Absolutely terrifying

Rating: 10/10 (12 December 2002)

The Shining is one of the scariest films ever made. It can't match up to The Exorcist but it comes a very close second. Jack Nicholson is great in this movie as the caretaker of the Overlook Hotel living with his wife (Shelley Duvall) and his five year-old son (Danny Lloyd). The son has a very special talent called the shining, which is something where you can see things that have happened in the past, that are happening in the present and that are going to happen in the future. He can see blood gushing out of lifts, ghosts of the old caretaker's two daughters and various other creepy things. Like the book, the caretaker becomes very isolated and shut-down from the world to a point where he tries to kill his family.
Stanley Kubrick does a good job in directing this masterpiece. He has other good movies but none like this one.
The Shining is a masterpiece of modern horror and see it as soon as you can.