Sorry but also NOT SORRY for being a literal human noisemaker throughout this entire reaction! I believe I am justified though 🤣 I hope you all enjoy!! UPDATE: Here's my Doctor Sleep reaction! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rD5YoOIY8ig.html
The point of watching someone else watch a horror movie that you’ve already seen is that it’s fun to watch them scream and squirm. Hence the word…”Reaction” 🤪
I love seeing people's reaction when they realize 'REDRUM' is 'MURDER' backwards. I don't know why I get such a kick out of it. It's just funny to me.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I'm amazed at how much of a jump scare a sign on the screeen that just says Tuesday can be. She is far from the first reactor I have seen react like that to that cut.
Poor shelly was pretty much mentally tortured during this movie. Kubrick told everyone on set to be short and distant with her. It was to make her performance of being alone and unhappy to seem more authentic. When she was swinging that bat on the stairs that wasn't so much a performance and more of a mental breakdown.
I-- ... Y'know, part of me would love to be an actor, in all honesty But things like this?? THAT'S WHEN I SECOND GUESS 🤣 Because holy damn that's so sad
@@OGBReacts Yes, Kubrick made her do over 60 takes just on the staircase scene alone. She was literally not acting anymore at that point. The tears and shaking were too real.
Shelly wasn't the only victim of Kubrick's torture. Scatman Crothers had to retake him crying in the bed scene 125 times. Kubrick was hell bent having the movie perfect. Also Stephen King actually hated the movie.
One thing I never noticed before. Wendy is covering for Jack to the doctor. She said he promised not to drink after the injury and hadn't had any booze for 5 months BUT neglected to tell her that the injury happened 3 years ago (according to Jack). So that means he kept drinking for over 2 1/2 years after he hurt Danny. Guess he didn't take his promise to stop drinking very seriously for quite a while.
This movie had a lot of production problems: Shelly Duvall lost most of her hair due to the stressful reshoots and the scene where she is swing the bat at Jack Nicholson was to make it look like she's swinging at Kubrick. They filmed the scene 20 times. Scatman Crothers whom plays Halloran, broke down crying after Kubrick filmed his Scene 30 times and Scatman asked," What do want from me, Mr Kubrick!?" A fire broke out near the sound stage from where they were filming. Nicholson slept on the set between scenes.
I'm sure I read somewhere that the scene with Jack/Johnny busting through the door with the axe was reshoot over 140 times... And was put in to the Guinness world records as a result.
I have to correct your numbers. The wordless shot of Mr. Crothers was filmed 60 times, not 30. And the baseball bat swinging scene? Yeah, that wasn't filmed 20 times... That was filmed **127** times. It is INFAMOUS in the movie industry. It's why in the directors Epic Rap Battle of History, Kubrick has the line, "Do another take, and get it right; 127 times."
This was one of the earliest Stephen King film adaptations, and is still widely considered among the best. But one person has never thought that way: Stephen King, who still considers it one of the worst films made from his books, a statement all the more stunning if you've seen the likes of Tommyknockers, The Langoliers, and Maximum Overdrive. And while I adore the movie myself, I do completely sympathize with his viewpoint after reading the book. See if this sounds familiar: Stephen King was just starting to emerge as a successful author with his first two books being big hits. His preferred writing method was to isolate himself in his study for hours on end and just let the words pour out of him, and was also addicted to alcohol and cocaine, all of which was putting a strain on his relationships with his wife and young son. And what came out of that setup was The Shining, in which he basically imagines what would happen if his problems sent him irreparably over the edge, using ghosts as a metaphor even as his obvious self-insert main character struggles with literal addiction as well. The result is a deeply personal story about a family bond, and how painful it can be to have it broken. Then along comes Stanley Kubrick, whose previous work King was a huge fan of, wanting to make a movie of it. He eagerly signed the rights over, looking forward to what such a master filmmaker could do with the story. And then it turns out Kubrick really just took the basic setup of the family being isolated in a haunted hotel and used it as a playground for his renowned visual imagination, throwing out all the intended meaning King had put into the book in favor of a sumptuous but much simpler ghost story. In fact, he was so outraged he eventually produced his own version as a miniseries...which everyone hated even though it was much truer to the book. As someone who's written a book myself, I can easily imagine how painful the situation must be for him, even as my own separation from it lets me appreciate how great the film is on its own merits.
I don't remember who said it, but a famous author was one interviewed and asked "What do you think about what Hollywood has done to your books?" and the author replied "They haven't done anything to my books. They're right there on the shelf where they've always been."
hm, given that people have been debating, twisting, arguing, and basically hallucinating over this film for the last 40 years I don't really think that you could classify it as a 'simple' ghost story. I see Mr. King's point of view, but frankly I find the movie's version of jack far more plausible than the book's version of jack.Kubrick's basic idea was that the hotel only acts as a catalyst for the evil that is already in jack, whereas in the book king is desperately trying to make jack basically good and that the hotel is turning him evil against his will. But if you really read the book with an objective eye, jack is NOT a nice guy in the book either. He abuses his students, danny, is harsh to his wife, etc, with the only difference that the all-seeing narrator is telling you that he's not really this way, that he is a kind guy underneath the surface. So the book really fails at the "show don't tell" maxim of book writing. Kubrick just strips all this pretense for what it is and lays it bare. It therefore in my mind is a more honest story - and given that Mr. King patterned jack after himself, really doesn't reflect very well on the author himself. That IMO is the real reason that king hates kubrick's film so much. Kubrick - unintentionally - is calling stephen king's himself evil and unreedemable.
Kubrick was a notoriously harsh and demanding director, who came up with an extremely exact idea for how every single scene should be made and refused to move on until his intention was captured to perfection, which could sometimes result in over a hundred attempts. At one point during this movie, Scatman Crothers (Halloran) even fell to his knees weeping and shouting "What do you want, Mr. Kubrick?" But at the same time, he was also extremely protective of Danny Lloyd and concerned about the effect having a big role in a film like this could have on such a young child. So he went so far as to completely hide the film's true story from Lloyd and let him think the film was a simple domestic drama, and was so successful that Lloyd claims he didn't realize the movie's true nature until YEARS later. The downside of this is that the shots of him looking at the ghosts can come off as a bit goofy, and have sometimes been described as looking more like an ice cream headache, because he had no idea what he was supposed to be looking at and was only told to make a basic "afraid" face.
Honestly, I think the effect with Danny kinda works. I saw the movie not knowing that bit of background and thought Danny simply didn't comprehend what he was seeing and (in what I think you're referring to with the 'ice cream headache' scenes) straining to send a psychic call for help to Halloran. Then again, I'm on the autism spectrum, so I also rather identified with Danny's stiffness in many scenes. (Those sweaters he was wearing also looked bulky and uncomfortable to the point that just looking at him made me itch.)
I was a few months ago old when I realized that Jack has The Shining too. That’s why he’s seeing all the stuff. I have probably watched this movie 100 times and it never occurred to me. Astute observation for a first watch.
Oh Sam, You wondered about the freezer door being opened, by dead Mr. Grady. You have to understand the hotel itself is haunted and brings people there to drive them mad and have them as permanent guests. IT's not only the ghosts that are haunting the place, The Overlook hotel itself is a character in the movie driving all the victims to madness. It's better explained in the sequel, "Doctor Sleep" (which you should definitely watch).
Llyod is a reoccurring character in the hotel. He died here before in the 1920s. His reincarnated soul always finds the hotel. As disturbing as it is, it's his place of rest.
One of my favorites! I watch it every snow storm and even have the final July 4th photo framed in my house among my family photos to see if anyone notices. Still the scariest book I’ve ever read and recommend Dr Sleep as the follow up! Also the guy dressed as a dog is explained in the book as is the woman in the bathtub.
This was my first King novel....and honestly, I enjoyed the movie as well as the book. The thing I like about King is that he puts everyday, ordinary people into extra-ordinary situations and you get to see how they react to it and "what they're made of". I'm sure others have told you already, but the book ended differently, and Dick Halloran's character didn't die in the book. He helped Mom and Danny escape, and they went with him to Florida for healing and safety and he helped Danny learn about the Shining. I think maybe you would like the sequel, Dr Sleep, which follows Danny after he's an adult.
Maybe I’m weird, but I see the ghosts as mostly party goers at the hotel. There’s a party in The Gold Room when Jack talks to Lloyd and Grady. There’s party decor all over when Wendy sees the skeletons. The guy even toasts Wendy, saying, “Great party; isn’t it?” - so the two guests upstairs being kinky with the furry costume just seemed like more of the same. I imagine there are ghost guests “getting a room” all over the hotel.
Hey BOjeezy, You should check out, "Doctor Sleep", The sequel to "The Shining" as well as " Ready Player One" the second one is about living in a VR world (It's pretty good).
Obsessive director detail: When this film was distributed abroad, Kubrick filmed a different version of the "all work and no play" shots for every language it was dubbed or subbed into. Thus, the Spanish speaking audiences saw the phrase in Spanish, the French in their language, etc. I think there were 35 or 40 versions, each one typed out by patient assistants and then filmed the exact same way. Kubrick was a stickler for details. Not that great with humans, but hell with style.
You're gonna love this...this is a classic. When you say "so many red flags", you have to remember that these things are only red flags because they were originally used in THIS movie. So when people first saw this when it came out, these weren't necessarily red flags to most people. This movie sort of originated these things as red flags for movies to come. For instance Poltergeist used the Indian Burial Ground story plot a few years later. Jack's not having hallucinations...he's being tormented by the hotel and the ghosts that inhabit it. It's all real. The Hotel is a living entity that also has the shining and it feeds on others that have the shining so it wants to drive Jack crazy so he will kill Danny and the Hotel will have him and his shining too. Jack doesn't have the shining but the ghosts and the hotel can still appear to him when they want to and can haunt him. Danny can see them and interact with them all the time though. So at the end of the movie it shows him in the photo because the Hotel absorbed him into itself like all of the other people that have died here. Definitely you should watch the newer sequel, "DOCTOR SLEEP", with Ewan McGregor. It actually explains alot about this one.
Fantastic response, sums up everything nicely and everyone who's seen the film and loves it should know this. From seeing so many reactions on RU-vid, there is understandably much confusion! I read the book many years ago and wasn't totally sure about exactly what is happening.
@@billylee6236 Thanks. Have you seen Doctor Sleep? Explains a lot that you would have learned in the first book that wasn't explained well in the movie. This sequel does a great job tying the first movie and the more accurate second book story together so they both make sense while staying true to the much beloved first, less true to the novel, movie. Great job of balancing it all out.
The moment when you hear the latch being removed outside the pantry is when everything is kicked up a notch - up until that moment, it could have been all in Jack's mind....
"Don't be a creep, Jack." - Too late! There are so many interpretations of The Shining. There's a documentary called Room 237 about all the different theories about the meaning of the movie. Some of the interpretations are pretty out there. I think you set the record for the number of "NOs" per hour.
One really weird adaptational choice: you know all those weird ghosts like the guy in the dog costume and the "nice party" guy? They're actually from the book, which goes into the whole backstory of the hotel and all the nasty stuff that happened there until that darkness took on a life of its own. Kubrick cut all that out, but still left the ghosts themselves in, even though they're now meaningless if you haven't read the book.
Thank you for reacting to my favorite horror movie! 😍 I loved the scared mini-opera you put on during the twins in the hallway scene LOL. Honestly my blood still freezes when he goes around the corner and you hear that gong sound! The bathroom scene also scared the living hell out of me my first time watching, and it still grosses me out so much. When you've seen the movie a few times, you find yourself laughing at Jack Nicholson's crazy ass more and more because you know what's going to happen.
As amazing as Jack Nicholson is in this movie, I do kind of wish we'd gotten an actor who could better play Jack Torrance as a regular guy in the early scenes so his descent into insanity can really be shocking, as Nicholson instead comes off like he's always been on the edge of completely losing it. One of the few things the miniseries has over the film is Stephen Weber as Jack, who indeed plays that journey perfectly.
@@lynnjohanssen6552 Apparently Ryan went a little nuts in making that film and actually slapped a kid really hard (on of the actors playing his kid) in a scene. He’s never wanted to do another horror film because of it.
I thought the TV version sucked. Steven Weber is good as a comedic actor but I did not like him in this role especially after seeing Nicholson do it first
@@nedrini1387 I didn’t watch it all, but Steven Weber kills it in serious roles too. He’s been a semi regular now for a few seasons now on Chicago Med and he’s been great. I’ve even straight up hated his character a few times and that means he’s good because I love him and still wanted to punch him in the face lol 😂.
Danny, Jack, Wendy and Dick all have "shining". Danny's and Dick's is a lot more predominant and they know how to "control it/use it" Jack and Wnedy not so much. As Dick stated at the beginning, in regards to the ability..."There are others who have it, but mostly they don't know it or don't believe it. It's a combination of that, plus the hotel itself possessing a. "Shining" power. Some theories even say the events of the movie are actually the novel Jack is writing. The theory is from the breakfast in bed scene on, where we see Jack talking to Wendy, but we see most of the scene through the mirror. Some people say that once we're watching Jack and Wendy through that mirror, that we're noe inside Jack's head/his story. Great movie.. great reaction as ways.
I met that bartender back in 2011. He made an appearance at the Occupy protests strangely enough i shook his hand. He didn't ask me to kill my family thankfully lol
"WHAT THE FUUUUCK?" Welcome to Kubrick's The Shining haha. I really hope you watch the recent sequel, Doctor Sleep, next. They did a fantastic job of following the book and paying homage to this film. The acting is also fantastic.
5:26: lol, your expression upon hearing yet another wonderful perk for hotel-sitting the Overlook.😄👍 5:46 that look to the camera…😂…I’m wheezing. 9:04: that hard cut…and now, I’m crying. 😂
The trailer for "The Shining" was just the shot of the blood coming out of the doors, extended for two minutes. Kubrick got it past the execs by telling them it was just rusty water.
Tony is creepy because we don't understand what his is or what his goals are. But in the end, Tony was there to protect Danny (which also means protecting Wendy). When you think about it, that scene of him screaming "REDRUM" while writing on the door and holding the knife was actually Tony's way of waking Wendy up, warning her of what's coming, and then making sure she's armed. He screamed so she'd wake up. He held the knife so that she'd take it from him. He wrote "REDRUM" backwards on the door so that she'd see "MURDER" and not waste precious seconds trying to figure out what's happening.
Indeed. In the novel, it is actually revealed that Tony is an older version of Danny, communicating with his younger self. Tony is also described as a shadowy figure (As far as I can remember) lurking in the background, aiding Danny as best as he can.
10:27 - OGB: "We're gonna stay here forever ..." -- Jack: "... and ever ... and ever." -- OGB: "Are you freaking kidding me, oh my, please don't do this to me." Wow, your timing was too good here.
An interesting point is, the hotel having an impossible architecture. For the manager`s office where the interview takes place, it's not possible having a window. Consider the stairs in the family's appartment, there's doors in the hallways where rooms should then be at a higher level. When Wendy and Danny were shown the walk in freezer, they enter the one on the chef's office side of the corridor, but they leave the freezer room opposite the chef's office. When Danny is playing on the carpet, the 'direction' of the pattern changes in different camera angles. Kubrick as a perfectionist would not have allowed a break in continuity. Even the threewheel scenes trick with your mind, like room 237 changing corridor sides considering the turns Danny made. There's some videos on youtube about the topic too
22:25 First, a knife like that is primarily made for slicing, not piercing. Second, as long as she keeps her defenses up, she's saved since Hallorann is already on his way.
I LOVE this movie so much. I loved the book, too…but I actually like this movie more (which is rare for me to like a movie more than the book). The casting is perfect. The boy who played Danny was SO freaking good. One of my favorite performances by a kid.
It's sad that Kubrick couldn't just trust his actors to do their jobs without him practically forcing their characters' emotions to basically become real life. But it's hard to say it didn't deliver a really good movie. I actually kinda prefer horror movies like this where it's more Disturbing than Scary. Instead of a whole movie of an axe murderer running amok and ghosts going "boo," it's a slow boil of just BAD VIBES. And THEN there's an axe murderer and ghosts that go "boo." Every second is hand-crafted specifically to make the audience so uncomfortable even when nothing is really happening. Not a lot of movies really pull that off that bad vibes horror quite like The Shining. The closest I can think of off the top of my head is Hereditary (2018) or The Witch (2015). Great tension and atmosphere designed to make you want to leave the room but you can't 'cause you gotta see the ending lol. Such a fun reaction video as always!
I'm proud of you for getting through it. I've seen it dozens of times - but still can't watch it alone and in the dark. It's the music and camera angles that do it. Poor Shelley Duval was pretty much mentally abused throughout this entire process - and was never the same afterwards. I read that the bat scene was done 127 times - til Kubrik got what he wanted out of her.........I think you should do Ghost next with Patrick Swayze. Still deals with the supernatural - but has a lot of warmth and humor as well. Or if you want completely quirky - to get the terror out of your head - check out Never Been Kissed or Legally Blonde. Cheers from Canada :)
I love watching you react to movies - you hold nothing back and I love it! This one is definitely a nightmare maker. Keep up the great reactions! Thanks!
I’m 6 minutes in and my favorite part is your reaction to the mountain of red flags: isolated hotel, 5 months, former caretaker murder/suicide, hedge maze, and of course, built on an Indian burial ground…yeah, this’ll be fine 😂🤣😂🤣
I've said this in other reaction channels. The girls are only dressed alike. The man said in the beginning that they were ages 8 and 10. And no Jack wasn't hallucinating, They were ghost haunting the Hotel. And Grady's ghost opened the door..xx
Your best reaction line: "Well now we're going to have to go." Second-best line: "...no, no, no, no, no, no..." Enjoyed your anticipation of what was being set up; helped ease mine! :)
This movie is terrifying because it knows how to build up something called suspense. Wich some newer horror directors do not know how to build. They just go for a big body count instead because it is easier. Also during its filming they did everything to keep the. Fact it was a horror-movie away from the actor that played Danny. So he was in a horror movie and he had no idea the entire time. Because they kept everything light-hearted when he was around.
Just a few things I like to point out when it comes to The Shining, just because Kubrick never likes to explain anything in his films: Basically, the hotel was already haunted/possessed but it used Danny's gift as a battery to become extremely strong. That's how the ghosts were able to do things like unlock Jack's pantry prison and how they were able to take control of Jack's mind. I don't want to give away any plot points, but in the book the possessing spirit or demon makes an appearance. The final picture shows that the hotel has absorbed Jack's soul into the hotel hell, so to speak! The bear giving a blow job to the man in the suit: in the book, Jack finds a scrapbook that gives the history of the Overlook and how blood-soaked it was. The man in the suit was Horace Derwent, owner of the Overlook during the WWII era. The bear man was Roger, who had once had a tryst with Horace and was now smitten but unable to get him back. I hope these help!
1. Joe Turkel/Lloyd plays Tyrell in the original Blade Runner (Hint Hint) 2. "Here's Johnny" was adlib by Nickelson. 3. It took 117 takes for Jack to chop through the door. He used his voluntary firefighting skills to get through all the takes. 4. The reason King didn't like this adaptation of the movie is because he didn't like the changes Kubrick made. This thing was remade just for King and although the remake was more inline with the book IMVHO it wasn't as good as this one. 5. Instead of closing during the winter they should have made the hotel a winter skiing resort. 6. Shelly Duvall said making this movie was the worst experience in her life. She was harassed on and off screen. 7. GOOF: They would have taken that meat out of the freezer during winter over. Even frozen it would go past expiration date. 8. The real villain is the hotel itself. 7. Watch Dr. Sleep. Danny is an adult and many of the loose ends well be cleared up.
16:15 Good observation. The novel is a little more explicit about this. Only people who shine can see the hauntings in this place. But most people with this ability barely have it, so they may only have some unexplainable feeling that something is wrong, but they don't know why. That is why the Overlook can operate as a hotel without everybody freaking out all the time.
Hey BoJeezy, YOu like the first draft of the Jack Lloyd novel. "ALL Work and no play make Jack a dull boy" I think it's shaping up to be a REDRUM masterpiece.
LOVE the reaction! This movies a classic and your reaction was wonderful. If you can check out Dr Sleep, it's not as iconic as the Shining but it's a decent follow up. Keep up the good work!
Now, if you want to see a COMPLETELY different movie - search The Shining Wendy Theory on RU-vid. If your brain isn't already twisted up, that will do it.
Thank you for this reaction. There are two really good documentaries on RU-vid about this film: "Eye Scream" and "The Myth of the Madman". Kubrick's daughter also shot some behind the scenes footage.
The idea there are ghosts in the room was in a dream I had. I could feel there was a ghost presence in the rooms in my dream. I think cause of this movie I had that dream but it seemed so real.
7:52 it's ok Tuesday's scare a lot of people LOL, Also if you haven't seen it yet you should definitely add 'Dr. Sleep' to a Patreon poll to see if people want to watch, and if they don't, watch it for yourself. it's a great sequel to this movie.
It doesn't say so in the movie, but in the book, it explains that Tony is actually Danny's older self, trying to protect him. I think you'd like the book better
Stephen king based this story from a real hotel in Colorado. He and his wife stayed there and experienced some paranormal things. He made a remake mini series in 1997. And in 2019 there was a sequel called Doctor Sleep which is Danny all grown up and going back to the overlook hotel.
Great reaction! loved you clapping no the whole time :) I first watched this movie when I was 6 years old -and that room 237 scene was the scariest thing I had ever seen. Directly after the movie I went to go to the bathroom but my big brother was hiding in the shower with a creepy mask that was WAY too close to looking like that old lady. I was SCARRED. I couldn't go into the bathroom without pulling back the shower curtain and checking for someone until I was in my 20's.... even today I don't fully trust it. lol
lmao! Every time you had your arms crossed across yourself like "Ugh, save meh!" had me cackling. So funny! I first saw this movie around when I was 9-years-old or so, and it fucking scarred me for years; way too damn scary for a kid. I saw it again when I was in college, and honestly, I kind of found it boring then because of how slow the pacing is. I hope you'll plan on watching the sequel they made not too long ago! It's called "Doctor Sleep." The overall feeling of the movie is different from this one, but it's very very good. Ewan McGregor plays a grown up Danny Torrence who encounters a little girl who has the shining as well as a group of people who are very dangerous threats to those who shine.
Kubrick almost drove her crazy with the staircase scene. They did it over and over because he was a perfectionist and he treated her terribly in general. She basically retired after this movie. And what is real? The hotel itself is the evil.
You should watch the sequel, Doctor Sleep, as soon as you can. It's about Danny as an adult, who has to save another child with the shine from a cult of energy vampires.
3:05 Jack is told the story about Charles Grady going nuts in 1970 but at 15:37 the one Jack meets introduces himself as Delbert Grady. Is it even the same killer?
I have to say that I enjoyed the TV miniseries much more than I did this movie. There is a movie called Room 237 that has various commentators discussing this film. One of the things they talk about is how the movie is filmed causes your subconscious to be uncomfortable.
Before all the hacks who are on late-night TV now, there was a great host of "The Tonight Show." His name was "Johnny" Carson. His sidekick would open the show by telling the audience the guests, then he would say, "Heeeeeerrrreeee's Johnny!!!" Reactors are too young to have seen that, so they don't get the inside joke, a hideously ironic statement from Nicholson and his axe. By the way, there's a message for you ... from ... Tony! :)
Regarding the bear scene at the end. That was intended to let Wendy know what Jack was really doing to Danny. Clue #1: The first time we see Danny talking to Tony the hallway frames the shot so we see Danny bent over the sink. We don't see his face. Danny's body is positioned similar to the bears body at the end of the movie. Clue #2: When Danny is being examined by the doctor he is in his undies on his bed next to a bear pillow. Why would Danny need to be in his undies to be examined? Kubrick was telling us something significant showing Danny in his undies next to the bear pillow. Clue #3: When Jack is awaiting his interview he is sitting in a chair in the lobby reading a magazine. It's a Playgirl magazine. All of this implies Jack was not only physically abusing Danny but molesting him as well. It was this trauma that caused Danny to begin talking to Tony.
Oh hell yes. I remember I commented about this on the Misery reaction not too long ago, and you said it was on the list. Very excited for this as it's one of my favorite films of all time.
There way more context in the book for the costume BJ thing. It makes him even creepier! Danny does his Tony thing in the ballroom and there’s a huge costume party going on and it’s from I think the 20’s or 30’s? I can’t remember but it’s the past. There was this guy in a wolf consume that made him feel extra uneasy. Danny runs into wolf guy and his friends and everyone’s plastered. The wolf guy starts running at Danny like a “wolf” and yeah, super creepy. then poor Danny sees the wolf guy giving another guy head whose date to the party was a woman (this is where you clutch your purls).
I watched this movie at 15 or so the first time, with a school mate and his parents. For the last 30 minutes I was just munching on ice cubes directly from a bowl, I was so stressed. If you don't like enclosed spaces you should watch The Descent, the version with the actual UK ending ;)
Unlike slasher films the Shining has only the one murder in it but the way it slowly drags scenes out with the perfect music to accompany it is a much more psychological thriller/horror type film than a typical horror/slasher film.
