The Greatest movie ever made?

Rating: Null/10 (19 October 2000)

Think of a horror film, any horror film. Don't think about little teeny-bopper movies I mean proper horror. The Shining may pop into your head as it is one of the most terrifying films ever made. From the opening scene of the drive to the Overlook and Halloran's speech on "Shining" you know that you're in for something special. Stanley Kubrick totally revolutionized the horror film (remember, slasher films were at their peak). He was one of the first directors to use the steadicam method extensively and it has never looked better. For me, the gluiding cinemetography really gives the sense that the hotel is haunted. The scenes in which we see Danny on his tricycle moving around the hotel could not have been as effective without the use of the steadicam. Enough of all that camera work stuff now. Jack Nicholson's Jack Torrance is a career best and Shelly Duvall, although not the best of actresses, manages to give an excelent performance. The line "Heeeeere's Johnny!" never loses the chil-factor like the rest of the movie, even Hallorans offering of ice cream to Danny is frightning. Delbert Grady's story of how he had to "correct" his family is quite possibly the scariest scene in the movie. The slow-motion effects for the blood pouring from the elevator doors is breath-taking.
The Greatest film ever made? I'll let you decide