Toy Story Shining Carpet

Toy story the shining mashup mary sue this pixar director includes references to the shining in each 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 shining carpet.

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. The overlook hotel carpet pattern 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 same carpet where junior psychic danny torrance used to always play with his toys.

In stanley kubrick s famous adaptation of stephen king s horror novel young danny torrence plays on the iconic carpet. The original hicks hexagon carpet is no longer in general production but the good news is the official license holders of the original david hicks design have agreed to make this carpet and rugs to the exact original design and colourways including the shining s red orange and brown for film and furniture. Thankfully buzz and woody escaped the monster house without killing themselves. They do not sell to the general public but have agreed to make them for us meaning we are currently the only source in the uk for the public to buy official hicks hexagon.

The carpet in sid s house is the same pattern as the one seen in the shining in the overlook hotel.