Heeere's Johnny!!

Rating: 6/10 (1 August 2012)

Jack Nicholson takes on horror in this adaption of Stephen King's 1977 novel "The Shining" directed by Stanley Kubrick. Nicholson plays recovering alcoholic writer Jack Torrance who travels with his wife, Wendy (Shelley Duvall,) and son, Danny (Danny Lloyd), to a Colorado hotel for the winter. While there strange events start occurring and terror soon erupts. The film is a typical Kubrick one with weird elements and a quirky cast. This one is not one of my favorite King films with the a pretty mediocre cast. Nicholson is chilling at times, but spends more time with booze. Duvall is a weak female lead and some call her whiny and the kid doesn't do much at all.