All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy!

Rating: Null/10 (22 April 2003)

THE SHINING (1980) **** Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers, Barry Nelson, Anne Jackson, Joe Turkel. Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece adaptation of Stephen King's bestselling shocker of a descent into madness with picture perfect portrayal of a man (Nicholson in his scariest role) who, with his family, takes a position to caretake a Colorado resort hotel during the winter with devestating effects from cabin fever and a sinister lifeforce the institution possesses. Spine-chilling sequences and an eerie performance by young Lloyd who has an otherworldly sense spelling REDRUM!! (Classic line: "HEEEERR'SSS JOHNNNEEE!!" Runner up: "He isn't here Mrs. Torrence!")