Posted inKubrick, Stanley Rankin, Gayle Ringwald, Molly Stewart Thorndike In ‘Bad Things,’ a Filmmaker Puts a Queer Spin on ‘The Shining’ Stewart Thorndike sets her gory tale at a hotel reminiscent of the Overlook. The director says her movies are “mirroring” male stories she grew up loving. Posted by By Elisabeth Vincentelli