A New 4K Restoration of The Shining Is Coming

EDIT: The original title of this news post was “A New 4K Restoration of The Shining Is Coming, With Mysterious New Footage,” due to an error in Warner Bros. initial press release. This error stated that the new 4K restoration was “Kubrick’s 146 minute cut” of The Shining, implying that this version would contain the famously deleted “hospital scene” that was at the end of the film. However, Warner Bros. has now corrected its press release, stating that this 4K restoration is instead the standard, 144-minute cut of The Shining that audiences are familiar with.
Well, this should certainly pique the interest of the horror historians in the house. A new 4K restoration of The Shining was announced this week by Warner Bros., set for an Oct. 1 release. At first glance, it appears to be a pretty standard announcement—a new, even crisper and more pristine looking version of what we named the #2 horror movie of all time. Ah, but then you see the running time …