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Feb 27, 2024Turkrun rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Stanley Kubrick's weird horror film. Strange soundtrack. Strange almost vacant wintertime hotel. Strange characters. This horror film was TOO predictable, almost funny in a sense. His movie "A Clockwork Orange" was also weird. Jack…
Jan 05, 2024kidparco rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
When major directors make bad choices the outcome is a misfire of epic proportions. That's what's on display in The Shining by Stanley Kubrick. He was one of the great figures of world cinema but he didn't walk on water. My first viewing…
Oct 03, 2023VonHafenstaaad rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Stanley Kubrick has made a movie that will have to be reckoned with on the highest level. The movie is not about ghosts but about madness and the energies it sets loose in an isolated situation primed to magnify them. One of the best scary…
Sep 28, 2023josephguy rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
Fourth time I've tried watching this and didn't finish it, again. I'm a huge Kubrick fan but this is too inane and not scary in the least. It does have Kubrick's eerie, desolate feel to it, though. I rarely like Stephen King movie…
Nov 09, 2022sit_walk rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
It's a classic, but not nearly as scary as it once was. Its age is showing, but still a fun romp.
Oct 29, 2022RoyalJellyIII rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This iconic movie is a must watch for any fan of Stephen King adaptations or classic cinematic horror. It isn't overly gory and the pace is on the slow side, but it builds to an intensity that is hard to match and the psychological horror…
Aug 08, 2022spiritedaway rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
This was fine, but I rewatched this recently and maybe it's because I watched this the night after watching Stephen King's It (which was fantastic btw), but I kind of just found this very boring. Fine, but boring.
Aug 07, 2022The_Most_Casual_Observer rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
The 1980 film is that rare sort of horror movie that gets under your skin and imbedded in your memory, forgoing cheap thrills (there are moments where Kubrick deliberately chooses the least startling camera angle for a shot) to achieve…
Nov 01, 2021vickmeister rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
My all-time favorite scary movie. All of the elements come together beautifully to create an atmosphere of literally chilling horror. Jack Nicholson was perfect as Jack Torrance; the troubled writer who gradually grows unhinged as his…
Oct 22, 2021valerieb63 rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
It was interesting and watchable, but not really scary to me. I know, King thought Kubrick's version left out too much of the backstory, but after viewing both this and the original movie, I don't know that I missed it, or that it helped…
Sep 01, 2021thewitt3 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
A whole lot's been said about this movie -- there's even a documentary full of interpretations about what it means, some of them plausible, others perhaps less so. (Everything from the number of cars in the Overlook Hotel's parking lot to…
Mar 04, 20211aa rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
The best horror film I have ever seen! Its long, but never drags. My item was scratched and skipped from about 1h 21mins remaining to 1h 6mins remaining. Some of the imagery lingers with one long afterwards.
Feb 19, 2021TEENREVIEWCREW rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
The Shining is such a creepy but amazing movie! Following the Stephen King book, this 1980 movie was released. The acting is phenomenal and sometimes it seems so real. A family is caring for a hotel in the mountains during the winter…
Jan 29, 2021MICHAEL JAMES rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
If you have trouble with the way Kubrick translated this story from book to screen you should watch the documentary Room 237, which is the best cinema criticism I have ever seen. You'll get a better appreciation of just how masterful…
Dec 14, 2020IndyPL_MollieB_Archive rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
A cautionary tale about socially isolating in the early winter months . . . Well, only if you're living in a haunted hotel? The Torrences move to the Overlook Hotel to become caretakers during the off season. Jack thinks it's the…
Oct 10, 2020Shellie1_us rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
This mini series is much better than the original movie the Shining IMO. It takes it's time showing the slow decent of the father into the dark web of the hotels evil perverse past. Turns out the hotel lures the psychically gifted,…
Jun 06, 2020jim14green98 rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
This really isn't my thing.... It's not because it didn't follow the rather stupid-sounding novel but rather what everyone gushes on this thing; from psuedointellectual rob ager to the other nut cases in Room 237. You hear everyone talking…
Jan 15, 2020
the ultimate high budget cult horror movie classic- the Shining- in many respects - consists of a series of ever more menacing vignettes. Certain scenes are of particular fascination. The drive up to the overlook, the interview, the bar…
Dec 27, 2019akirakato rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
Originally released as a motion picture in 1980 based on the 1977 novel by Stephen King, this American psychological drama depicts an eerie story at a hotel in the Colorado Rockies. Master of visual images, director Kubrick displays his…
Dec 13, 2019loella rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
More interesting as a cinematic exercise than as an adaptation of Stephen King's book, The Shining shows Kubrick adding the visual-design influence of Godard--pure-hued colors, big blank walls, industrial-modern interiors (the Overlook…
Nov 10, 2019King_of_the_Squirrels rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
39 years old and this movie holds up well. Still creepy. I'm looking forward to the 2019 sequel "Doctor Sleep".
Sep 27, 2019ArapahoeSarahH rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
My all time favorite horror movie is The Shining, set in the fictitious Colorado town of Sidewinder, at a hotel that shares many similarities with Colorado's own Stanley hotel. This is a classic Kubrick film featuring outstanding…
Sep 26, 2019willpell rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
This piece is beautiful, haunting, and very well written and acted, but suffers from excruciatingly slow pacing (it could very easily have been cut down to 4 hours rather than 6), with a lot of atmospheric but unnecessary establishing…
Sep 13, 2019SAPL454 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
MRI PERF One of the most outstanding thrillers that I have ever seen. It has great actors and exploding, dramatic scenes! AUD PG.13
Jul 24, 2019WardenScythe rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This show is pretty good! It has a slow start but at the end it is suspenseful and a bit creepy! However I thought the “Here’s Jonny” part was weird because no one is named Jonny in the show..................