I liked both the movie and the book

Rating: 10/10 (28 June 2012)

Personally, I don't see why I would have to choose between the book or this extraordinary adaptation done by Stanley Kubrick.
It is true, the movie took many liberties with the story, and did several changes to it (Funny how the most iconic scenes from this movie weren't in the book, such as the part with the creepy twins and the "All work and no play..." thing) it keeps the essence and fear from the original story, adding some new levels of horror and nightmarish beauty.
In many ways, despite the differences, both the movie and the book are great in their own, having the same level of quality and entertainment value.
In my opinion, this is one of the best horror movies ever made, with an incredible atmosphere of tension and mystery.
The result it's pretty effective and well done, resulting in something that is actually scary without having to use any kind of gratuitous violence or excessive gore. I mean, there is violence and gore, but that resource is not used in same way that other horror films(Such as "The Evil Dead" or "Braindead) tend to do.
And that's the main reason of why this is such an unique horror movie, having a very well deserved title of "classic" among this genre. Considering how tamed and amateurish are most of the horror films from the recent year, t's good to have movies like this one.