Toy Story The Shining Carpet Pattern

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.

Toy story the shining carpet pattern. Crossposted by 3 months ago. 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. The shining carpet pattern toy story. The 2014 film birdman directed by alejandro iñárritu also pays sly homage.

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. The creepy looking monkey watching the live footage on the daycare nursery surveillance cameras was always up to something. Also on the other side of the monkey there is a kleenex box but if you take a closer look at the pattern on the side of it you might recognize 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.

I mean obviously this one it animated but it s the exact same style as the one from the shining. Inspired by the 1980 s horror film by stanley kubrick and based on stephen king s 1977 novel this 400 be rbrick features the carpet design and patterns of the infamous overlook hotel from the shinning. Sid s carpet in toy story 3 is a large nod to the shining. 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.

The shining horror easter eggs continued into toy story 3 in 2010. 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 shining appears all over toy story. In toy story 1995 the pattern of the carpet is the same as the one seen in the shining 1980 crosspost.

This is a great display piece for any collection. Medicom toy releases this limited edition piece in collaboration with the classic horror movie. Sid s carpet in toy story. He also referenced the carpet in toy story 3.

Whats people lookup in this blog. In toy story 1995 the pattern of the carpet is the same as the one seen in the shining 1980. The shining overlook hotel carpet woven on up did you notice these homages to the shining in toy story pixar theory 6 ways the shining is connected to toy story 3 and furniture 9 the shining references buried in pixar s mental floss. Toy story 3 garbage truck s license plate is rm237 a reference to the shining s dreaded room 237.