Fantastic.

Rating: 10/10 (1 July 2004)

This film is a classic, it contains everything a good horror should. You won't be disappointed. Well, that is unless you're expecting the film to be just like the book. Like many Stephen King adaptations it varies a good deal from the book (which is a fantastic read), if however you accept the film as it is I'm sure you'll thoroughly enjoy it.
Watching the film now it does seem a little dated but hey, that happens to everything. Jack Nicholson plays the role in a deeply scary manner and Shelley Duvall makes me want to kill her as well. All in all this is one of the greatest ever, if you want to see the book literally played out on screen see the newer version (which I vowed I'd never watch but did and was blown away by it), the acting isn't as great but is almost exactly as the book was written. Stephen King's story, like so many of his others just goes to show how brilliant he is. Enjoy.