Loosely Based On Stephen King's Book, But It's Good!

Rating: 9/10 (10 June 2005)

I watched the Stanley Kubrick directed version of The Shining that starred Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall and though not as good or as scary as the Stephen King book it is loosely based on it is a good movie anyway and Jack Nicholson is over the top as Jack Torrance but isn't that what makes this movie so good? He's awesome in this and there are some good scares in this movie as well as some gross out gory scenes (like the blood pouring out of the elevator) that should please any horror movie fan. I also recommend the 1997 remake that starred Steven Weber and Rebecca Demornay as Jack and Wendy but I would recommend that to fans of the book. Fans of this version who have never read the book will probably not like the remake but I think it was good and I liked how it was a lot like the book.