates back to an Overlook Hotel guest named Lorraine Massey, a woman who seduced young employees. In The Shining, she exists to remind Jack of his flimsy morals, and also plants a seed of doubt in young Danny's head.
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Was Danny abused The Shining?

Danny has been sexually abused by Jack.
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Is Danny possessed in The Shining?

Danny's possession by Tony includes his soft-spoken voice deepening with some harsh gloom and a bouncing puppetry pointer finger.
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Why does Johnny go crazy in The Shining?

Jack becomes obsessed enough with the hotel's sordid past that he wants to write a book about it. He makes a long-distance call to the hotel's manager, Stuart Ullmann, and antagonizes him with this knowledge. Eventually, he goes mad thanks to the influence of the hotel's ghosts and attempts to kill Wendy and Danny.
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Why is Danny's imaginary friend Tony?

Tony (his name taken from Danny's middle name, Anthony), is at first to Danny an imaginary playmate, then a source of fear, and finally a source of strength.
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Who hurt Danny's neck in The Shining?

Room 237 is basically a dream logic version of the Torrance apartment and the neck injuries inflicted upon Danny for having woken his father up. One of the biggest giveaway's that Jack strangled Danny is a shot in which Jack walks down a mustard coloured hallway before switching on the lights of the Gold Room.
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Who tried to strangle Danny in The Shining?

Lorraine Massey — One of the most violent and frightening ghosts of the hotel. She lures Danny to Room 237 and strangles him.
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Is Wendy hallucinations in The Shining?

There are multiple moments in the film that show when Wendy is having a hallucination, but they are easy to miss because of how small they seem to be.
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Why is Jack in the 1921 photo?

Stanley Kubrick said, “The ballroom photograph at the very end suggests the reincarnation of Jack.” That means that Jack Torrance is the reincarnation of a guest or someone on staff at the Overlook in 1921.
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What is the scariest part of The Shining?

The Scariest Moments In The Shining, Ranked
  1. 1 “Heeere's Johnny!”
  2. 2 Jack enters Room 237. ...
  3. 3 “I'm not gonna hurt you. ...
  4. 4 Jack's conversation with Grady in the bathroom. ...
  5. 5 A sleep-deprived Jack hugs Danny. ...
  6. 6 The elevator doors let out a tidal wave of blood. ...
  7. 7 “Come and play with us, Danny. ...
  8. 8 Jack chases Danny through the maze. ...
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Why was room 217 changed to 237?

Kubrick agreed to change the infamous room number from 217 to 237 (which does not exist) in the movie because the hotel was worried people would not want to stay in the room in the future. Ironically, room 217 is most often requested at Timberline Lodge, according to the hotel's website.
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Are true knots human?

The True Knot are a nomadic tribe of quasi-immortal people with dark psychic powers and they served as the main antagonistic group in the 2013 Stephen King novel and its 2019 film Doctor Sleep, which is a sequel to the 1977 Stephen King novel and its 1980 film The Shining.
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Did Jack Torrance have the shine?

Jack and Danny Torrance Both Have the Shining in Kubrick's Film.
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What did Wendy do when Jack was trying to choke her?

She grabs a wine bottle being used as a candle holder and hits Jack on the head with it. The glass breaks and Jack falls back. Wendy collects herself and then sees that Danny is near Jack, looking at him. He won't let her touch him.
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Is Abra mother Abigail?

At the end of the movie, rather than being described as someone who “shines,” Abra is described as someone “who'll stand.” In the director's cut, Abra is also directly referred to earlier as “Abigail.” And yes, Mother Abigail is the elderly savior of humanity in King's post-apocalyptic The Stand - like Abra, she is ...
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Is Rose the hat a vampire?

A warning about Rose the Hat. Rose O'Hara, also better known as Rose the Hat, is the main antagonist of Stephen King's 2013 novel Doctor Sleep and its 2019 film adaptation of the same name. She is a sorceress and the semi-immortal leader of a nomadic tribe of quasi-demonic vampires known as the "True Knot".
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How Old Is Rose the hat?

In the book Rose's age is never revealed, but in interviews Ferguson puts her at at least 700 years old.
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