![]() ![]() ![]() But it was a different episode, about poker players getting into a fight, that inspired parts of The Shining. In 1952, Kubrick worked as the second unit director on one episode of the television series Omnibus. The Shining was inspired by an episode of Omnibus. Kubrick later told a friend that he wanted “to make the world’s scariest movie, involving a series of episodes that would play upon the nightmare fears of the audience.” 2. In the early '70s, he was in consideration to direct The Exorcist, but he ended up not getting the job because he only wanted to direct the film if he could also produce it. ![]() Stanley Kubrick is known for his forays into different genres-and horror was a genre that piqued his interest early on in his career. Stanley Kubrick / Evening Standard/Getty Images ![]()
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