In which Kubrick film does a torrent of blood pour from an elevator?

In which Kubrick film does a torrent of blood pour from an elevator? The answer is The Shining.

The striking elevator sequence appears during the film’s visions of violence at the Overlook Hotel. A massive wave of blood bursts through the elevator doors and floods the corridor, creating one of horror cinema’s most recognizable images. The scene is presented as a supernatural premonition rather than a literal event witnessed by every character.

Stanley Kubrick adapted The Shining from Stephen King’s 1977 novel, but the film changes several details, including the emphasis on the hotel’s visual architecture and psychological atmosphere. The blood elevator vision is not a straightforward scene from the novel; it was developed for Kubrick’s cinematic version of the story.

A common mix-up is confusing this image with the film’s later sequence involving the Grady twins or the hedge maze. Those are also central to The Shining, but the elevator blood is the signature vision associated with the hotel’s buried violence and terrifying history.