Epic Horror

Rating: 10/10 (10 October 2010)

I've seen a bunch of horror movies in my lifetime so far and they all go under certain categories. A lot of them are called horror movies because of the killing or the gore. Also, a lot of them have their horror moments but then the mood is changed to lighthearted for character development or for some sort of dynamic purposes. The Shining on the other hand keeps that same feeling of horror throughout the whole film beginning to end. The music and the way it is shot makes it a horror film. This is what I've noticed these are the 2 great things needed to really make it a classic horror film. Nevermind effects. There is hardly any blood shed or shockers but like I mentioned before the music and visuals make it what it is. The weird quick shots of blood coming out of the elevator to the boy being scared to weird imagery plus that music is just owning the genre all together. Its odd because Stanley Kubrick didn't really direct any horror films but this one and this one comes out on top over all the directors that have directed multiple horror movies. The lighting in it gives it a dreamy like feel and the hotel becomes a character just as much as the ones you see in the film. I can't remember the first time I saw this film in its entirety but my God its a masterpiece. I wish Stanley Kubrick did more films of this nature because he would have been called the best horror director of all time I'm sure of it. Anyone who thinks this film is lacking or boring or drawn out doesn't understand the magnitude and intensity this film holds. It hits you on another level a more sophisticated level of human fear than any horror movie has ever done before. It makes most of the other horror movie "classics" seem like child's play! With an exception of a few of them. Directors should take a lesson or two from this movie and execute it in their own manner because if there were more horror movies like this horror would be the most popular genre there is.