In The Shining, there are hedge animals just past the playground on the hotel grounds. Jack and Danny both have a terrifying (even to read) experience with them, wherein the animals never move while you're looking at them, but if you turn your back, you may here a rustle of leaves and turn around to see the hedge lion 5 feet closer to you, and the hedge dog crouched instead of sitting up, ready to pounce.
This reminded me of one of the scariest villains in my husband's favorite show, Doctor Who - the weeping angels. These terrifying statues move lightning-fast when no one is looking at them, which is why the initial episode featuring them was called, "Don't Blink."
Anyways, it just made me wonder if maybe Steven Moffat, head writer on Who, wasn't influenced (consciously or not) by King's book.
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