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Rating: 8/10 (16 May 2004)

Kubrick veers away from King's text, and it works, as anyone who has seen King's TV remake will agree. Again, plenty of memorable images, for me, the two ghosts (?) wearing rabbit masks is the best, although few remember this. Writer's block leads to paranoia again, perhaps making Jack more susceptible to the voices inside, and outside his head. The key is that, in a theme which always interests me, no help will come from the outside, and the only escape is via your own skills, and luck. If outside help does arrive, it usually gets an axe in its back. Nicholson wins here, although everyone is great. one of the best horror movies of the eighties. 8 out of ten