"Here's Johnny!"
The 1980 Stanley Kubrick film, The Shining, paved the way for a lot of other horror films to come. With Spooky Season in full swing, it has been the perfect time to watch it. This movie stars Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall, they play Jack and Wendy Torrance. Jack is a writer who gets a job for the winter as a caretaker for a hotel. They bring their son Danny along, but Danny has a special sense called "The Shining" where he can see things and sensed things that will happen. Over the course of a fews months in this hotel, Jack starts to go crazy.
This film has really given pop culture such classic references and quotes. And a lot of horror films reference The Shining in the years that have come. It's one of those movies you really had to pay attention and hear all the small moments that add up to bigger twists and turns in the end. This film really has a slower start but every part of it adds up to the ending.
Jack Nicholson is incredible in this role. He has a really good way of being docile and then turning harmful in a snap of your fingers. It's 100% a classic film and definitely exciting to watch. You'll be on the edge of your seat to see how this family makes it in this hotel and frightful winter. This Halloween make sure you watch The Shining.
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