Creepily Atmospheric

Rating: 10/10 (14 February 2017)

The Shining by Stanley Kubrick is the best film of his I've seen. Apparently, some scenes took over 100 tries to film before he was satisfied, which goes to show how dedicated he was to making this film work perfectly, and it does. The long hallways and eerie soundtrack really make the Overlook Hotel come alive. The location is perfect, and the acting is Jack Nicholson's best. The characters are perfectly juxtaposed, and the red hallways signify blood and ominousness. This is not a ghost movie; however, and it's not really about jump-scaring you. The Shining is a study of one man's descent into madness, and the effects it has on his family and the people around him. There are various unexplained events even at the film's end, which is why I urge you to watch the film and come to your own conclusions about the true happenings at the Overlook Hotel.