Toy Story Carpet Shining

Film and furniture regulars will know one of the original inspirations for this very website was the hexagonal patterned carpet in the shining s overlook hotel.

Toy story carpet shining. If you re like us you d probably find any reference to stanley kubrick s the shining showing up in a toy story movie to be a bit odd. Toy story carpet pattern in sid s house is the same as the overlook hotel s. Toy story 3 security camera in sunnyside daycare is labeled overlook r237 toy story 3 pa system is the same as the one in stuart ullman s. These references join other toy story nods to the film including sid s carpet in the original toy story film numerous 237 references and more.

The shining came out in 1980 and it influenced a lot of future filmmakers. Unkrich would go on to direct several pixar movies and in each and every one he does he. Looking back on. One of those people who became obsessed with it was lee unkrich.

To check out more the shining references check. On the same desk the monkey sat on there is a rather small box which has the same pattern of the carpet from sid s house and the overlook hotel on it. The carpet in the hotel s corridor features prominently in several key scenes of kubrick s 1980 film including young danny s first unnerving encounter with room 237 as he investigates on his tricycle. The shining horror easter eggs continued into toy story 3 in 2010.

They re dark dark folks over at pixar in stanley kubrick s famous adaptation of stephen king s horror novel young danny torrence plays on the iconic. All work and no play makes woody a dull toy. Sid who is the main antagonist of toy story lives in a house decorated with the same carpet design as the one featured on the second floor of the shining s overlook hotel its inclusion telegraphs pure dread to the shining fans mostly because just like danny and wendy buzz and woody are trying to escape a massive maze while pursued by a violent character. Toy story director lee unkrich runs the shining fan site the overlook hotel which contains a plethora of pictures and behind the scenes information about the film.

Toy story 3 garbage truck s license plate is rm237 a reference to the shining s dreaded room 237. The creepy looking monkey watching the live footage on the daycare nursery surveillance cameras was always up to something. That s right movies like toy story finding nemo and even the recently released movie coco all have ties back to one of the most iconic horror movies of all time. He also referenced the carpet in toy story 3.