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Rating: 10/10 (23 February 2020)

The Shining is timeless. It is so iconic that it is has become part of the pop-culture. Nowadays, with more and more films using CGI effects to create scary scenes, The Shining sets a good example of being an absolute horror without using much special effects.
The tension caused by the emptiness of the hotel, of the lonely desk in the hotel lobby as well as the contrast between small spaces (e.g. the bathroom) and the large ones (e.g. the huge hotel) is portrayed with excellent details. The acting is outstanding, as fear is vividly expressed.
The film also leaves the audience with an unsolved mystery: is it the hotel that makes people mad, or the human deficiency itself?