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  1. Jun 18, 2006 · Isolated madness. 142 minutes ‧ R ‧ 1980. Roger Ebert. June 18, 2006. 7 min read. Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson), a recovering alcoholic child-abuser, faces his demons again when he agrees to become caretaker of an isolated hotel. Stanley Kubrick’s cold and frightening “The Shining” challenges us to decide: Who is the reliable observer?

  2. Jun 13, 2024 · The Shining’: THR’s 1980 Review On June 13, 1980, Warner Bros. bowed Stanley Kubrick's psychological horror film in theaters nationwide. By Arthur Knight

  3. Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) becomes winter caretaker at the isolated Overlook Hotel in Colorado, hoping to cure his writer's block. He settles in along with his wife, Wendy (Shelley Duvall ...

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  4. Intense, Psychological and Scary Kubrik Classic. Violence: 5/5- The film is about Jack's decent into madness which is very disturbing. A man tries to kill his wife and son with an axe. Killing with an axe, not overly bloody. Blood rushes out an elevator, the scene is shown a few times but only lasts a few seconds.

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  5. Stanley Kubrick hungers for the ultimate. In The Shining, he has gone after the ultimate horror movie, something that will make "The Exorcist" look like "Abbott and Costello Meet Beelzebub." The result is the first epic horror film, a movie that is to other horror movies what his "2001: A Space Odyssey" was to other space movies. [26 May 1980 ...

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  6. Aug 7, 2023 · The Shining: An Odyssey of Madness. Seongyong Cho. August 7, 2023. 5 min read. Stanley Kubrick ’s “ The Shining ” is utterly eerie for its baroque uncertainty. As its three main characters are hopelessly isolated inside its vast and ominous setting, the movie constantly unnerves us with the increasing unreliability of their respective ...

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  8. The Shining is a disturbing film from the 80s. It's not so much scary for the audience, but there's always a creepy feeling luring over you. With Jack Nicholson in the lead role, performing one of the best roles I've seen. Playing a so convincing role It's almost frightening.

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