If you've ever wanted to visit the actual hotel which inspired Stephen King's The Shining, you now have even more of an incentive to take the trip.
According to the Los Angeles Times, The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado, which Stephen King based the Overlook Hotel on, will be opening up a new horror museum. The new Stanley Film Center will house an auditorium, a museum, exhibits, a soundstage and a production room.
The museum's founding board consists of Elijah Wood, Lord of the Rings actor and founder of SpectreVision, a production company dedicated to horror as well as British actor Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead, Mission: Impossible).
The Stanley Hotel was built in 1909 and in the early 1970s it became famous due to rumors that the place was haunted. In 1974, a stay at the Stanley is what inspired Stephen King to write his classic horror novel The Shining. The popular Stanley Kubrick film was not shot there and the movie version of the hotel differs in many ways, but the 1997 TV miniseries was actually filmed at the Stanley. As of last June, the hotel constructed its own maze based on the climatic scene of the Kubrick film.
This will not be the first time the Stanley has embraced its horror fame, as they also host Halloween events and even a yearly horror film festival as well.
The new museum will cost $24 million and the Stanley is currently seeking $11.5 million in funding from the state of Colorado.
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