great from beginning to end

Rating: 8/10 (5 July 2007)

a great movie is ranked by how many times you can watch it over the years and still be entertained by it. you can always find something new in it. as a horror movie buff for decades, i can still watch this movie with great enjoyment. it has an air to it that captivates you right from the beginning. the use of light has a great effect in the entire film along with the echoing emptiness of the hotel, as it would be with everyone gone for the winter, emphasizing isolation, and a snow storm compiles it even further. i do not believe this caption i mention here is a spoiler, rather something that caught my eye after seeing this film over fifty times! : Wendy is pacing about what to do, she is smoking a cigarette. she hears Danny in the bedroom and goes to him. she walks to the door with the cigarette in her right hand, goes through the door and sits on the bed with Danny... where did the cigarette go? ?? strange because Wendy takes such care of the place, i found it hard to believe she just dropped it on the floor so casually. good giggle for me -has anyone else noticed this? to make Shelley Duvall do one scene 127 times, i found it amazing that this little ooops slipped through to the final draft. no spoilers for me in this film. four stars.