The Earlier Caretaker's Name was Delbert Grady

[@servomoore]

For more horror, check out Messages(1), a short about a newly single person who begins finding threatening messages around their home: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJypZ6uqh66DoLs

[@Relcilisity_Official]

Cool

[@billb945]

It's rather obvious who loves the 'slur'. The inclusion would be quite intentional as are the typical protestations and projection.

[@FlyingCarp583]

As a republican I personally hate the "N" word and the use of it. I do like "correcting" my wife.😊

[@mellifont96]

can you point out where the continuity error is?

[@jamessievert350]

Not nowadays. 🤣🤣🤣

[@gregmottola8539]

When a ghost accuses YOU of being the ghost, you've got a problem.

[@joshuakirschenbaum417]

Lol

[@anddyyxx]

ROFL!

[@kiwanishinton9410]

roll on the floor laughing out loud

[@vinnie4914]

Elite comment

[@ChrisBrown-ir6sf]

@dabadadeeda *Correction Libturd

[@billmeyer1236]

A strange conversation to have in a Target bathroom.....

[@ArtofLunatik]

Bill Meyer target restrooms will never be the same to me

[@KneelB4Bacon]

Kubrick does this in "Clockwork Orange" too. He'll pick an art style for a scene that is so jarring that it makes the audience uneasy. I'm sure it was intentional.

[@oasis4everever]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@josef574]

A Stanley Kubrick bathroom.

[@unk8371]

Unless it's in Mississippi.

[@Blackhawks19_xx]

The balls on jack to just straight up confront a malevolent spirit.

[@danielanderson6933]

The balls to say it hard R as well

[@chrishey9879]

Bro I cracked up LOL and btw thats a demon.

[@JohnDoe-xu6uu]

@@chrishey9879 . also it's a demon inside jack not outside notice how his interactions are always in front of a mirror. This bathroom scene obviously and the bar with Lloyd he's looking in the mirror and even the pantry he's looking in the reflective surface of the pantry door.

[@chrishey9879]

@@JohnDoe-xu6uu John absolutely! For sure it's a demon inside of him yes.

[@chrishey9879]

@@JohnDoe-xu6uu all those people in the hotel are demons Posing as deceased ones, because Biblically ghosts don't work like this, they go to a place waiting before the Final Judgement, which will happen. So these are really demons posing as ghosts, it's a trick really it is.

[@Steven-js5kj]

My friends thought this film was boring, but I, corrected them. And when my wife tried to prevent me from doing my duty, I corrected her.

[@InterMeLocal]

ha ha ha - this made me laugh

[@PaulWinkle]

keep up the good work

[@mrgovia8065]

😂

[@firstlast9846]

I loved the entire movie but hated the parts that were the most “iconic” I guess.. the moment he starts lumbering around with the axe was when it kind of lost me a little. But the whole film is still amazing.

[@TomDantzig]

Hahahahahaaaa!!!!!

[@KaneB]

My brother didn't care for The Shining at first. When I watched it with him, he even tried to switch it off before it was over. But I... corrected him, sir. And when my mother tried to prevent me from doing my duty, I... corrected her.

[@JohnnyArtPavlou]

Kane B, 🤣😆😂😅🥺

[@samz8864]

WTF....U genius~~~~~

[@AmirA-zv6uk]

Sometimes people need to be corrected.

[@grantrichardet6250]

Kane B if I may be so bold sir you did your duty

[@AmirA-zv6uk]

Truth be told Mr. Kane, everyone can use some correction sometime.

[@mikedenby6771]

I'll never get over how he makes the word "corrected" sound like the most sinister thing ever

[@robmarley2565]

Agreed…..if, ……I may be so bold, sir

[@jackhackett80]

even more chilling is that it suggests he killed his daughters first

[@dgb0111]

@@jackhackett80 He took care of them..

[@stephensimington479]

The Nazis "corrrrected" a lot of people too

[@mtntime1]

@@dgb0111 They were co-r-r-r-r-ected. The wife tried to interfere and, well....

[@savagesupreme6431]

Imagine doing your business in one of the stalls and you overhear this conversation.

[@PhantasmaAdoria]

😂😂😂😂

[@SweetNiblets06]

😂😂😂😂

[@vissttaa]

I would stay in that stall. That's for sure.

[@SCUExeCutoR]

lmao

[@HighVoltage91]

And also it would be hilarious if they budded in on it 😂

[@rangerrecon]

"You've always been the caretaker. I should know, I've always been here." - those lines are just so chilling and so well delivered. My favorite scene.

[@THECARS7879]

Jack went back in time when he went back to the ballroom. Mr Grady doesn't remember anything about 1970. After Jack Nicholson recognizes Mr Grady from pictures in the newspaper, Mr Grady doesn't have any recollection of anything that Jack said. They also changed his name to Delbert Grady from Charles Grady. A very strange scene indeed and disturbing. Me Grady then convinces Jack to take care of business, courtesy of the hotel.

[@Teacherator]

2:28

[@briansickboy]

One of the best scenes from any movie ever

[@thomasgary1219]

Mine too.

[@DanielAppleton-lr9eq]

@@thomasgary1219Jack gets this " deer in the headlights " look, trying to process everything.

[@bonzobonanza]

Such a brilliant scene. No jumpscares, just psychological terror.

[@oldironsides4107]

You must have miss the cut scenes or bats flying and cats jumping on trash cans

[@onlythewise1]

@@oldironsides4107 not, movie was great don't be jealous

[@jeremysladek6623]

The scene was Pure Hitchcock.

[@nyk3334]

You a, married man, Mr. Bonzo?

[@dgb0111]

@@nyk3334 He has a wife and two daughters, sir.

[@Daniel-ns71617]

In this scene Grady is even scarier than Jack... It even seems that he is unsettled by how malevolent Grady is.

[@kimmolaine8069]

Kubrick tension. He was truly a master of filming and directing but he wasn't kind to his cast.

[@mishtaromaniello8295]

Kimmo Laine Kubrick was supposedly very kind with just about everyone on set (with the exception of Shelly Duvall for performance reasons, lol), so I’m not sure if he acted like a dick to get this specific performance. The actor playing Grady here, Philip Stone, worked with Kubrick on both A Clockwork Orange and Barry Lyndon prior to The Shining, so he must’ve liked Kubrick enough to work with him that many times, and Jack Nicholson was practically buddies with SK if you look behind the scenes footage/photographs of the two. Nicholson also praises SK in any interview asking about the director. I don’t mean to come off as some pretentious know-it-all, but I don’t appreciate the myth that Kubrick was some kind of asshole with everyone he met. The only evidence that he was ever extremely negative was due to post-production complications or having to work with stuck-up crew and cast, according to his personal assistant Leon Vitali and documentaries. Hope I was somewhat useful in explaining this.

[@cinderellaglassbootsize1299]

Too true

[@DoctorRobertBobby]

Malevolent

[@Daniel-ns71617]

@Bob Jones interesting theory, makes a lot of sense!

[@karlmartin849]

What a pristine looking restroom. I'd be more than obliged to have a dump in there if I may be so bold sir...

[@Neildo430ci]

.... So clean the Virgin Mary herself would be proud to take a dump, do you believe in the Virgin Mary private joker....

[@johnsmith-wx5fb]

You're bowels were very wilfull that day but ...you......corrrrected them.

[@sidhartheleswarapu]

A lovely restroom to viddy

[@kylew.4896]

Perhaps a bit more...if I may be so bold sir

[@johnsmith-wx5fb]

@@kylew.4896 You may kyle.you may

[@theseageek]

That gradual transition of Mr. Grady from a lovable, smiling, and courteous butler to a menacing murderer was just top notch acting alongside Jack Nicholson’s acting.

[@Lilmonkmonk]

Genius acting and directing!

[@3912James]

And racist.

[@marcozaccagni1813]

​@@3912Jamesnobody cares

[@3912James]

@@marcozaccagni1813 Not everybody share your mindset.

[@georgeparlog4385]

⁠​⁠@@3912Jamesthat doesn't make neither the writter, director or the actor playing this a racist. Is just a role.

[@DenverGhost]

The sudden shift of dominance in the situation is just so well done.

[@tommytwomommy]

That’s it. They switch places seamlessly.

[@c.a.marsupial.1282]

Stanley Kubrick is a genius. I need to watch this film again. Its possible I will enjoy it more now that I've aged.

[@crycv8458]

Always loved that too definitely one of my favorite scenes in all of cinema.

[@jlau9268]

Indeed! He becomes dominant over Jack and still in the most polite manner he can!

[@shriharihudli]

@@jlau9268 Reminds me of a psychopathic Alfred.

[@StainsStainsStains]

2:15 im obsessed with that transition where grady turns from innocent waiter to menacing presence. If you watch closely, you can see Jack slowly back down and grady slowly stand more straight. The transition from innocent to malicious is absolutely seamless.

[@castortroy7704]

Grady, like Lloyd, Horace Derwent, Lorraine Massey, etc, was just one of the many face manifestations of the Overlook Hotel's sentient demonic entity that possessed the Overlook Hotel, the Management.

[@jasonkh4]

I made this exact comment on a different video earlier today. You almost don’t even notice the change from polite gentleman to menacing dark spirit, along with the deep red washroom, such a bizarre and hypnotic scene

[@soniablades7031]

Takes quite an eye to notice such things....if you don't mind my saying so 😉

[@soniablades7031]

Takes quite an eye to notice such things....if you don't mind my saying so 😉

[@michaelericks]

That is the brilliance of director Stanley Kubrick

[@kevinking7991]

Philip Stones subtle change in tone from deferent servant to malevolence "... YOU are the caretaker. You have always been the caretaker" is so chilling.

[@AnnihilatingAngel]

It is sheer genius.

[@reallyhappenings5597]

Deferential

[@whoknowsknight9628]

Yes. Fantastic actors under fantastic direction

[@roypiper581]

Best acted scene in the whole movie was by Philip.

[@mahlstadt]

The same thing happened with my cleaning lady when I didn't pay her

[@codylamp6814]

I can’t count how many times I’ve had this exact conversation in a Walmart bathroom

[@stanlee-eq7lu]

I was in the toilet stall at a Walmart that I used to live near. Some bastard literally destroyed a toilet with a hammer (true story). I wish I knew who did it. I would have corrected them.

[@gregbors8364]

You’ve always been the caretaker. I should know… I’ve always been in this Walmart bathroom

[@anthonyfender72]

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jellyfishrage33]

Grady has the same looking eyes as Lloyd, the bartender: Focused, unblinking, and completely fixed on Jack. You can tell the Overlook is watching him like a hungry, cunning predator, but the way it presents itself to him feels calm and amiable. It's terrifying.

[@chrishey9879]

they are demons, those aren't actually grady and the people that died, they are pretending to be. It's Biblical, demons do that, dead people can't be on earth they go to waiting place or Heaven before the Final Judgement where they get Ressurected and be Saved or go to Hell for Eternity.

[@castortroy7704]

Yep. The Overlook Hotel itself was alive since its beginning and a sentient evil eldritch entity-location with a self-aware mind and animated spiritual power of its own. ("The Management.") The ghosts of Lloyd and Grady were ghosts but also two of the many manifestations of the Hotel's power. All of the Hotel's imprisoned human ghosts, demons and poltergeists are conjoined to the Management. Grady, Lloyd, former owner Horace Derwent, who was also the Hotel's second in command of the ghosts, were eternal slaves to the Overlook Hotel.

[@uktruecrime]

Thats because they don't exist. However, the film did stray from the authors intentions and King was not happy with it. Personally I am happy that they did not exist and that they were in his imagination. But it also reflects 'the other side' as I call it, where the Shining exists, even here in the real world as this is all an analogy for the higher workings of the real world. The dude is merely speaking the tone of the new roles. He says he is the caretaker and he is. Clearly Jack is still figuring it out. He thinks he can force Lloyd into admitting that he was the caretaker, because he knowns he was. But at the same time he knows the rules are different now, hence his shift from being empowered by the truth to powerless by the new order. This is whats going on here. Jack is unable to accept that he has always been the caretaker because he knows that he hasn't and so he has a choice, and we all know which path he choses. ie to reject the new order of things and to freeze to death on his own. As simple as that.

[@niverent]

You're completely missing the point. In both instances when Jack is talking to Lloyd or Grady he is actually talking to himself in the mirror.

[@jellyfishrage33]

@@niverent I know they're not really there, but they are obviously on-screen. They could have any kind of mannerisms possible, but in this instance, these forms appear to us as cunning predators. I'm just saying, it's fun to notice that.

[@bratton79]

Stanley Kubrick: Stephen King was a very...willful author. So I corrected him. When Shelly Duvall tried to interfere with my duty, I corrected her too.

[@karamustafa3874]

lmfao xd

[@plasticweapon]

you sure did, stanley. you sure did.

[@peachbellini2615]

Wow.. nice.. Stanley was a genius 👏🏻

[@bodegibbs779]

lol!

[@bodegibbs779]

@SgtBaker16 I agree. Stephen King remade the film to match the book. That was put out as a miniseries. Quite good actually.

[@commanderkeen3787]

Apparently Kubrick took 8 hours and 273 takes to capture this scene to his liking, after which the actors were ready to "correct" him

[@flowrepins6663]

well worth it this scene is a masterpiece that no movie today will ever have

[@certifiedautist5387]

@@flowrepins6663 Nah abuse is never worth it my guy

[@cammythompkins4379]

​@@certifiedautist5387 Is it abuse or is it bringing out one's true potential? Besides, these actors knew what they signed up for. There has always been a balance of enjoyment & mental health risks that come with the territory of method acting & the constant reshoots of one if not more scenes in order to satisfy the director.

[@Superunknown190]

@@cammythompkins4379Who are you, the teacher from Whiplash? No, abuse of actors/workers is never worth it. How would you feel being berated, threatened, and screamed at for hours at a time over a fucking movie?

[@RedGarnett-n2p]

​@@certifiedautist5387 he was terribly overrated as a director

[@delavalmilker]

I just noticed that Grady never blinks. The same with Lloyd the Bartender.

[@Sunflare-vq2uy]

Wow that's really creepy I never noticed that before.

[@The_Channel_Channel_Official]

Well make since because they are ghosts.

[@johnspinelli9396]

Because they're ghosts

[@speed2live]

Because they are ghosts? Ok. But Beetlejuice, Slimer, and even Casper the friendly ghost...they all blink. (I've done my research, so it's irrefutable)

[@CassieSchmidt-bz7vu]

ya know? I never ever noticed that this whole time through the years of watching the Shining. It never dawned on me, perhaps I need a good talking to or maybe I need to be corrected too hahaha ya think?? hahaha

[@edmund184]

The background music is so eerie. Really adds to the scene.

[@StrangeScaryNewEngland]

This movie made me love Al Bowlly

[@wickedcomet9340]

Sorry its a super late reply but the name of the song is "Its All Forgotten Now" by Al Bowlly. A fitting song for the scene no?

[@mr.vintage4889]

Cameron Topping songs featured in this scene.Home by Henry Hall And His Orchestra and It’s All Forgotten Now by Ray Noble And His Orchestra (with vocals by singing legend Al Bowlly).May they rest in peace.

[@captain104th]

@@StrangeScaryNewEngland I only found out about this movie for Al Bowlly, that crooner is so talented. Makes me sad thinking about his death.

[@PeterFlanagan0987]

edmund184 it’s all forgotten now is just such an innocent song and this makes it terrifying.

[@shizzy35]

"That's strange, sir. I don't have any recollection of that at all."

[@GMICHAELG62]

Yeah, sounds like a congressman.

[@Maria-qh6cl]

I read it and he said it on the video at the same time and I'm kind of creeped out so yeah😂

[@kpi4162]

A negga cook

[@invisiblesun6595]

@G. Greenberg Or the tagline of every politician

[@jakob4381]

Sin without consequences.

[@demonofelru3214]

Its really amazing how Grady goes from harmless bumbling waiter to a cold force pushing Jack to murder his family.

[@Stigmatix666]

Pushing?? You don't see that Jack already hates his family? Grady simply tells Jack what he wants to hear..

[@demonofelru3214]

@@Stigmatix666 Yes true as well.

[@G_Silent]

Grady is simply a representation of the hotels shining or its dark evil past

[@frankmerker630]

Some people just need a little… correcting

[@TheKitchenerLeslie]

Because Jack is still refining the character in his head as he's writing the story. This scene is all in his head. That's why he's making typing motions with his fingers.

[@GunHillTrain]

Note how the scene shifts from the 1920's party in the ballroom to the modern rest room, which must have been added much later to the original hotel design. It suggests that Jack has moved from a now-gone past to a very real present situation. Kubrick had an eye for architectural details. In this one, he makes the hotel itself a major character in the film.

[@bobbyscalchi4013]

That is what I could never figure out. How do you go from a 1920s soiree atmosphere to such a contemporary men's room? Don't get me wrong it's absolutely beautiful but it felt out of place for the time frame. It actually feels more late 1950s Americana Deco.

[@GunHillTrain]

@@bobbyscalchi4013 Kubrick liked having anomalies is his movies. I suspect that the ballroom, in it's physical appearance, was mostly unchanged from the original hotel design while the restroom was added later. Thus both rooms actually exist in the present. The people at the party are either ghosts or possibly Jack's hallucinations.

[@drygnfyre]

@@bobbyscalchi4013 There's actually a really good KZbin documentary you can find about this movie. It goes into detail about all the impossible architecture of the hotel. Doors that don't line up, rooms that are too big for the space they are supposed to occupy, the office changing locations, furniture moving around scene to scene. All of these are minor, never addressed, but they are there if you notice them. And plays into the notion of the hotel being alive and actively screwing with the minds of the protagonists.

[@bobbyscalchi4013]

@drygnfyre I think I actually stumbled across it meaning that very documentary last week but fell asleep watching it.

[@speed2live]

(and it's where the red rum is made)

[@themarquis336]

I don’t know what’s more eerie and terrifying: the idea of a man having a conversation with a ghost, or the idea of a man in the empty bathroom of a huge, completely empty haunted hotel talking to himself in the mirror.

[@lorddraugr3138]

…Both :P

[@skrillahbeats001]

Wdym empty? Wendy and danny are there too

[@yt8co]

Obviously the second one

[@matthewferguson7084]

Ghost for sure...I talk to myself in the mirror no big deal

[@biggusdickus1689]

@@skrillahbeats001 Empty as in no ghosts, I think they meant

[@xwing1977]

The way Philip Stone delivers his lines here is genius....goes from being a passive, compliant butler, to an assertive, malevolent (but still coldly polite) entity, when Jack starts to push him. One of the most chilling scenes in the movie..... Kubrick magic RIGHT THERE!

[@simonfea2]

Yes! Perfection.

[@delavalmilker]

At first, this scene just seems so very ORDINARY. Just a polite English butler doing his job. But then---very subtly--it changes into something far more menacing and deeply disturbing.....

[@kenthomson9562]

Philip Stone was well liked by Kubrick who also employed him in Clockwork Orange.

[@NoahSpurrier]

It’s hard to steal a scene from Nicholson, but Stone was the star of this scene.

[@StainsStainsStains]

He’s got that white hot glow of pure malice and evil in his eyes.

[@biggrieder]

If you notice, Jack is really looking and talking to the mirror the entire conversation. Great camera Work!

[@tommym321]

Greyson Rieder wow. Great observation.

[@rileywelton3243]

Never noticed that. Aren’t Grady and the bartender ghosts or is he hallucinating?

[@biggrieder]

ghosts

[@HowardTheDork]

I thought the same thing. It also occurs to me that both this entire conversation is internal dialog and "caretaker" in this specific dialog is caretaker for the family and not the hotel. The family is brought up immediately after jack is told he's "always been the caretaker here". I still think b is true even if a isn't. If grady is real in the malevolent spirit sense and trying to encourage jack to murder his family, then caretaket still fits better in the context of family. I think Jack's problems foreshadow this. Essentially this is jack telling himself that he's the man and the leader of his family. The end also supports this when the woman finds his insane repetitions. He goes on a diatribe about it.

[@biggrieder]

@@HowardTheDork Internal dialog, thats a great point! It makes sense to me being that Jack is a Writer and has been trying to think of something to write.

[@chizorama]

"That's strange sir, I don't have any recollection of that at all.", proceeds to tell him how he "corrected" his wife & daughters. Ah, the brilliance of Kubrick.

[@stanlee-eq7lu]

I know. First Jack asks Grady where his wife and children are and he doesn't know. Moments later he tells Jack that he had to correct them. Absolute homicidal maniac.

[@leokimvideo]

I'm certain this scene would be a favourite at acting school. So much depth in the delivery of words, and facial gestures.

[@mikeantell533]

It would be a group of guys all trying to do the best Jack Nicholson impersonation

[@matthewwisdom9933]

@@mikeantell533 are you talking about the actor or the character

[@matthewwisdom9933]

@@mikeantell533 like what was like what does that even have to do with this scene

[@matthewwisdom9933]

@@mikeantell533 and they too would make a very romantic couples for some odd reason

[@matthewwisdom9933]

@@mikeantell533 like out of all of the Grady twins scene the only appear around Danny

[@robertwhitley6233]

Grady is the hero of the movie.He corrected problems and guided others to do the same.

[@Greendragon420able]

Robert Whitley Zing!

[@benlujan288]

Robert -- One of the best comments I've read in a long time! You've a marvelous wit, sir -- and I mean that 100% !!!!!

[@GrubThaGamer04]

Grady should be a teacher, he’ll help a lot of students to correct stuff

[@davidlean1060]

Danny is the hero, Danny and Wendy. They are the only ones to escape the metaphorical maze that is the Overlook itself.

[@robertrodriguez787]

Grady was one of my favorite characters in the movie

[@GreenDistantStar]

One of the most chilling scenes in cinematic history, without a drop of blood or violence, everything about it sends chills down my spine.

[@timeportal8937]

It’s actually my favorite scene in the movie So brilliantly performed

[@Roscoe.P.Coldchain]

Absolutely

[@ordinaryaverageguy]

Dark comedy gold.

[@TJWinter1221]

Well Stephen King did once say about his style of writing and what his intent was on his audience with the words, while looking straight into the camera and uttered the words: I'M GOING TO SCARE THE HELL OUT OF YOU!

[@smartyjonez5470]

Alright. Calm down there. It’s not that good

[@hiker64]

One of the best aspects of this film is that while you were watching you actually felt separated from the world, trapped in this environment with everyone else.

[@sanjaybakshi3901]

Philip stone as Delbert Grady scared my pyjamas off. Look at that face when he said I corrected her.

[@johnhardman3]

Probably Stone's best part, in what could have been a great ghost story had Kubrick treated the material more subtly.

[@ChrisBrown-ir6sf]

Not pyjama but dhoti. Since you are an Indian.

[@Jackal_El_Lobo34]

It appears that in life he was a psychopath and in death he was attempting to pass the baton to Jack.

[@jayazathoth8530]

_"Philip stone as Delbert Grady scared my pyjamas off."_ He raped a guy in India in the future via the internet. That makes the character even scarier.

[@ArcticWolf0000]

johnhardman3 In my opinion it was a great story.

[@TheScoundrelsCantina]

49 people need coRRREcting.

[@Tramseskumbanan]

The Scoundrel's Cantina They are 65 now.

[@mydude8731]

Momentary loss of muscular coordination

[@xxduck_of_luckxx8097]

Perhaps 69 people need a good talking to, if you don't my saying sir.

[@olivejam632]

69 now hehehehe

[@keirr]

70 now

[@dommydench4693]

This film deseves a Late Oscar. If you don't mind my saying so. Perhaps, a bit more.

[@jackhogan4090]

It’s the media. They, interfere.

[@alphacraig2001]

@@jackhogan4090 perhaps we should correct the media

[@TheBlackLodger]

It honestly deserves an Oscar for every category.

[@aleisinwndrlen7113]

@Jack Hogan Well they are some very willful people

[@anantambisht4895]

Maybe the oscar needs a bit correction.sir

[@state550]

3:27 just two gamers in the bathroom

[@Mrpalenkova]

Every COD lobby

[@Devdevbruh]

My favorite word. It's powerful and profound.

[@sanjaybakshi3901]

Jack Nicholson just nailed this movie should have been another Oscar for him

[@shizzy35]

Jack was just playing Jack here. The same role he played in a dozen or more movies.

[@amazinmets8439]

@@shizzy35 I'd rather watch "Jack playing Jack" any day than whomever your favorite actor is. Let me guess, you're a Heath Ledger fan boy right? The overrated lip-smacking drug addict who is only praised because he committed suicide by OD'ing. Get lost.

[@shizzy35]

@@amazinmets8439 nah, I'm more of a De Niro or George C. Scott guy. You know, real actors. Let me guess: you wet your bed alot thinking about Jack. AmIRight? And you're also an asshole. AmIRight? Yeah, I thought so...

[@kingcobrajfssepaboosterclub]

juneaug Lok no one likes that gay movie

[@amazinmets8439]

@@shizzy35 LMAO De Niro had 2 or 3 good movies and a string of bombs the past 30 years. Nah I don't wet the bed but I do recognize a great actor when I see one. As for being an asshole that's subjective. Feel free to think of me as one if it helps you sleep at night! =)

[@nogunk147]

"I've always been here" is such a chilling phrase in this scene. Almost like its Torrence's own insanity hitting him like a ton of bricks saying he's always been this way. He just never accepted it

[@SkyWayMan90]

Very well-put. I like this

[@nukacolacompany2534]

Well said, though I don’t think full blown insanity could have been there since the beginning because it would’ve manifested in ways, though maybe it was more like a dark side to him

[@thrace_bot1012]

No, not really. It's not a meta comment about his psychology or repressed self-awareness, Grady is being literal. Read the director's comment regarding his beliefs about the movie's ending. Jack Torrence was actually the caretaker of this hotel in a past life, and the hotel has the power to beckon the reincarnated versions of its inhabitants/ occupants from past lives.

[@nhmooytis7058]

Was he insane? Or just possessed by evil?

[@castortroy7704]

@@thrace_bot1012 This.

[@edgarroberts8740]

Such a wholesome, heartwarming scene. Grady takes it on himself to deliver the news to Jack of goings-on in the family, and even offers some advice on the corrections he needs to make. Feel-good cinema at its finest!

[@truthteller5426]

Wholesome

[@jaredbond7908]

haha....

[@brucer9572]

"Feel-good cinema at its finest." I'm going to steal that one. Thank you, but I must be going.

[@Ottalika]

Idk bruh but those red walls are more feel good than those two Italian ladies in Shawshank.

[@colinswain9740]

It brings tears of joy, when Jack is told HE is the caretaker and must deal with his son and wife, in the most violent of ways😊. Truly uplifting.

[@sstaners1234]

“When one of them tried to burn the hotel down, I corrected them sir. And when my wife tried to prevent me from performing my duties, I corrected her.” One of the most cold blooded piece of dialogue ever committed to cinema.

[@hippiecheezburger5457]

I love how he doesn’t recollect the crimes Jack asks him about but midway through the conversation it’s like it shifts to the actual malevolent force, the actual evil within the hotel, Grady was absorbed into the hotels memory just like how Jack ends up. Very ambiguous but that’s what makes the film a masterpiece

[@indridcold8433]

The man has to keep his wife in line. She was like feral beasts. He gave her too much freedom. That caused her to try to destroy Dilbert Grady's life. That also came close to happening to Charles Grady. Look what happened to Jack. His wife tried to stop him from attending to his duties. The common theme is that the wives destroy the lives of the husbands. They must be, "corrected," often. Maybe a bit more, if I may be so bold.

[@stickeyyyy]

lol@@indridcold8433

[@kneg4183]

@@indridcold8433 indeed my good sir, you are indeed correct

[@emilytvmusic]

did u play the crate ? in this part

[@66secularist]

Meanwhile in the hall someone is waiting for their order of advocat.

[@AnnihilatingAngel]

This is important business, so fuck 'em....lol

[@stefmgf8739]

Aaaashuhuhuahuhuha

[@EastsideHilltops]

Lil Slow Tonite Aint It?

[@cassieh5506]

They've been drinking there for eternity. Fuck em.

[@agustinlyon8173]

@@EastsideHilltops HAHAHAHAHAHA -Yes it is Mr Torrance

[@gavinvalle5653]

Philip Stone (Grady) was an incredible character actor. This was his third movie with Stanley Kubrick, and he plays a completely different persona in each film. In "A Clockwork Orange," he was the main character's weak and mousy father. Here, he gives off a frightening air of quiet menace.

[@benpreston5809]

Had no idea they were the same actor. Cheers mate!

[@KarlKloie]

He also played a psychopathic interrogator in O Lucky Man terrorizing Malcolm McDowell.

[@pluso]

I remember his face and his voice from Barry Lyndon as the high rank general that took Barry's first love away from him and as the strange Soviet astronaut with a British accent in 2001.

[@jimaco0312]

I also remember him from Indiana Jones and the temple of doom lol

[@hgrunt100]

Holy shit you are right, it is Alex's dad! I never ever put that together. What other movie was he in?

[@nathanfitzgerald6651]

Damn, that is so creepy and weird that Grady started out as a sweet, mild gentleman...yet got darker and darker and most sinister as he went along. It's the best case of a character switching major personality gears. Very unnerving!

[@oldironsides4107]

I love him. He’s just like my dad!

[@okboomer1340]

@@oldironsides4107 ah yes...knew your dad well...we used to call him "Old Ironsides"....oh...wait....OMG.....

[@dcut75]

And notice how Jack goes from confrontational and arrogant to terrified as Grady becomes more assertive. You can literally watch the transition between them as Grady slowly recoils from Jack then slowly straightens his posture, and while he does Jack slowly recoils from Grady. Kubrick’s direction of this scene blows me away

[@MarcoBoneMan]

@@dcut75 all of those transitions happen so smoothly as well, like a perfect tonal gradient. Love Kubrick.

[@castortroy7704]

Grady was not only one of the many imprisoned malevolent human ghosts of the Overlook Hotel, but one of the many manifestations of the Hotel's sentient supernatural power. ("The Management.) The Overlook Hotel itself was alive as a sentient evil eldritch entity-location with a self-aware mind and animated supernatural force of its own. In my personal theory the Management was a demon that possessed the Overlook Hotel and came from a "Thinny," a dimensional portal from the Dark Tower series described as a tear over the Earth and a portal in which living human beings and creatures or spirits can cross over into other dimensions. I think the Overlook Hotel's building was built on a Thinny and a spiritual portal to Hell in itself. Grady was just another face manifestation of the Hotel's demonic spirit.

[@tomservo5347]

It shows how sinister evil is. Initially accommodating, helpful and friendly. But once one is disarmed and relaxed in it's grasp the demands and palpable menace come into play. Sword and shield of the Spirit my friends. Just stand.

[@vinniethegooch7830]

Your words are like gold.

[@neilsun2521]

Evil has no problem using a façade to achieve its prime aims. Good has boundaries that will not stoop to certain levels -- evil will go there, and then some.

[@stepha5926]

Being serious here: *women* in a nutshell.

[@tomservo5347]

@@stepha5926 Yea, when you get married you've signed a deal with the devil.

[@SamuelBlack84]

People may judge evil harshly But it sure brings results to oneself

[@DrCrabfingers]

Philip Stone is just awesome in this scene...he doesn't blink, he goes from being subservient waiter/bar man to sinister authority so subtly it is imperceptible. What a stunning piece of cinematography and acting. One of my favourite moments in any film....and as Grady starts to turn the screws on Jack, Jack becomes the psychopath.... The English do sinister very well!! 😂

[@joeshaw9248]

We’ll said sir

[@a.e.jabbour5003]

"The English do sinister very well!" Well, they've had a LOT of practice! :)

[@crypastesomemore8348]

@@a.e.jabbour5003 yeah, practice bringing the world into the modern era, including ending the slave trade and instituting modern ethics and technology. Try not to cherry-pick just the negative, k? It’s kind of racist.

[@a.e.jabbour5003]

@@crypastesomemore8348 Umm, it was a joke. Jeez.

[@anthonyfrew1571]

He was such a fine actor - I can not recommend his work high enough - in British programs such as Justice and guest roles in Inspector Frost - he walks away with everything bar the set itself - a fine actor - thankfully his many television and film roles survive to remind us.

[@Daniel-ns71617]

Notice how at the beggining of the scene, Jack takes a lot more space in the shot than Grady, leans forward and tries to look as malicious as he can, however, when Grady starts turning the tables, the scene takes a drastic shift. The caretaker starts to lean forward while Torrance leans backward, Grady begins to look a lot bigger and more menacing than Jack. The protagonist's expression now resembles fear and confusion as he becomes more submissive, and finally stares in silence, petrified. This are all just mini details that may fly over your head as you watch the scene, but truly show how great of a filmmaker Kubrick was.

[@tonystarkss29]

Probably why Kubrick did over 30 shots per scene

[@conorgray433]

Crazy Monkey nice observation...I’ve totally re thought this scene after seeing the movie many times, well explained 👍

[@Daniel-ns71617]

@@conorgray433 thanks!!

[@shessoheavy6130]

Right on right on. You're either a writer or director.

[@crypastesomemore8348]

Uh, this is standard based on whoever is leading the conversation, dudesy. Jack turns apprehensive and tentative, then acquiescent, not “submissive.”

[@NewYorkBattleCat]

Jack Nicholson looks like a real life Trevor Philips.

[@Brandon_Powell]

Steven Ogg has always reminded me of Jack Nicholson.

[@illostr8]

Perhaps Trevor Phillips was modeled after Jack Torrance , Rockstar has that type of influence .

[@illostr8]

Cannibal Corpse no not yet but want to

[@holliexbx5613]

I never noticed that before, I can’t unsee it now 🤣🤣

[@Peachsnapple75]

There’s actually a jacket for Trevor in gta that looks just like Jack Torrance’s. A little rockstar Easter egg

[@heyheyhey33351]

That realization that he's talking to the caretaker he heard about at the beginning of the movie gives such a disturbing feeling. And the "You've always been the caretaker" quote is so cryptic. Brilliant scene.

[@wannabehendrix]

At 3:04, the change of demeanor in Grady. From friendly servant, to the demon. Very unsettling!!

[@deleon7449]

3:37

[@bluesky6449]

@Douglas Robinson A "racist" ghost telling it like it is. Period.

[@robertmanfredthurrigl9424]

The shift from servile civil to furboding restraint and underlying cold menace is quite startling to say the least.

[@jcBurton2094]

You don't see his eyes until he is the demon

[@Shane-Flanagan]

The subtlety of this scene like many others are unsettling and hold the biggest impact

[@ghostface3652]

Everyone needs a friend like Grady. Being responsible correcting his problems and encouraging others to do the same

[@johnspinelli9396]

Yup 😂😂

[@matthewcole9418]

I believe Charles Grady (who we never meet in the film, but was brought up when the manager was talking to Jack at the beginning) was ultimately the one who hacked his wife and two daughters. The man in the scene is Delbert Grady who before back when was once a butler at the hotel. The hotel has a way of reincarnating previous employees and guests and drawing them back to the hotel to commit heinous acts against outsiders (family etc). Charles Grady was simply a reincarnated version of Delbert Grady. When Delbert Grady is talking about "correcting" his family he isn't talking about himself but rather his reincarnated version. Just like Jack Torrance is a reincarnated version of a previous employee/caretaker with the last name Torrance (first name unknown) who is drawn back to the hotel to commit heinous acts against outsiders as evident by the fact that we see a man who is a spitting image of him in a 1921 photo at the very end.

[@magnusvir117]

You better need to read the book. There you'll get the explanations.

[@darthgoldustgamingandvlogg8674]

Matthew Cole so its not a continuity error that they have different first names?

[@HawkinaBox]

I agree

[@illostr8]

That’s why jack is looking at the mirror instead of mr Grady makes sense reflection of themselves. Also Lloyd is the reincarnation of the devil when jack said I would give my soul for a glass of beer

[@invisiblesun6595]

@Angel Villalobos Not sure if that will help much. Stanley Kubrick took the liberty of making a lot of changes that were not like the book at all. And with Kubrick gone, not to mention he was never one to analyze his own work the speculations with no easy answers will continue...

[@GotLotsaFaith]

That background music will haunt me till the day I die....

[@DrivingDoctor82]

Reminds me of the Old Disney Alice in wonderland movie 🍿

[@bunberrier]

The singer died in the Blitz of London. Was in his apartment when it was hit.

[@HappyBear376]

My Dad loved that kind of music.

[@kaj7135]

Reminds me of BioShock.

[@bunberrier]

​@@kaj7135 Its Al Bowlly

[@quietman71]

When I was younger, I thought the "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" scene to be the scariest moment in the film. Now that I'm older and (supposedly) wiser and more mature, the moment Grady says, "I.... corrrrrrrrected them. And when my wife tried to prevent me from doing my duty... I... corrrrrected HER," to be far, far more frightening.

[@jordannelson7927]

I agree, although the scariest part for me when I was a kid was when the hot naked woman in the bathtub turned into an ugly witch.

[@PiperTMTotalWar]

The actual scenes aren't that scary, it's the underlying themes that make the shinning frightening.

[@kingcobrajfssepaboosterclub]

Sir Jay woke

[@stevegreen9460]

@@jordannelson7927 thats somthing we all have coming are way if you stay married long enough...lol

[@aliray1165]

All work and no play is still the most frightening for me, it’s not what he’s written, it’s that moment where she realises that he has completely and utterly lost his mind, he has been lying to her about his sanity, it’s all been an act and he’s well and truly flipped, so much that he’s dangerous and as that mask slips we witness her horror and experience it directly. That’s my take on it anyway.

[@j.l.2849]

In any other context, Jack Nicholson could be accused of overacting, but he plays this scene as a man descending into madness and unsure of reality and the effect is perfect. Coupling Nicholson's facial features with Phillip Stone's portrayal of Delbert Grady is amazing. The color is also just fundamentally unsettling. Genius scene.

[@enshk79]

I also love how they’re standing. Almost like they’re posturing.

[@firenze5555]

Nicholson said that Kubrick pushed him to do the deranged performance and Kubrick was happy with it. It kind of goes with this gothic fairytale style of The Shining.

[@Kepha3]

Phillip Stone is such a smooth actor. He delivers this scene flawlessly.

[@nicky2coats]

Kubrick loved overacting. He knew he was the only director with the material to make it work.

[@agreb25]

​@@enshk79 two monsters trying to size each other up

[@goodyeoman4534]

"That's strange, sir. I don't have any recollection of that at all." What I say to my boss when they highlight my unauthorised work absences

[@MelissaAndersonTheFutureLegend]

Did you... Hmm.. correct your boss ?

[@LoganSewell83]

There was an issue with my supervisor that came up during our recent annual employee evaluations. I corrected him in front of the CEO and earned a raise.

[@markdarling6800]

I like to say it whenever I'm presented with my bar tab.

[@sodarkherhair78]

Easily one of the best unintended ASMR clips on this platform...😊

[@claytonmurphy3203]

This is one of the greatest scenes ever filmed in the history of cinema. Everything including the unsettling choice of music, the perfectly timed camera angle switch, the contrast of the colors in the room, and especially the world class performance by both actors. I think every serious actor or filmmaker should study this scene.

[@G_Silent]

Clayton Murphy the red almost made me think bloodbath, when I saw it. Yeah, I watched this scene over and over again it’s that good

[@robertmanfredthurrigl9424]

Seen and agreed. Cant see Matt fcuking Damon and Tom bloody Cruise carry that scene in a remake let alone hold their own. I despise these lightweight pretty nancy boy actors with out gravitas! Jack is one of the finest actors and his facial expressions are 2nd to none. He does not care if it contorts . The former are to image obsessed in how pretty they look.

[@Uvisir]

I don't find it necessary to always look what is the "greatest"

[@shanespink9665]

add the bar scene as well. Actors studio

[@ernstthalmann4306]

Fitting the walls are blood red.

[@martynm.449]

CORRRRected

[@mariahammer6290]

Martyn M. Purrin like a kittie

[@simonpark5741]

I needed this

[@teorfles]

I corrected her

[@firebeardnc6012]

How bold, sir.

[@loadeddice4696]

Rrrrolling your Rs is a gift

[@stacyjennings1527]

I just love the part " I corrected her"

[@Mandalorian_Goblinslayer]

Stacy Jennings I got scared when I imagine about what “Corrected them, sir” means

[@CommanderCentauri]

With the R's sounding like chainsaws

[@flowerpower3011]

And the CORRRector never blinks....

[@LawrenceFadalong]

and he corrected himself when he realized he was wrong..

[@usernameschecksout]

It was that bloody red drink!

[@dmitrymedvedd]

The guy who played Grady was great

[@johnking5174]

The wonderful Philip Stone played Delbert Grady here. Philip was a very well known and respected British actor. He died in 2003 aged 79.

[@richjordan1737]

Clockwork orange he also played in

[@johnking5174]

@@richjordan1737 Philip was respected by Stanley Kubrick who liked his acting style.

[@davsny5]

He was also in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 1984 at the dinner scene shoeing away the God awful, Indian food.

[@karlvonboldt]

@@davsny5 He was also in Flash Gordon, the 1980 movie. He played the minister that was marrying Ming and Dale Arden.

[@clivebroadhead4857]

If the interweb is to be believed he is the only actor to appear in three Kubrick films. Hardly prolific but topping the list here in one of the great set pieces.

[@marqueamore8467]

this scene is absolutely terrifying. It’s the transition from being a nice, helpful guy to a menacing, eerie and pure evil for me. His use of the n word gave me the chills. Sounds just like a devil.

[@fraser_mr2009]

how is this even remotely terrifying?

[@marqueamore8467]

@@fraser_mr2009 the feeling you get when you watch it.

[@Daniel-ns71617]

@@fraser_mr2009 The caretaker's demeanor starts off as wholesome and peaceful while rapidly descending into terrifyingly evil. Something is extremely wrong with this whole conversation, but you can't exactly picture what it is during your first watch

[@hari-xo2fm]

@@Daniel-ns71617 coz it plays into us guys fears about marriage and kids. The way we lose our freedoms which we took for granted and our misgivings regarding our better halfs.

[@AM-xe4iq]

Yeah it is

[@TheVenomreaver]

Best scene in any movie to this day a quite bathroom ballroom background music and a spooky conversation it's just genius.

[@kav6666]

And some of the best acting ever

[@TheVenomreaver]

@@kav6666 indeed sir its phenomenal one of my all time favourite films it's brilliant.

[@kav6666]

Commander, I have to watch it at least once a week, MR, GRADY,HAVEN'T I SEEN YOU SOMEWHERE BEFORE,?.

[@kav6666]

Commander had to watch it before work its the dogs bollocks,, iam sorry sir I don't have any recollection of that a at all,,MR,GRADY, YOU WERE THE CARETAKER! You chopped. Your children and wife ip into little peices and blew your brains out! I AM SORRY TO INFORM YOU SIR,BUT YOU ARE THE CARETAKER, YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN THE CARETAKER! I've always been hear!!!.DID YOU KNOW SIR ,YOUR SON IS A VERY WILLFUL BOY"'a little to WILLFUL, if I may be so bold sir,. I ll let you finish the rest kid.

[@kav6666]

MORBO,COULDN'T HAVE PUT IT BETTER MYSELF,good man.

[@TRINZINI]

Love the way Kubrick voluntarily chooses to cross the old "180 degree" (camera placement) rule : first at 1:52, then at 2:13. It has a barely noticeable, unconscious effect where the viewer knows something unusual just happened but doesn't quite know what (it gives the impression that the characters have momentarily switched places, both physically and psychologically, since 2:13 is exactly the moment where Grady becomes the domineering one).

[@ChrisBrown-ir6sf]

2:13 = Jack dominating with the smiling face 2:45 = Grady is now dominating and Jack is leaning back with a scared expression

[@finnmccool684]

Mr. Jack, sir...I do hope you will forgive me, sir...but I am about to steal this scene from you. IF......you don't mind my saying so.

[@oddiemonsta]

IF i may be so bold, sir.

[@anantambisht4895]

I will correct sheely divall for yiu sir

[@jculver1674]

Notice how animated Jack is in this scene - eyes darting back and forth, expression constantly shifting, not sure which way to look - and how calm and still Grady is. Jack's like a trapped wild animal trying to find a way to escape the implications of the conversation, and Grady is like a force of nature, confidently holding him in place until he's done with him.

[@lisanealy1703]

Very interesting analysis.

[@ge2623]

The fidgeting fingers too.

[@charlesnye1736]

Good acting but I think more attributed to ham acting, scene stealing.

[@ge2623]

@@charlesnye1736 I respectfully disagree. Kubrick is known for a zillion takes.

[@crypastesomemore8348]

Lolwut? Jack is partly bewildered- he’s not trying to escape anything.

[@gianclaudiopalazzolo5156]

Acting at it's finest: Philip Stone hit it out of the park in this scene (we already know Jack Nicholson is a great actor) In Kubrick's films you enjoy the supporting actors just as much as the main characters, he clearly took some time choosing wisely.

[@carlkamuti]

Stone was a loyal Kubrick soldier, I believe he holds the record for most Kubrick collaborations. This role was a complete about-face from him in Clockwork Orange, this is my favourite scene I think in The Shining; the wide shot and close ups, the music, the intonation of his voice. So menacing.

[@doctorsocrates4413]

He was from kirkwall near Leeds in yorkshire.he's also in the bond film thunderball as a spectre agent.

[@postscript67]

@@doctorsocrates4413 I think you mean Kirkstall. Kirkwall is in the Orkney Islands.

[@tomnorton4277]

@@carlkamuti Joe Turkel did 3 Kubrick movies too. He and Stone were the only actors who could bear to work with Kubrick 3 times. Even the legendary Kirk Douglas decided that 2 movies was enough for him although, to be fair, he had a leading role in both while Turkel and Stone were always supporting cast members, so they didn't have to deal with Kubrick's infuriating perfectionism for anywhere near as long as a leading actor did.

[@oranjjjggg]

Jack is a ghost from the hotel who keeps reincarnating into human form to bring new victims to the hotel. The hotel somehow gets off on people dying in it and traps their souls in the hotel when they die. Here we see Grady reminding Jack of who he is and why he is in the hotel. Up until this point Jack is still engrossed in his current life and doesn’t recall who he actually is. Grady reminds him that he’s a ghost from the hotel and that it’s time to get to work

[@danieldeplorable4960]

The guy who plays the Butler is a fantastic actor. This scene is bone-chilling.

[@hankworden3850]

Philip Stone

[@xmtryanx]

he's also the father in A Clockwork Orange :D

[@alen1789]

@@xmtryanx and the accountant in Barry Lyndon!

[@nickstaffer5036]

Now THAT'S how to design a rest room!

[@davidlean1060]

Go and watch 2001 ASO and tell me that the landing bay on the moon isn't coloured and designed like this bathroom. There are even moments in the Stargate sequence that seem to return in the bathroom's design. Kubrick, you ole divil, just what are you up too?!?

[@nickstaffer5036]

@@davidlean1060 Brilliant, David, yes you are correct!

[@davidlean1060]

Have you noticed how often that sort of design turns up in other Kubrick films? When Heywood arrives on the moon in 2001ASO, the landing bay is coloured similarly to this bathroom scene, as is the scene with Bowman in HAL's 'brain'. Kubrick was very fond of cross referencing his earlier films in later films. Another easy to spot example of this is Alex finding a copy of the 2001ASO soundtrack is the rack of records in the music arcade he visits in A Clockwork Orange.Many words have been written as to why. Just what was Kubrick up to? You'd be rich man if you could answer than unequivocally!

[@strike1977]

reminds me of the Clockwork Orange

[@davidvila5053]

In Barcelona airport terminal 2 you can find bathrooms very similar to this and with the same color scheme. Everytime I go there I just can think about the bathroom on this scene.

[@crimony3054]

3:50 "Your son has a very great talent. I don't think you're aware how great it is. But he is attempting to use that very talent against your will." A line that has played out in human history forever.

[@kaylanwoytas4744]

Where?

[@CGJUGO80]

3:32 his reaction always gets me 🤣

[@peterpiper6837]

In an earlier interview, Philip Stone describes how he is an 'instincts' actor and says that he just 'goes with how it feels, and it usually works out rather well'. I would imagine that Kubrick had every respect for his great talent, (If I may be so bold to suggest).

[@fantastichound]

Well my guess is if Kubrick had show no respect then Philip actually would've ... corrected him.

[@dribblesg2]

Imagine working with Shelley Duvall for a few months prior and then an actor of this caliber walks in..

[@kanalname5996]

@@dribblesg2 The interesting part is that by the cruel way he Kubrick treated Shelly he turned her into a good actor, so he ... corrected her.

[@kingcamelot1395]

​@@kanalname5996In an interview, Shelly admitted that she recognized this too, looking back. If Kubrick didn't push her like he did, her performance would never have looked right, and the horror of the movie would have lost some of its magic.

[@nothosaur]

​@kanalname5996 During the baseball bat scene, Kubrick gave Shelly a good talking to. And after 120 takes, Kubrick thought she needed....a bit more.

[@alejandroperez-yy9ym]

My friend thought this was a bathroom from target but I corrected him

[@SeanPatric_Colwyn]

😆

[@sid5789]

😂😂

[@666Otomo]

Just great dialogue, great acting and great direction. Perfection. They don't make movies like this anymore.

[@gregshouse6140]

No, they surely don't make movies like this anymore. They don't make people like this anymore. Plastic garbage.

[@flowrepins6663]

this is why cinema was considered art

[@dr.doolittle4763]

They can't make movies like this anymore. Too much PC backlash that would stifle it.

[@neilsun2521]

Hollywood certainly could never ever make a film this good anymore. Their soviet-style war on joy would never allow it.

[@totalbodyperformancefitnes4813]

Or… hear me out… people nowadays don’t pay to see movies like this therefore there is no need to make movies like this. There are still plenty of fucked up movies. People nowadays don’t appreciate horror like they used to.

[@jeffhelton9510]

My coworkers tried to prevent me from watching this during my workday. But I corrrrrected them. And when my supervisors tried to prevent me from doing my duty I corrrrrected them too sir.

[@emilytvmusic]

we are the people ❤always remember

[@kmalcolm5352]

I’ve been in washrooms like this. In hotels and conference centres. So ordinary, safe, and bland. A perfect set for this very quiet scene. The very subtle way that this scene turns to terror is amazing. It’s only a few minutes but it moves from a completely deferential servant/master relationship to supernatural alarm bells so gently, and by the end you’re yelling “get out of the mens room Jack!!” Even though nothing has actually happened. This is cinema genius.

[@yalebaker7976]

I’d hardly call this bathroom “bland”. The vibrant colors make the scene for me.

[@dm8579]

Indeed. The colors and the design is fantastic, and it makes a great contrast to the Gold Room. @@yalebaker7976

[@Agent1W]

@@yalebaker7976 I don't care for the plastic red. That's tacky for what would be considered an upscale resort.

[@jonathanwhitfield2864]

I disagree with both of you; the combination of the garish red and blinding fluorescents make me feel disoriented and uneasy.

[@ceesmith]

What the hell are you on about? Jack's as nutty as a fruitcake and is scared of nothing, even ghosts.

[@aaronwalderslade]

Just two actors in a room, talking. The power of imagination when ignited by a good script, gifted actors and a rare director.

[@Shadywolf09]

You're exactly right about the power of imagination. Grady is this very stiff upper lip type gentleman that is very calm in nature it seems. When he starts to tell Jack about what he did to his daughters and wife, your imagination starts to think about this calm and collected man as a murderer. Was he smirking while he hacked up his daughters? Did he have a crazed look in his eye? Was he filled with anger as he turned around and killed his wife? We don't know, but our imagination lets us decide how he acted or how it went down with just a few words from Grady.

[@tomnorton4277]

@@Shadywolf09 He might have just been completely empty as he chopped them up. A soulless demon who doesn't resent his family but murdered them just because he felt like it. I know of at least one serial killer, Lowell Lee Andrews, who murdered his family just for the hell of it. He confessed that "I'm not sorry and I'm not glad I did it. I just don't know why I did it, I didn't even feel anything as they died." That's the most terrifying kind of murderer and I could absolutely buy Delbert Grady as being one of those. Philip Stone delivered a performance where I could see him just calmly approaching his family and slaughtering them without any of the animalistic rage that Jack showed at the end of the movie.

[@AnnihilatingAngel]

Stone makes this the greatest, scariest horror scene of all time - without one drop of blood.

[@Dj-kg1mn]

.

[@psychonaut33]

Uhhhh...the elevator scene

[@skyfryer1223]

I think any human who's been in a real scary situation knows that the truth is the threat of danger and how it plays on the mind can be so much more horrifying than the act itself. This entire film swims in that ocean of horror. The entire time we're threatened constantly that something very bad will happen and every sign, every moment becomes heavier and heavier because of it.

[@hanzen5174]

@@skyfryer1223 that is because the people who lived to tell about it usually didn`t face the act. they dodged it

[@1975ukandbored]

I love how Grady suddenly has the upper hand

[@andrewshaver5800]

When Grady says, "I should know sir. I've always been here." I get a chill every time. Also, the light music playing in the background with the simmering tension of the conversation is perfect.

[@drygnfyre]

I think this is the movie that has forever made "creepy ballroom music" a thing for me. And given there is "Everything Everywhere All At Once," I don't think I'm alone. Something about hearing distant ballroom music is just very creepy to me. You don't know where it's coming from, you don't why it's playing, you don't know who you'll run into. Just being in a quiet place alone then you hear that music.

[@SwedishMeattball]

big places are haunted​@@drygnfyre

[@carminemurray6624]

I Love 💞 proper British grammar 😮

[@Ben-xl7ft]

14 people need “correcting”

[@Angron789]

I correctthem all most harshly...

[@scottmccann3946]

You mean CorrrRRRRRrrrrecting?

[@ihategoogle6066]

@@scottmccann3946 If I may be so bold, sir

[@JavierGonzalez-lp3ke]

The acting needed to portray this complex scene is something else. Grady's transformation is unnerving; Torrence's transformation is otherworldly "I corrrected them. I corrrected her." That line never ceases to amaze for all the scary reasons

[@johnspinelli9396]

"I corrrrrrrected them"

[@brooklyn9398]

Red White Antiseptic

[@neilsun2521]

He really rolls his Rs when he says he 'corrected' his daughters.

[@goldenmanuever1176]

This is what Hollywood doesn't do anymore; produce artistic movies with acting like the world has never seen. The seamless, artistic "transition" from playing dumb and friendly to knowing exactly what is going while revealing evil is incredible.

[@trashyraccoon2615]

FYI this is not a Hollywood movie. It was independently financed, produced and filmed in England by Kubrick. He left Hollywood years before this

[@goldenmanuever1176]

@@trashyraccoon2615 thank you for the information I was unaware of these details. Very cool to know.

[@camt603]

Because theyre all liberal, tom hank under age touchers

[@magnuskallas]

@@trashyraccoon2615 Yup, in a sense it is British-European movie. Same goes for Eyes Wide Shut. European art-house set in America.

[@stepha5926]

Kubrick always *hated* Hollywood. Why do you think he moved to England? He hated the USA.

[@jordanmorris1420]

How the scene goes from casual conversation to him being told to “ correct” his family is simply unsettling and genus

[@BirdsFn4Life]

One of my all time favorite horror movie scenes. No gore needed. The conversation itself brings chills.

[@oldironsides4107]

Agreed. On of my favorite genre of movies is porno… And my favorite scene is a movie called “ gaaaaahhhhh” And it’s like 2 guys hitting an old crack whore over the head with bats. No obscenity. Or penetration just what you kinda wanna do

[@TheMarlinspike]

Not to mention the muffled oldie tunes in the background

[@HHHAAA111222]

Agreed. Always loved this scene. I often wonder when the cameras stop, the actors and crew call it a day and go have a beer, if they had any inkling of what classic cut they'd made just a few hours before?

[@CallMeGaffer]

Jack: *You're a Ghost!* Delbert: *No, you're the Ghost!* Jack: *Whaaat?* Delbert: *Your son's a little bastard too.* Jack: *It's his mothers fault!* Delbert: *They need a good talking to. They need corrected.* Jack: *Okay, what weapon shall I use?* Delbert: *Wait, what? O.O*

[@witchfindergeneral5366]

Hello me

[@bait5257]

@@witchfindergeneral5366 hol up

[@bait5257]

@@witchfindergeneral5366 who the fuk unfreezed you

[@TPFB129]

The waiter is also Alexander Delarge's father in "A Clockwork Orange."

[@jackmullane6716]

He should have corrected Alex as well.

[@finnsouthall3701]

And he played one of the British captains in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom I’m fairly certain

[@kaj7135]

Welly welly welly welly welly well!

[@henrybokstad5231]

Hi is also an accountant in barry lyndon

[@thejacquoranda]

The acting in the scene is off the scale. It starts out with Jack being quite menacing and bordering on violent. The body language and facial expressions mirror the dialogue: Delbert Grady is lent back and Jack is leaning forward slightly. Then the whole dynamic changes when Grady reveals to true nature of what is going on. He becomes the menacing party and Jack looks confused / scared. Amazing scene.

[@Marxistnazi]

We know, you don't have to explain every little detail

[@deanpd3402]

@@Marxistnazi and did you know that Delbert Grady also played in a Clockwork Orange...just some more detail there for ya.

[@Marxistnazi]

@@deanpd3402 Who'd he play?

[@dgad87]

What a polite and well mannered man this Delbert Grady is…..if I may be so bold sir.

[@INTERNATIONALvids]

Yeah that is my favorite part in this conversation. ..if i may be so bold... Great use of language

[@scoobs3597]

When your bathroom looks like a five guys restaurant

[@jackson32]

One of the most chilling scenes in hollywood history. The dude looks like pure evil and Prince Philip also. He "corrected" his wife and daughters.

[@Io-Io-Io]

No..Prince Philip was a funny and loveable Chap

[@chihirovis1820]

I feel like Grady’s daughter (the twin who tried to burn the hotel down) knew about the horrifying haunting of the Overlook hotel. I actually even believe that one of them had the ability to shine. It’s sad to think that they both tried to stop the haunting by burning the hotel to the ground, yet they died in such a grotesque manner. . .

[@yuyaricachimuel555]

It’s very likely

[@troywright359]

But why did Mr Grady blow his brains out? Surely once correction had been issued, he had no need to commit suicide

[@skipads5141]

I feel your feel and raise you a maize maze.

[@michaelnotigan7796]

"A clown is funny in the circus ring, but what would be the normal reaction to opening a door at midnight and finding the same clown standing there in the moonlight?" - Lon Chaney, Sr. The greatness of language is the imagery within the spoken words. The great Lon Chaney Sr's quote above describes how something so delightful and normal, can suddenly take a turn to awful horror when the sun goes in and the clock strikes midnight. And so it was, with this conversation Jack had with the ghost of Delbert Grady.

[@Buggolious]

True

[@edwardgaines6561]

Well that explains why Ronald McDonald wasn't invited to Grimace's birthday party. 😔

[@Joe_Prinzo]

I live for scenes like this that absolutely mindfuck you. A million times more frightening than any cheap jumpscare bullshit

[@firsargentum5920]

It has to be one of the greatest scenes in the history of cinema. Watched it about 200 times at this point and will never get tired of it. A masterclass by Kubrick & Nicholson but also Philip Stone who really made this scene with his sublime, reserved but incredibly sinister demeanour but besides the actors and director, the set design, the dialog, the lighting, the shot selection, the editing, the backing track, the pacing ... as close to perfection as you can get IMO.

[@sallunetta7333]

This movie literally scared the shit out of me as a kid. Love it! One of the greats!👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@mikeappleget482]

I didn’t watch it until I was 19 y.o. My GF at the time gave me the VCR tape (this was in 2001) of this movie to borrow as I was leaving her house to go home. I was alone and popped this movie in and I got really drawn into it and I had to leave my house and drive around to get my head straight because I was so scared after that woman in the bathtub scene. I couldn’t sleep well for like 3 days after watching this movie. Just typing this makes every hair stand on end. Lol. Best horror film ever!

[@lucianhartt3123]

I hope you were in the bathroom when that happened.

[@canadude6401]

This for me was in the category of watching it too young. I was the youngest in my family, so I inevitably saw Restricted rated movies way too young. Along with The Thing, Halloween, The Hitcher, I think I was 11 or 12 when I first saw The Shining. Now decades later, it still creeps me out and it's hard to explain....but I feel it's in my sub-conscious. I have it on DVD, but will wait many years before I show it to my own daughters, perhaps a little more.

[@kiwanishinton9410]

Jack Nicholson genius acting ability was on full display in this movie

[@davidlean1060]

In fairness, the 'acting' was done in the first few takes and when Kubrick was certain his actors had gotten all the cliche out of them, then he would start considering them fit for the movie. It is hard to know where Jack starts and Stan begins. This is why Kubrick got such idiosyncratic performances from all his actors...because he pushed them for take after take!

[@jamesblade6684]

When Grady says ‘l’m sorry to differ with you sir’, the scene immediately changes as Grady takes control. It happens at that second.

[@PhotographyInFlight4183]

Your powers of observation are uncanny my dear boy. Bravo and good day sir.