We will never know what made Shining what it is today. Whether it was Jack Nicholson's powerful performance, or was it Stephen King's story, or the way that Stanley Kubrick depicted it on screen. Of course, Stephen King has gone on record to say that he wasn't quite happy with the way the movie had shaped up.
However, 'The Shining' is a class apart movie and story. For one, the horror aspect of the movie itself is so subtle that one wonders whether there were actually anyone haunting the Outlook hotel, or was it just a figment of imagination of Jack Torrance, who is gradually going insane because of writer's block and possibly cabin fever. What was refreshing about the movie was that it did away with killed off lovers, or tortured souls, or even people with a past. This was a simple, honest to goodness psychological thriller that made us understand that it is the scenario that is haunting, not the story behind it.
Throughout the movie, Kubrick has used rich and vibrant colors, which gave him the opportunity to create some very iconic sequences, like the blood splattered foyer, or the two dead almost identical twins. All through the movie, the camera chases the characters, giving us an idea of how the happenings in the movies are chasing the protagonists, enveloping them in a world of their own.
Every sequence of the takes the viewer by surprise, be it the sudden conversation that informs the viewer of Danny's ESP, or even the Butler's sudden turn to speak telepathically to Danny. My favorite sequence in the movie is where Danny rides his tricycle on a wooden flooring with carpets put on strategic locations, thereby creating a scenario where there's a grating sound of the wheels on the wooden flooring at one time and then the soft silence of the wheels on the carpet at some places.
Roy D'Silva writes at The Sick Flicks, the Horror themed site that offers you synopsis of current and classic Horror movies. Run over to read a synopsis of The Shining.
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