The Shining's iconic twin sisters, played by Louise and Lisa Burns in 1980, are now totally unrecognisable nearly two decades after the film was released.
The pair, who were only 12 when they were directed by Stanley Kubrick in the thrilling film, are now 51 and have a radiant and healthy appearance.
In the spooky movie, the identical duo played the ghosts of the murdered Grady twins who throughout the blockbuster are seen by the main character's son while the family stayed at an isolated hotel in the Colorado Rockies.
In the film, the eerie pair wore blue dresses decorated with a white ribbon around the middle and sported pale complexions and hollow eyes.
Now, the sisters, who have ditched acting, with Lisa becoming a lawyer and Louise a published scientist, have discussed memories of being on set and how they are " naturally spooky."
They told Cosmopolitan: "We did practice our timing, saying things in union, and we worked on saying our lines in a hallow, other-worldly kind of way a number of times."
Reflecting on their time on set, they shared: "We saw people in scary makeup but it always felt more like we were at an elaborate fancy dress party. It just wasnt that freaky."
It comes as the Doctor Sleep, the sequel to The Shining, was released in cinemas on Halloween .
The next instalment sees Ewan McGregor in a starring role as Dan Torrance, the young boy with psychic powers from the original film and novel, returning to the Overlook Hotel after the traumatic experience he endured with his father.
Having spent much of his adulthood suppressing his memories and psychic abilities through alcoholism, they soon return after becoming sober.
The original 1980 film is regarded as one of director Kubrick’s best and is widely considered to be one of the most influential horror films of all time, seeing countless parodies and imitations of some of its most iconic scenes.
But the author of the novel the film is based on, Stephen King, was not a fan of the film, voicing his concern that the film adaptation strayed too far from his original story.
In 2013, he wrote a sequel to his 1977 novel titled Doctor Sleep which followed Dan Torrence after he grew up.
While the film Doctor Sleep is intended to be a direct adaptation of the 2013 sequel novel, director Mike Flanagan said Doctor Sleep would still acknowledge Kubrick's take on the story.
Mike Flanagan said “It is an adaptation of the novel Doctor Sleep, which is Stephen King's sequel to his novel, The Shining.
“But this also exists very much in the same cinematic universe that Kubrick established in his adaptation of The Shining."
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