--- title: Wes Anderson Directs The Shining: Video description: Parody trailer for a movie that is a cross between The Grand Budapest Hotel by Wes Anderson and The Shining by Stanley Kubrick canonical: https://time.com/3903974/wes-anderson-grand-budapest-hotel-shining-mashup/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-06-01T21:07:42.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:47:29.744Z og:title: This 'Shining'-'Grand Budapest Hotel' Mashup Will Haunt You Forever og:description: Parody trailer for a movie that is a cross between The Grand Budapest Hotel by Wes Anderson and The Shining by Stanley Kubrick og:url: https://time.com/3903974/wes-anderson-grand-budapest-hotel-shining-mashup/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This 'Shining'-'Grand Budapest Hotel' Mashup Will Haunt You Forever twitter:description: Parody trailer for a movie that is a cross between The Grand Budapest Hotel by Wes Anderson and The Shining by Stanley Kubrick twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # This Mashup of _The Shining_ and _The Grand Budapest Hotel_ Will Haunt You Forever ## Video: The Top 5 Underrated Sci-Fi Movie Masterpieces [Watch (HLS stream): The Top 5 Underrated Sci-Fi Movie Masterpieces](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/xe99vdU4.m3u8) (4:45)  _Published 2010-01-11. Steven James Snyder, Techland's resident movie geek, outlines the top 5 most under-rated sci-fi movies of all time_  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Jun 1, 2015 9:07 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Jun 1, 2015 9:07 PM UTC “The Grand Overlook Hotel,” a mashup of Wes Anderson’s _The Grand Budapest Hotel_ (2014) and Stanley Kubrick’s famous horror flick _The Shining_ (1980), imagines a lodging where guests are lucky if they check out alive. Filmmaker Steven Ramsden said he made the mashup because he thinks the directors “frame their shots in a similar way.” Past viral spoofs imagine if Wes Anderson directed an [X-Men movie](http://time.com/3731532/wes-anderson-directed-xmen/) or [_Forrest Gump_](http://time.com/76495/wes-anderson-forrest-gump/), and have poked fun at how obsessed he appears to be with the [colors red and yellow](http://time.com/3720256/grand-budapest-hotel-wes-anderson-colors-supercut/). ### See Iconic Franchises Before and After Their Reboots  The Terminator first came to theaters in 1984 with Linda Hamilton starring as the iconic Sarah Connor. Four films later, Arnold Schwarzenegger is still the titular terminator, but franchise newcomer Emilia Clarke of Game of Thrones fame joins as a reboot of Connor. Orion Pictures; Paramount  The original Mad Max, directed by George Miller, came out in 1979 with Mel Gibson starring as the titular character. Now, the 2015 reboot brings us back to the post-apocalyptic landscape with Tom Hardy as Max. Village Roadshow Pictures; Warner Bros.  The first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie in 1990 featured the respective turtles played by a team of puppeteers in animatronic suits made by Jim Henson's Creature shop, while the 2014 reboot of the same name features turtles completely rendered by computer graphics. Paramount; New Line Cinema  The original Planet of the Apes premiered in 1968 and starred Charlton Heston as astronaut George Taylor. Rise of the Planet of the Apes rebooted the franchise in 2011, with the second movie in the reboot, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, out on July 11. 20th Century Fox/Getty Images; 20th Century Fox  Godzilla, also known as Gojira, was originally produced by the Japanese studio Toho in its eponymous 1954 film. It was re-imagined in 1998 by director Roland Emmerich for American audiences, before being rebooted again in 2014 by Gareth Edwards. Embassy Pictures/Getty Images; Warner Bros.  RoboCop first set its robot eyes on the criminals of Detroit in 1987 and was rebooted in 2014 in a film of the same name. Orion Pictures; Columbia Pictures  Sylvester Stallone's original 1995 take on Judge Dredd, the iconic British comic character, was lambasted and earned Stallone a Golden Raspberry for Worst Actor. The 2012 reboot, Dredd, starring Karl Urban as the titular character, didn't fare well at the box office, but was better received critically. Buena Vista; Lionsgate  The Caped Crusader first hit the bigscreen in the 1989 Tim Burton Film, Batman, Starring Michael Keaton as the titular character. Batman would be rebooted by Christopher Nolan in the 2005 film Batman Begins, with Christian Bale playing the eccentric billionaire. Warner Bros. (2)  The original Star Trek television series was created and by Gene Roddenberry in 1966 and starred William Shatner as Captain James Tiberius Kirk of the USS Enterprise. The iconic sci-fi franchise was rebooted for the big screen in the 2009 film Star Trek and starred Chris Pine as the new Captain Kirk. CBS/Getty Images; Paramount Pictures  King Kong first terrorized damsels in distress in the eponymous 1933 film, which was noted for its use of stop-motion animation to render the giant gorilla. The franchise was rebooted in 2005 by Peter Jackson in another film by the same name. RKO Radio Pictures/Getty Images; Universal Pictures  Arnold Schwarzenegger starred in the orignal 1990 sci-fi film Total Recall, while Colin Farrell played his counterpart in the 2012 reboot of the film. TriStar Pictures; Columbia Pictures  Christopher Reeve was the first to portray the iconic DC comics superhero on the big screen in the 1989 film Superman. The film franchise would be rebooted first in 2006 with Superman Returns by Bryan Singer, before being re-rebooted in Zack Snyder's 2013 film Man of Steel starring Henry Cavill as Superman. Warner Bros. 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