Stanley Kubrick's The Shining perfectly exemplifies what happens when an entire house--whether literal or metaphorical--becomes cursed and (as Cassandra says) 'runs with blood.' Founded on an American Indian burial ground, the hotel Overlook has known its share of grisly child murders: parallels with the Oresteia's house of Atreus immediately present themselves.
In the clip below, Jack Nicholson accepts the job as winter caretaker at the Overlook while his son has visions of the horrors that await the family. Jack doesn't believe in curses -- and he will be therefore the first casualty of the Overlook's evil, as he descends slowly and irrevocably into homicidal madness. His son can foretell all of this: like Cassandra, he has the gift of the shining, knowledge of the future, particularly the grim future. Only he can see the curse of the dead children and the 'halls running with blood'.
The scene when the elevator does open and the blood washes over the screen is one of the most famous (and haunting) of modern American cinema: it truly captures the horror of an evil place: one that is polluted, and foul, and dark. This is the house of Atreus anew.
