Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.
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The Shining
He came as the caretaker, but this hotel had its own guardians - who'd been there a long time
Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.
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If you are a horror movie fan, you’ve undoubtedly seen The Shining. Though opinions vary on how good it is and how it compares to the original novel, it certainly qualifies as one of the great horror classics, right next to Psycho, Dawn of the Dead, Halloween and many more. Stephen King books have always been a staple of original material for horror movies and his feud with director Stanley Kubrick over the direction of the movie is well-known. From my perspective, I understand King’s frustration in the tone of the movie vs. the book but if you take the movie as being made from the inspiration of the book instead of a direct interpretation, it stands on its own quite well.
As I have often said, there’s nothing like seeing a movie on the big screen and The Shining would be a movie that I’d make sure was in the list if I wanted someone to compare it to watching on a TV screen.
Fathom Events has been showing some of these horror classics around the country during the Halloween season. My nephew’s favorite movie is Psycho and he was able to see a presentation of it in Anchorage. These movies are introduced by Ben Mankiewicz from Turner Classic Movies and he gives some interesting back story to the filming of the movies. When I went to see The Shining this last weekend, the house lights didn’t go down when the movie started. If I was watching Home Alone, it wouldn’t be a big deal, but watching The Shining in a brightly lit theater is just wrong. I actually called the theater manager from the theater to ask them to turn off the house lights for the last 90 minutes of the movie. It changed everything!
The book scared me half to death when I read it as a kid and I enjoy the movie even if the actual Shining isn’t as big of a deal in the movie. Stanley Kubrick is well-known for his eccentric directing style and it comes though quite clearly. I can imagine them doing 50 takes of a scene where dishes go flying across a room and how insanely frustrating that might be on a film set. That said, he knows how to make a movie.