I would be willing to bet that the similarities are coincidence. most likely, jack's use of an axe in the movie was kubrik wanting to make it more frightening. He never would have been able to include the "Heeeeeeeere's Johnny!" if Jack tried breaking the door down with a mallet. Also, they got to use more blood when he killed Jazz from the Transformers :)
if you boil them down to their elements, though, they are very similar. both places were built on indian burial grounds.....
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