Classic horror epic from Kubrick

Rating: 10/10 (13 January 2019)

Writer Steven King has openly showed his disapproval of Stanley Kubrick's film that is different from its source material. But I don't care because what makes a good novel and a good movie are two different things. The Shining is not a good movie, it's a GREAT movie! The film is the highest quality of cinematography, sets and acting. The Shining is a slow build of suspense and terror that does not get dilluted from repeated viewings. The score helps create a haunting melancholy moods and atmosphere that seeps into your subconscious with lush and disturbing visuals. This is a very effective psychological horror film that gets under your skin. All of the layers and elements come together beautifully by film master Stanley Kubrick and has Jack Nicholson's absolute finest performance, which is diabolically brilliant and absolutely convincing balls out performance of a mans sanity lost throughout the course of the movie. Shelly Duvall was brilliant as well and she plays of off Jack Nicholson perfectly. The Shining is a flawless horror movie in my opinion and while it is as disturbing and terrifying a film, this is a very classy movie as well.