No one must say anything bad about this film.....why?

Rating: 5/10 (19 October 2011)

Here we have Stanley Kubricks horror "gem" and it seems like a tradition that everyone has to bow down in front of their televisions when its on!
Mr stanley 150 takes for a scene Kubrick really made one or two bad choices here.
Jack Nicholson hams it up and over does things to a dodgy perfection....why cast him? there is no surprise when he goes mad in fact it was more like when he goes mad not if!
Shelley Duvall is just in a constant state of hysteria and panic not much more to say about her character as thats all she gives us to judge.
The boy Danny played by Danny Lloyd does a fine job and puts the other two herberts i have just mentioned to shame.
Now let's move on to Phillip Stone and Joe Turkel as Grady and Lloyd the bartender. Their performances although small were top notch and chilling, the looks they give and way they deliver their lines really makes you believe they are evil.
Not much to say about Scatman Crothers,his character sets the scene a bit, then after a epic trek back to the hotel is killed the moment he walks in....hmmm did't see that coming.
Over blown and a over weight film which considering how long it had in the making still has the same amount of continuity gaffs as any other film. Last time i watched in the first five minutes i spotted the shadow of the helicopter,Danny eats through nearly all his sandwich in a second and the massive hedge maze that can not be seen from the air.
Much better films to be had out there that where made on a lot less.