The Shining
Barry Nelson, Danny Lloyd, Jack Nicholson
Frustrated writer Jack Torrance takes a job as the winter caretaker at the ominous, mountain-locked Overlook Hotel so that he can write in peace. When he arrives there with his wife and son, they lear...( read more
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April 27, 2009Stephen King hates this movie. Hates it with a passion. He hated it so much he had it re-made for TV. King felt that it was butchered, mis-cast, and a total abomination to the original novel. You must also remember that Stephen King directed Maximum Overdrive and Stanley Kubrick ... ...( read more )
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April 19, 2009"Overlook/
Inner sense of Pain/
Eyes of the Insane/
Bleeding Evil's might./
Shades of Black and Grey/
Lock the human Prey/
In Dark, Demented Fright./
Through Psychosis dwells/
Death's Defying Spells/
That shine the Ancient Rite./
Lontano/
Reaps Tormented souls/
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February 20, 2009im not sure that the word "epic" should ever be used to describe a horror film, but if it was this would be the film to apply it to. easily one of the smartest and scariest films ever made despite that fact that King, who authored the source material, didnt like the film. the c... ...( read more )
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January 23, 2009The Shining in my opinion is the no.1 psychological horror, but the greatest of all Stanley Kubrick films. Jack Nicholson is awesome as the once overworked, frustrated Jack Torrance to becoming a schizophrenic psychopath with a hunger for blood. This film has many psychological t... ...( read more )
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July 2, 2009This is a true scary movie. It messes with your head, just like a King novel. NEVER watch this alone at night. Ever.
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July 15, 2008all work and no play makes jack a dull boy
all work and no play makes jack a dull boy
all work and no play makes jack a dull boy
all work and no play makes jack a dull boy
all work and no play makes jack a dull boy
all work and no play makes jack a dull boy
all work and no play makes jack a dull boy
all work and no play makes jack a dull boy
all work and no play makes jack a dull boy
all work and no play makes jack a dull boy
all work and no play makes jack a dull boy
all work and no play makes jack a dull boy
all work and no play makes jack a dull boy
all work and no play makes jack a dull boy
all work and no play makes jack a dull boy
all work and no play makes jack a dull boy
all work and no play makes jack a dull boy
all work and no play makes jack a dull boy
all work and no play makes jack a dull boy
all work and no play makes jack a dull boy
all work and no play makes jack a dull boy
all work and no play makes jack a dull boy
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June 28, 2008could some-body please explain the ending of this to me ........what was the deal with him being in the photograph ??????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?????????????????
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June 15, 2008REDRUM REDRUM. (People have gotten jack nicholsons face from the movie poster tattooed on them.Thats how good this movie is)
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March 17, 2008I see that the short version of this film has just been reissued on DVD in the UK again. What a wasted opportunity. And who cares what Stephen King thinks or doesn't think about Kubrick's "The Shining"? As far as I'm concerned, he forfeited the right to complain about lousy adaptations of his work when he directed one of the worst: "Maximum Overdrive".
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January 24, 2008Stephen King may be a talented writer, but he is an IDIOT for saying that his version of The Shinning, which aired on I believe it was the Sci-Fi Channel, is scarier than the original. He probably felt chaffed that he didn't have the artistic control over the movie, which I heard he didn't want & gave up willingly when he signed the rights to the book over to the studio, but he grew disenfranchised with it over time.
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January 11, 2008i love this movie! couldn't take a bath again for a while. I was really young when i watched this film.
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November 4, 2007Well,its one of my favorite movies,but just if you dont relate it with Stephen Kings book,Kubrick changed almost everything!!! the characters are great,but if you read the book at first and you are a King´s fan...you can hate the movie.
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September 5, 2007
if you like the shining have a look at this - it's very funny and the guy doing jack is amazing.
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August 16, 2007Amazing. Along with Clockwork Orange And 2001: Oddisey... The best of Kubrick. Different from the book, a lot. But I'm not comparing, I'm saying that, as a movie, is simply a classic, and one of the best. With Misery and It, the best movies bassed on King's movies.
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