I avoided watching this film for most of my life. Seeing it reminded me why.

Rating: 10/10 (30 July 2002)

This is possibly one of the scariest horror films ever made. Eerily scary, THE SHINING is a masterpiece of terror. Jack Nicholson and Shelly DuVall are good as the happily married couple who are torn apart when they and their son, Danny (Danny Floyd) take on the job as caretakers of the Overlook Hotel.
Aside from THE EXORCIST, this film ranks as the best horror movie of all time. The film did not really scare be, but it petrified me. Well done, Stephen King! After this, read the trivia section and find out some interesting facts about the making of the movie and how damn crazy director Stanley Kubrick was. But hey, we gotta give the guy credit. He did afterall, create one of the scariest movies of all time.
THE SHINING: 5/5.