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Terrifying movie and a masterpiece! The movie confuses and scares the crap out of you! Even the tour of the hotel at the start is really eerie, and creepy... specially the part with the gift, told by the cook. The Acting is Amazing, Jack Nicholson is really terrifying in this one! The ghost parts, was unbelivable creepy,and i don't get scared easliy!
The Shining and The Thing, are my number 1# Favorite horror-movies of all time!
Posted By: CountOrlok at 6:00am, November 13, 2009
Why is the official score only 7/10?
Classic masterpiece of horror by the master Stanley Kubrick.
not one of my Favorites..but i will give this movie a whooping 10.becasue it is a really awesome stephen king flick which i've seen and read all the stuff he has put out!
I just watched The Shining for the first time( a little late in the game, i know) but it was about what i expected. Personally i never felt that Stanley Kubrick was all that great and i never understood why he is considered one of the best filmakers of all time. That being said, I greatly respect the man and his body of work. The first act of Full Metal Jacket is spectacular, and a Clockwork Orange is wonderful too. But this is beside the point, though i think this movie overall is medicore, Jack Nicholson's performance is what stands out. Futhermore, he should've got an Oscar nod( although im not sure who the compition was so...). I also love the beautifully strange images, i may even read the book to figure out whats the deal with the bear costume.The cinematography was amazing too, when Jack chases Danny through the maze stands out in my mind.6 or 7
great great great movie, ending wasn't weak, but wasn't fullfilling. I actually looked it up online after re-watching it to see if what I thought it ment was correct. Nearly perfect movie.
the only Stanley Kubrick movie i've ever seen, but a good one at that.
Jack Nicholson was really convincing as Jack Torrance and he's extremely intimidating.
hasn't Jack Nicholson played enough characters with his name? In 'The Shining', he's Jack Torrance, in 'Batman', he was Jack Napier/Joker and so on.
still, this was a good movie, but i'm not surprised at how Shelley Duvall won the Razzie Award for Worst Actor. she was so unconvincing i'd wonder if Paris Hilton could do a better job.
Posted By: horrorbuff28 at 8:32pm, October 4, 2009
This movie was genuinely terryfying. The camera work was perfect, Jack Nicholson played an amazing role. He made you feel eerie and uncomfortable and thats what made it such a great role for him. The infamous scene where jack is shredding the door with the ax made me creeped out. All in All, The Shining was a terrific movie that is definitely one of the best stephen king adaptions ever.
Posted By: Magnascopics at 2:57pm, September 22, 2009
One of the best horror films ever. I was never a huge Kubrick fan, but he, and the actors, really knocked this one out of the park. I am so glad that this movie exists.
Posted By: trickytreats at 1:49pm, September 22, 2009
The best horror movie ever made. I will still stop to watch it for the umpteenth time when I see it on tv.
Such an amazing movie. It's so eerie and interesting and brilliantly made that I can watch it 100 times in a row and not get tired of it. Ok, I exaggerated but this is seriously a great movie but it does have it's faults. I saw the movie before I read the book and I knew that the book is better than the movie almost 100% of the time. That being said after I had finished the book and thought about the movie, I was a little disappointed about how the film differed from the book but the more I thought about it, the more I realized that the film is still powerful without being 100% true to the book. The acting is fantastic (although I hate Shelley Duvall). Any scene with the hotel ghosts is fantastic! My favorite part is the ending, with the eerie song and picture. Like I said before, great film! It is a must see for any horror fan.
Posted By: groundgamer at 12:18pm, August 21, 2009
The Shining shows what Stephen King is made of. This is a pure movie of pure terror. From director Stanley Kubrick, brings The Shining. Right from the begining, you get a sense of fear in the movie. The depressed farther of the wierd son, and the wife and mother that is trying to escape from the noise of city life. The haunted looking hotel, and the eree atmosphere around Jack's character gives you a real sense of realism. The Shining is a slow movie, which is the only downside I may add, but once it get's going, it's a masterpiece. The rather amazing acting, the great camera work, the well scripted plot and script, the great atmosphere, all in The Shining. Up until the end, it leaves you puzzled and wanting more, which most horror movies don't do. Creepy, suspensful and eree, The Shining is worth a watch for anyone! "Here's Johnny!".
a classic. one of my two personal favorites (psycho being the other). i would definitely say this is one of the most unnerving films i've ever seen. i've never really scared from a movie, not even as a child, but this movie (especially the last half hour) instilled fear into me. and the music for the scare scenes is perfect. i'm really surprised bd only gave this 3.5 skulls. definitely a 10 in my book.
The most suspensful/creepiest/scariest movie I have ever seen in my life. Very well done, and has extremely good acting. It is very captivating and an overall amazing horror movie.
3.5 stars? This is recognised as one of the greatest horror movies of all time! EVERYThing (including Shelley Duvall) in this movie is fantastic.
Oh yeah, but this is the website which gave the barely average Friday the 13th remake 4 stars.
Cough*Platinum "scumbags" Dunes* Cough.
That goddamn music in the movie will make a man insane in the membrane! One of the scarriest films of all time of course you already know that, without even using loud noises and cheap trick scares this one freak of a perfected flick like noneother. The scares and insanity creep into you like a bug in your sleeping bag. Fuckin' blood in the elevator and that room Wendy comes across..spook your mind with this stuff!
are you kidding me!! this is one of the best acted horror films of all time...nevertheless the king of horror, Stephen King, writes an incredible tale that is as fucked up as usual for him...
Don't get me wrong. It's a great movie; just bugs me how it loses focus. Kubrick focuses so much more on Jack Torrence's slowly deteriorating sanity instead of the actual story. What about the boiler room, goddammit?!
Though it's not as cool or as scary, I prefer the story of the ABC version that came out 17 years later.
Don't get me wrong, it's a classic and it's creepy as hell. Just can't get over my gripes.
This is a great movie of a insanity, with great visionary style and directing. This is a movie to think about, not to just watch sitting down and say, "hm... that was good."
There comes a movie from directors like Stanley Kubrick, who is a brilliant director of such movies as A Clockwork Orange and Full Metal Jacket, and others who don't do much in the horror genre but when they do they bring all their brilliant talents and cinematography to the screen and it is pure bliss. This is that movie!
Although alittle long, which is not a problem, this movie offers many creepy mind bending, is it real or not, situations that drive the characters insane, especially Jack Nicholson. As it goes on you find out about this little thing called The Shining which is a mind ability only some people have and it turns out the little hcild of Jack's has it. But im not going to get into detail with the movie like that.
Most definitely check this movie out, it is a classic of its time and to this day. And with the classic twins in the hallway and the line "Here's Johnny" you cannot go wrong. This is a masterpiece upon works and must be seen by not only horror fans but movie fans in general. 10/10!
Imagine... slowly, slowly completely losing your mind. The descent into madness is sometimes much more horrifying than someone weilding a weapon. This movie is just... eerie. It sticks with you. The music.. the score is amazing, and ridiculously effective in creating a maddening atmospere.
This movie is AMAZING! It is one of the few old(And good as all old horror films are)horror movies that still scares the shit out of me. Jack Nicholson is totally amazing in the role of Jack Torrence. No one who sees this movie can forget the gamouse line "HEEEEEEEERES JOHNNY!". This movie deserves 5 skulls absolutely since it is one of the best horror films in cinematic history.
Kubrick did a masterful job. Great performance by Nicholson. It definitely gives you the vibe of being isolated. The scenes with Danny & those damn twins were great. The staircase scene!!! Need I say more. A lot of folks knocked Duvall in this flick, but I thought she did a tremendous job. One of the best King novels to make it to the big screen. You'll wanna "bash some brains in" after you see this one. Terrific film!!!
anything with nicholson gets 5 stars/skulls and cmon the fuckin shining!!!!!!!!! the scene when the cook realizes that he's going in the forbidden room? his face? CLASSIC HORROR
Some great performances and unforgettable scenes in this one. The bathtub scene still freaks me out. Some parts of the movie are kind of slow, but in the end it still delivers.
Duvall was good because sometimes you need a pathetic charter in a movie this was a good job and I would rather watch movie again....the newer movies that are made from Stephen King books suck to me...I loved the blood scene coming down the hall that is the best scene.
Posted By: metlhead63 at 7:30pm, February 19, 2009
Watch the movie without trying to think of the book. You'll have more appreciation for it. The mini-series was more faithful to the book, but Kubrick's version was way more creepier. Duvall SUCKED!!! almost ruined the whole movie.
Posted By: TheBurning at 1:13pm, February 14, 2009
Fiday the 13th killed this movie in the box office. But This surely came out to being better. A True Classic. Jack Nicholson at his best.
Over hyped and over glorified are the words I'd use to explain The Shining...I've tried watching this film on two different occasions and still it doesn't make sense......Don't get me wrong the acting is very good...but the film doesn't make much sense. It cuts a lot out of the Original Stephen King novel (note a few artistic changes to the ending).. So then on day someone introduced me to "The Shining" the TV Series.."Oh God" I moaned...and tried to put it off. But I had to watch it, and to my surprise it made sense it explained what the hell was going on.....unlike the original film.....In my view the TV Series of "The Shining" is a more complete version of the great novel.....baring the "Made for TV effects".
Posted By: horrorfan25 at 9:17am, January 24, 2009
The shining is my favorite movie of all time. The acting is just great and you like everybody. Just the isolation, and the scenes of just the hotel make me feel uncomfortable. The whole atmosphere is so dark and quiet it's perfect. This movie is just so random. That's what makes it good. This movie builds up terror and suspense, and also with some buckets of blood along the way. The shining is the best movie ever and it deserves to be mentioned. Should you rent it? Of course. Should you buy it? Definitely. This is the best movie I've seen.
Good movie, I just didnt think it was as amazing as everyone says.
Posted By: horrorking95 at 3:15pm, December 25, 2008
This movie is amazing! Jack does an absolutely brillian outstanding performance and makes the show his insaness is terrifying! This film also carrys the best line in cinema history "HEEEEERES JOHNNY!" If you can think of a better line then i'd like to know! The whole film is amazing and follows a man slowly going crazy and trys to kill his family and about his son who has a physic talent called "shining" I would reccomend this movie to everybody!
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Posted By: Toxique-Waste at 1:22pm, November 22, 2008
Brilliant movie!
I didn't get to see it until this year (which was indeed awesome cos I got to see it in theatres).
Was pretty wicked,a few dull scenes but still really good. Though I recommend Stephen Kings,this one is still good.
Oh "The Shining". Where do I begin my praises for this masterpiece of horror cinema?
Stanley Kubrick achieves perfection as he uses his camera like Picaso used his paintbrush. The lighting seamlessly works with the long, wide shots and linear angles, along with one of the most effective soundtracks in horror movie history, to create an atmosphere unlike anything seen before or since. I felt claustrophobic the whole time at the Overlook Hotel.
The tension is comparable to nails slowly dragging across a chalkboard, thanks in part to the terrific acting on Jack Nicholson's part. He has created the best crazy character ever. Shelly Duvall doesnnt get enough credit for her performance I believe. She really does play the scared role exceptionally well (the expression on her face in the poster above is one of pure terror). Danny just gave me the chills with his "REDRUM" scene and his "Tony" voice.
Some scenes don't really make any sense, and I don't think they have to. It is a Kubrick film after all, and trippy, disturbing images are prevailent in all his work. I particularly like the quick cuts that you have to rewind to see clearly, like the dead twins in the bloody hallway. Like I said, very trippy stuff.
Psychadelics aside, this movie still rules. A definite must in any fans horror collection. I don't see how someone can't get scared at least once during this film. Truly an epic masterpiece.
I fail to see why so many people glorify this film, because it just didnt have anything interesting to me, the performance of jack nicholson was the only reason i was even interested in watching it, i saw nothing really scary about the film, besides his transition into crazyness. shelly duvall is annoying and the little boy is too.
Stanley Kubrick staples down his perception of what fear is supposed to represent. In my opinion, this is the holy grail of horror films. There is nothing better. From disturbing imagery, malicious tension, and a brooding score to boot that emphasizes the ever-growing madness in the Overlook Hotel. (One of the most complimentary and provocative scores ever written for film in my opinion.) The Shining is not only ahead of it's time, but it is inspiration and vision are timeless. Genre films and extreme horror made today borrow immensly from this epic masterpiece. As far as pacing, characterization, plot development and gore go, The Shining lays it all out masterfully on display for the viewer to eat up in captivity. We all learn something from this film when we watch it. And it has proven still to this day that it can inspire and evoke horror in an individual that was, prior to viewing, unbenounced.
"Chilling, majestic piece of cinematic fright, this film combines all the great elements of an intellectual thriller, with the grand vision of a director who has the instinctual capacity to pace a moody horror flick within the realm of his filmmaking genius that includes an eye for the original shot, an ice-cold soundtrack and an overall sense of dehumanization. This movie cuts through all the typical horror movies like a red-poker through a human eye, as it allows the viewer to not only feel the violence and psychosis of its protagonist, but appreciate the seed from which the derangement stems. One of the scariest things for people to face is the unknown and this film presents its plotting with just that thought in mind. The setting is perfect, in a desolate winter hideaway. The quietness of the moment is a character in itself, as the fermenting aggressor in Jack Torrance's mind wallows in this idle time, and breeds the devil's new playground. I always felt like the presence of evil was dormant in all of our minds, with only the circumstances of the moment, and the reasons given therein, needed to wake its violent ass and pounce over its unsuspecting victims. This film is a perfect example of this very thought.
And it is within this film's subtle touches of the canvas, the clackity-clacks of the young boy's big wheel riding along the empty hallways of the hotel, the labyrinthian garden representing the mind's fine line between sane and insane, Kubrick's purposely transfixed editing inconsistencies, continuity errors and set mis-arrangements, that we discover a world guided by the righteous and tangible, but coaxed away by the powerful and unknown. I have never read the book upon which the film is based, but without that as a comparison point, I am proud to say that this is one of the most terrifying films that I have ever seen. I thought that the runtime of the film could've been cut by a little bit, but then again, I am not one of the most acclaimed directors in the history of film, so maybe I should keep my two-cent criticisms over a superb film, to myself. All in all, this movie captures your attention with its grand form and vision, ropes you in with some terror and eccentric direction, and ties you down and stabs you in the heart with its cold-eyed view of the man's mind gone overboard, creepy atmosphere and the loss of humanity." --FlickJunkie, imdb.com
since you're 15 I'll excuse you complete ignorance to the horror film genre but PLEASE GOD stop saying movies are overrated because it seems you have no idea what that really means.
The Shinning next to the Exorcist is one of the most brilliant films ever made and has change the genre since it's release. The acting, the story, the cinematography, everything about it is genius.
I sincerely feel if anyone doesn't like The Shinning then they don't really understand or enjoy horror films.
For shame, PromNight2008 for shame...
Put 10/10 for the Descent, 8/10 for the Hitcher and then 1/10 at this movie and 2/10 for the Birds, it's you and your shitty test that is a Shame.
If ever there were an overrated movie, this one would be it. Having heard all sorts of praise and hype for this, I watched it all alone late at night, expecting to be scared. (Similar to my experience with 'Inside', and to the same result). I absolutely hated it.
There was not one scary thing in this movie. Despite a two hour build-up, I still didn't give a shit what happened to these boring characters, and even the climas was uninteresting. For shame, Stanley Kubrick. For shame.
the best haunted house movie ever. just imagine christopher walken as jack torrence though. "wendy.... you didn't let me.....finish. i said, i'm not gonna..... hurt you, i'm just gonna bash your brains in"
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