Incredible adaptation by Stanley Kubrick of a legendary piece of fiction...

Rating: 10/10 (8 October 2007)

Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece has got to counted as one of my top ten horror movies of all time. There's nothing graphic or fast-paced to it to leave you hiding under your seat; the movie itself is actually quite slow, relying on a build up of tension and vastly unpredictable and psychological experience to frighten and thrill the viewer.
My favourite element of The Shining has to be the mix of the psychological and supernatural experiences Jack Torrence goes through. The unknown and the unexplained is really what makes a horror movie for me, and I deeply enjoyed trying to figure this out.
The Shining was amongst other classic Horrors such as the Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Carrie that my mother refused to let me watch as a child, when I was most intrigued by the horror genre. Having only watched it recently, 8 years later, I've concluded it is a classic simply everyone should see.