Then there’s Coco -- despite the fact that the story of a young Mexican boy befriending a musical skeleton has little to do with a murder-filled horror flick (though admittedly there is some murder), it was directed by Lee Unkrich, a self-described Shining obsessive who even runs a website devoted to the film. Unkrich was able to insert some extremely subtle Shining references into Coco, such as how, in the background of one shot, we see Jack Nicholson’s iconic ax next to… a red drum. As in Redrum.
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And when Miguel runs through an art studio, you can just barely see a painting of the Grady sisters, AKA the creepiest twins who don’t have their own home renovation show.
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Although it should be said that this scene takes place in the Land of the Dead, and from the deceased’s perspective, presumably The Shining is just the simple story of an elegant party ruined by a boorish family of tourists.