Makes every other horror film look amateurish

Rating: 10/10 (23 September 2006)

Let me just start off by saying I have NEVER seen another horror film that even comes close to the intensity and sheer psychological terror that Stanley Kubrick gave us back in 1980. Everything about this film is frightening... The pacing is dead on perfect. The cinematography within the hotel is tight, weaving, claustrophobic, and sets the mood perfectly (especially the scenes involving Danny on his bike). And the performance of Jack Nicholson as Jack Torrance will go down in the annuls of history as one of the most terrifying screen performances ever witnessed. It is hard to believe that the man that you are seeing on the screen is not insane. I firmly believe this is the best horror film you can watch today, and it has never, and might never, be bettered. Stanley Kubrick at his terrifying best. Watch it... but be prepared to sleep with the lights on for a very long time.