the shining The Shining is one of the most famous horror films ever made. Its a classic that we often here quoted, there have been parodies and varies other things based on The Shining. Of course this film is based on the brilliant book by Stephen King. The film came out back in 1980. The film stars a very young Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall and Danny Lloyd. The film was directed by the brilliant Stanley Kubrick. Surprisingly the film only picked up one award and five nominations. However since its release the film has become something of a cult classic. The film tells the story of a family who move up to a remote hotel known as the Overlook. The family are to look after the hotel through the winter while it is closed. In doing this they will be cut off from the outside world for the winter as the snows come thick and hard. So now Jack Torrance and his wife and son must pull together to through the winter.
However the hotel is hiding some dark secrets, before long the loneliness starts to get to Jack and strange things start to happen in the hotel. Before long he is loosing his mind and then chaos breaks out in the hotel. This is a great film. Its not a scary as it was when it first came out, modern films I suppose have had an effect on people and they are now harder to scare. But even though this film is thirty years old it does not feel that way. Its visually brilliant and the way the director can create this wonderful tense atmosphere is great. Jack Nicholson is great in the role he plays. He has a way of pulling off the crazy man very well. The music in the film really sets the mood well and creates some very good scenes. While the film is quite spooky it has a way of keeping you always on the edge
No comments:
Post a Comment