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"American Horror Story: Hotel" Borrowing From "The Shining"


They're borrowing heaviy from "The Shining." This week there was a reference to the hotel being built to have hallways that "lead to nowhere" and areas of the hotel that seem to lead to nowhere or with "no exit"; also secret rooms/passages that (which alludes to the "impossible rooms" that were mentioned in this documentary). Very interesting. They also use a carpet pattern similar to "The Shining" and create a sense of "the Minotaur Maze" theme found in "The Shining."

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