Psychological Gore Porn

Rating: 4/10 (4 July 2019)

There are very few, if any genuine scares in the film and it doesn't have anything to say.
We watch Jack Torrance embark on a two-hour plus descent into madness that we can see coming 5-10 minutes into the movie. Everything after that is the equivalent of watching the worlds slowest car crash unfold before our eyes as we wait. for. something. to. happen. Urgh!
I love Kubrick, but let's admit that not everything he made was a masterpiece. The Shinning is the worst of his films: overlong, one-note, mean spirited, self indulgent. And worse of all, to repeat, nether scary nor genuinely thought provoking in the way that insightful horror can be (like Get Out or Hereditary, to name two recent horror pics).
Fast Facts: The Shinning was a financial and critical failure upon its release. Look it up. It was a bad movie 39 years ago and still is today. The emperor has no clothes. No matter how much the Kubrick cultists try and rewrite history. This is a poor film, beautiful cinematography, beautiful set-design, ugly film.
Don't believe he hype. Don't drink the kool-aid. To serve man... it's a cook book. You get the idea.