A shack is a type of small house, usually in a state of disrepair. Shack or The Shack may also refer to: Places The Shack (Williamsport, Ohio), a Registered Historic Place in Pickaway County, Ohio, United States The Shack Neighborhood House, a community center in Scotts Run, West Virginia, United States People Shack (surname) Shick Shack (c. 1727–c. 1835), Native American chieftain James "Shack" Harris (born 1947), former American Football League and National Football League quarterback and National Football League executive Alonzo Shack Shealy (1874-1929), American college football player and head coach Arts, entertainment, and media The Shack (Blasco Ibáñez novel), an 1898 Spanish novel by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez The Shack (1945 film), a Mexican film adaptation of the Ibanez novel The Shack (Young novel), a 2007 novel by William P. Young The Shack (2017 film), an American film adaptation of the Young novel Shack (band), an English alternative rock group formed in 1987 Shack, the villain of the movie Emperor of the North Pole (1973), played by Ernest Borgnine Shacknews, a website about games, also known as "The Shack" The Shack (journalism), the police beat for journalists within the NYPD headquarters Other uses Shake Shack, an American fast casual restaurant chain based in New York City See also Shaquille O'Neal, American basketball player nicknamed Shaq Shaq (disambiguation)