What was the number of the hotel room in The Shining?

After seeing Room 237, The Shining seems less like a horror movie than a movie designed to inspire vertigo. Like the characters themselves, the viewers of The Shining never entirely escape the Overlook, either. read more

Legend says that the management of the Timberline requested that Stanley Kubrick not use 217 for a room number (as specified in the book), fearing that nobody would want to stay in that room ever again. Kubrick changed the script to use the nonexistent room number 237. read more

Room 237 is a 2012 American documentary film directed by Rodney Ascher about interpretations and perceived meanings of Stanley Kubrick's film The Shining (1980) which was adapted from the 1977 novel of the same name by Stephen King. read more