The Shining.
The story revolves around a father who was a teacher, but decided to take a job as being a Caretaker for a 5 star Resort hotel, which would be shut down between November and May for winter. He would take this time to write a novel.
He moves in with his wife and his boy Danny who has a very mysterious imaginary friend called Tony.
Through out the stay in the hotel, Danny starts seeing things that weren't really there, IE two little twin sisters and an old lady in a tub.
The father played by Jack Nicholson, was beginning to get a psychotic break down as the days went by. Finally he loses it and attacks his family.
This movie is a classic. Probably one of my favorites of the horror genre. Of course it's silly now, but to its credit, it was made in 1980, which makes it a 32 year old film. The acting in this movie is surprisingly very good. Even for Shelley Duvall. The emotions put in this film is superb. I would agree though, when the kid does start having visions and it just cuts to his face being scared is more funny than anything, but for a 32 year old movie, they did it very good.
The movie has no problems keeping the audience captivated with the whole psychological evolution that Jack goes through.
It's no reason why so many other movies and TV shows have made reference to this movie. It's just so damn good.
This movie has my applaud with a rating of 9/10!!
The story revolves around a father who was a teacher, but decided to take a job as being a Caretaker for a 5 star Resort hotel, which would be shut down between November and May for winter. He would take this time to write a novel.
He moves in with his wife and his boy Danny who has a very mysterious imaginary friend called Tony.
Through out the stay in the hotel, Danny starts seeing things that weren't really there, IE two little twin sisters and an old lady in a tub.
The father played by Jack Nicholson, was beginning to get a psychotic break down as the days went by. Finally he loses it and attacks his family.
This movie is a classic. Probably one of my favorites of the horror genre. Of course it's silly now, but to its credit, it was made in 1980, which makes it a 32 year old film. The acting in this movie is surprisingly very good. Even for Shelley Duvall. The emotions put in this film is superb. I would agree though, when the kid does start having visions and it just cuts to his face being scared is more funny than anything, but for a 32 year old movie, they did it very good.
The movie has no problems keeping the audience captivated with the whole psychological evolution that Jack goes through.
It's no reason why so many other movies and TV shows have made reference to this movie. It's just so damn good.
This movie has my applaud with a rating of 9/10!!