Stanley Kubrick directed The Exorcist before working on The Shining.
Fake! William Friedkin directed The Exorcist. Kubrick declined the offer to direct it.
The filming took more than triple the planned time due to Kubrick’s perfectionism.
Fact. Planned for 4 months, it lasted 14 months with hundreds of takes.
The entire Overlook Hotel was filmed on location in Colorado.
Fake! Only exterior shots were from real locations. Most of it was built at Elstree Studios in England.