I was wondering when someone was going to mention that one. Although I was far from a child when I first saw it, I can remember the feeling I had while trying to imagine what it must have been like to be so isolated in the dead of winter living in that huge vacant hotel in the middle of nowhere. Yup agree with you totally, that was by far one of the scariest movies of all times.
The Shining
I read the book for the first time in a Colorado mountain resort, in the winter! We were about 80 miles southwest of the hotel in Estes park that was used in the movie!