'The Shining' (1980) | Arianna & Maple React to Classic Horror!

[@Diegesis]

Dr.Sleep is indeed coming down the pike :D

[@Damiana_Dimock]

😊👏🏼 Dr. Sleep is My favorite Stephen King adaptation, that and 1408.

[@svperstar]

must have the shining because you read my mind ... .. .

[@a1superfantastic]

It is a shockingly great sequel. As much as Stephen King hated The Shining for not being faithful to the novel, he adored the Dr. Sleep adaptation.

[@a1superfantastic]

@@Damiana_Dimock Stand By Me and Misery as honorable mentions?

[@NehemiahRyan]

It's too slow. There's some terrible over-acting too. It's good to watch once for the story but it's not good enough for a second watch.

[@a1superfantastic]

Fun facts: Nicholson was a volunteer firefighter at the time, and as such he was chopping right through the prop doors with a couple swings of the axe. They had to build a set of solid oak doors just to slow him down. Also, Nicholson was a tireless advocate for child actors and spent a lot of time with Danny Lloyd (Danny) on set comforting him for the "scary scenes" coming up and helping him with his homework.

[@rob0bp0]

The scene took three days to film, Nicholson slashed 60 doors before Kubrick was satisfied with his psychotic frenzy.

[@j.woodbury412]

I read that Stanley Kubrick was very protective of Danny Lloyd and even kept the fact from him that he was making a horror movie. In some scenes, like where Wendy is holding Danny while yelling at Jack for strangling him, she's actually holding a life-size doll.

[@TheTsar1918]

If only he was such an advocate for Shelly.

[@j.woodbury412]

@@TheTsar1918 True. But from what I read, he and Jack Nicholson were both impressed with her performance, and they both said it was the toughest acting job they had ever seen anyone do. And Duvall said in an interview that she believed the reason Kubrick pushed her so hard was to bring out her best performance, and while she appreciated the experience, it was one she never wanted to go through again.

[@explodingplant2]

It really adds to the scene, part of what makes it so iconic. Plus the camera work, the way the camera relentlessly follows the axe swing instead of staying still. But you can see the unbridled effort (the opposite of seeing actors fake punches) and the actual strength of the door giving way. 😱

[@robertrouse4503]

When this film was released in 1980, I was living in Apt, 237. Two months later I bought a house.

[@BillMcSwain]

I don’t blame you

[@mwalsh47]

Danny had one of the smartest moves in movie history at the end. Realized his dad would be able to follow his tracks through the maze, so he backtracks, staying inside his own footprints, and then hides. Once Jack ran out of tracks to follow, he was on his own and doomed, while Danny was able to then follow both their tracks back out the way they came in.

[@patricktilton5377]

Wendy gets away from Jack as he menacingly approaches her, swinging her bat, by walking backwards. Also, after Jack realizes he's embracing a zombie-hag in the Room 237 bathroom, he backs away from her to get away and out of that room. Danny, who had been 'shining' all-the-while, was remotely viewing both scenes, so that's how he could know to walk backwards while in the hedge-maze to escape his father.

[@hello11197]

@@patricktilton5377Yeah I’m sure he was using magic to figure out he could walk backwards 🙄

[@catnip3737]

Pretty sure he saw the walking backwards on a cartoon while watching TV. It's been years since I've seen the movie, but I remember that scene because of the foreshadowing

[@stevenbanks1548]

I wish they kept the book ending tbh

[@aldoelmusico]

I'm a 47 year old psychotherapist who watched this movie when i was 8 (without permission, of course). I will only say this: it took me another exact 8 years to be able to use a bathroom without pulling the bathtub courtain. Otherwise, the feeling was very near of what i know now as a panic attack. I usually use this experience to explain people the many forms trauma can look like. This is a masterpiece, and of course, i shouldn't have watched it at that age hahahaha love your channel, greetings from Chile!!!

[@Diegesis]

The Ghost Writer episode with the goo monster made me afraid that something was going to jump out from under the bathroom sink and grab my legs for at least a decade. I still think about it sometimes when brushing my teeth.

[@kirkhall2099]

Ya. Kinda like when i was a kid and watched Psycho. It took years for me to get used too taking a shower and checking out the shower curtains.

[@Necrogorgutz]

I still check the curtains jaja, greetings from Argentina, brother

[@Baldwin-iv445]

Yeah, how were you able to watch this?

[@norwegianblue2017]

I saw this as part of a double feature with my mom when I was twelve years old. My mom, being born in the early 1940s, didn't fully appreciate how disturbing modern R-rated movies were. She just read a good review in the paper. We were both terrified. People were literally screaming in the audience and would sometimes flee to the lobby. I still think this is the scariest movie ever made, with the possible exception of Alien. We never made it to the second feature. We took a family trip back east later that year and stayed at these big, creepy, old hotels. I'd sometimes look at my dad and wonder if he would ever turn evil like that, even though he is the sweetest guy ever.

[@dnllrnt]

Ariana: "No! No! NoNoNoNo! That's really cool framing, NO!" 😂 Also I need to thank you ladies for introducing"lobster-ing" to my wife. Another mode of defense in watching horror movies.

[@MrBreezeLI516]

Yea that party was funny Af! Lol

[@Rock-n-Rolla369]

There’s a story about Kubrick before he made “The Shining.” He was looking for film ideas by reading different fiction novels, but he would get bored after only reading a few pages and then throw each book against the wall, making a constant banging sound. His assistant was in the next room and then came to check on Kubrick because it suddenly became very quiet. That’s when his assistant discovered him reading “The Shining,” the only book that actually held Kubrick’s attention.

[@dudermcdudeface3674]

The irony is it's not even one of King's best books. In retrospect, it's got a lot of what are now kind of hokey "haunted house" tropes that the movie thankfully avoids.

[@NehemiahRyan]

This is one of those movies where it's difficult to believe they're acting. Jack and Shelly gave perfect performances.

[@Deathbird_Mitch]

From what I hear (from Nicholson and Duval in interviews) Kubrick emotionally and psychologically abused Duval during filming. So you are half right.

[@NehemiahRyan]

@@Deathbird_Mitch I've heard that too. There are some parts where it seems like she wasn't acting and was genuinely terrified.

[@bigpictureguys8415]

I dunno man I think there are several moments where her acting is terrible but that somehow didn’t hurt the film because it was so surreal & bizarre

[@redmustangredmustang]

@@NehemiahRyan the emotional abuse was real. Kuberick made Duval do all those takes and it wore her down mentally.

[@Eagle09-nv5xd]

@@bigpictureguys8415Like when? She is supposed to play this fake positive happy wife, who loves her husband. However she is actually terrified of Jack, her husband.

[@cynthias7299]

You gotta love a movie that turns the word Tuesday into a jump scare. 😂

[@chriskelly3481]

And I DO jump EVERY time! 😂 "MOTHER-F**KERS!" 🤷‍♂️😆

[@robertt9825]

Came here to write almost the same thing. Gotta love the skill in making a title card freak you out. It freaks me out every time and I know it's coming lmao

[@SgtWicket]

Truly the most horrifying day

[@PlasteredDragon]

TUESDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@nodak81]

Technically, it's the music combined with a sudden transition that's the jump scare. Could have been a shot of a potato and gotten the same effect.

[@r.b.ratieta6111]

"I can assure you, that's never going to happen to me." - Every person it happens to.

[@tehdesp]

Honestly, if I had just "accidentally" snogged a moldy old granny I'm pretty sure I wouldn't want anyone to know about it either. Ever.

[@Grapefruit-Gal]

Dude 😂

[@patrickfriedauer4259]

“This film is way better than I thought it would be”. Welcome to Stanley Kubrick.

[@smichelle65]

That "Tuesday" jumpscare gets everyone 😂😂😂

[@mwrench4185]

Scary as hell, still four days to the work week

[@dudermcdudeface3674]

You can just imagine Stanley Kubrick hanging out at the back of a theater to watch people jump at that, giggling.

[@paulklenknyc]

Having the character of Danny sucking his thumb when he walks in with a bruise and torn sweater is absolutely brilliant direction. A realistic but unexpected bit of business. Disturbing.

[@PresUlyssesSGrant]

I mean that was in the book, So it’s not like the director came up with it and decided “hey I want you to suck your thumb” Danny sucks his thumb instinctively sometimes in the book

[@shawnshawnmoviereviews]

also symbolicly shows Tony begins to take over Danny's psyche completely after that scene.

[@andrewkline5611]

Totally agree that Shelly Duval is an absolute icon. So good in Nashville.

[@williamjones6031]

Believe it or not, but Shelly Duval got a razzy award for this performance. 😣

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

@@williamjones6031 So did Kubrick.

[@adamwells9352]

The synchronized horror at the teddy bear bj was priceless. That was even less expected than the axe murder, right?

[@adgato75]

It's a dog, actually,

[@adamwells9352]

@@adgato75 Would you believe "teddy bear bj" is a non-species-specific sex act?

[@phantom213]

​@@adgato75in the movie it's a bear costume. Kubrick specifically changed the dog into a bear.

[@adgato75]

@@phantom213 Source ? Because those are not bear teeth

[@mcgfn]

@@adgato75oh we got the bear expert over here

[@John_Locke_108]

A true masterpiece. First time I saw it was 32 years ago when I was 14 years old. I couldn't believe that the video store let my cousin rent it (also 14). I can't count how many times I've seen it since.

[@anubisftn]

After the shock at young Jack Nicholson, you should DEFINITELY do One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest!!!!

[@riseofazrael]

Nurse Ratched is one of the most despicable antagonists of all time, this would be a good one to see them react to.

[@ClichéGuevara-2814]

...or the original Little Shop of Horrors. Maybe Easy Rider, too.

[@RobertMorgan]

YOUNG was 43 when this was made.

[@Deathbird_Mitch]

I didn't recognize a young Danny Devito, even when told who it was.

[@mmxxiii9503]

That movie made my dad cried, is a masterpiece for all times

[@stevetheduck1425]

The 'bear' guy is the owner of the Overlook in a dog costume, being humiliated by his rich lover who also pays to keep the place open for his 'friends'. He put everything into it after inheriting it from the guy who saw (and shined) the place, built the Overlook, no-one ever made any real money, but managed to attract a crowd of famous, debauched and criminal guests (many more ghosts than those in the film), and vanishes at some point in the history, probably just before the mafia take over the lease. It's been suggested that the place is like the place that spawns 'It'. A rock falls from space / other dimension, the local Indians make it a shunned place where they bury their unworthy dead, the Donner party are affected nearby, the hotel gets built on the spot (much American Native imagery in that hotel), then it begins to collect power from those with The Shining, sometimes waiting two generations for the grandchild of some guests to return, stronger and more tasty.

[@mfree80286]

Pet Sematery ties?

[@ericwalker8636]

I've seen many reactions to this movie. They all jump at TUESDAY. 😄

[@Alix777.]

The creepy, eerie music we hear in most of the Danny scenes (such a good little actor btw) like when he find the room 237 are extracts from the slow movement of "Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta" by the Hungarian composer Béla Bartók. The music was written in 1936 to...celebrate the tenth anniversary of the chamber orchestra of Basler, Switzerland. So not even for the movie, and it's weird considering how creepy it is and how it fits the scene perfectly. The other compositions we hear throughout the movie contribute to the dramatic intensity of the scenes and are mostly works by the polish composer Penderecki, which are litteraly terrifying and were not composed for the movie either.

[@timber740]

Happy to see you watched this! The ballroom scene is my favorite, the juxtaposition of past romance melodies and haunting ghosts is so well exectued. Reminding us how Jack has always been the caretaker.

[@bioniccorndog]

This is one of my top 5 movies of all time and y'all have the best reaction to it I've seen! The Shining is such a beautiful mix of spiritual/magic elements and plausible scenario and the movie allows it to all be played out subtly thanks to the stellar acting from Nicholson. Keep killing it y'all! Love the way you approach your reactions, y'all hardly miss any details with TV and movies

[@reservoirdude92]

It's Kubrick. What more needs to be said?

[@Studentofu]

Kubrick is usually trash. Almost his entire body of work is overly drawn out and in need of major editorial cuts. I have yet to met an intelligent person that could sit through the nearly twenty minute ape seen in 2001 Space Odyssey

[@eudite1762]

My personal favorite, as well

[@sreyangovender3404]

Nothing else 😂

[@jakobfromthefence]

It’s Stephen King.

[@eudite1762]

@@jdailey01230 Yeah, and that's unfortunate. I definitely preferred the movie to the book, myself.

[@smichelle65]

The behind-the-scenes footage is great; Nicholson is fascinating in how he was able to jump in and out of character like it was nothing. One minute he's getting himself raged up to film the hatchet scene, and the next minute he's on the phone, calmly ordering his lunch 😅. Unfortunately, Kubrick felt Shelly Duvall wasn't at the right level of frazzled for his liking, so he put her through extensive emotional torture to the point of near-collapse (the staircase scene allegedly took 100+ takes!). To his credit, though, Kubrick made sure to fully protect little Danny Lloyd from knowing the full horror being depicted.

[@McBeelzebub]

Okay with that Donner Party reveal by Maple, you guys have to put Ravenous on your list! A truly unique horror movie!

[@je7055]

I doubt they'd do a movie that doesn't have quite as much mainstream recognition, but oh how I'd love to be wrong. For anyone who happens to see OP's comment, PLEASE thumbs-up it-even if you've never seen Ravenous, consider it a kindness for a couple of strangers (and then, even better, watch the movie!) I'd love for the Diegesis crew to consider it. I've been obsessed with horror, sci-fi, and genre films in general my whole life, and Ravenous is an unqualified masterpiece, the kind of film that you feel palpably fortunate to have seen. And to clarify, OP isn't talking about the random zombie movie from ~2017, he means the 1999 one with Guy Pearce and Robert Carlyle-both of whom give mesmerizing performances in the film-not to mention Jeremy Davies, Jeffrey Jones & David Arquette. I legit might Venmo them to react to it, or maybe make a donation to a charity of their choice, just for the sake of introducing more people to the movie. Easily top five all-time for me, regardless of genre.

[@McBeelzebub]

@@je7055 The film could hardly ask for a more passionate advocate! To quote The Wire, “You earned that buck like motherf*****r!” Seriously, that was a joy to read!

[@0okamino]

It’s okay, they’ll see it on the television. 😉

[@McBeelzebub]

@@0okamino Wait, is someone making a series of it?

[@0okamino]

@@McBeelzebub Not that I know of. I was just referencing Jack's line, "See? It's okay. He saw it on the television." That would be _some_ series, though.

[@michaelschroeck2254]

Although a total departure from the book, this movie is a masterpiece in suspense.

[@Kardashev1]

Welcome to the club of Shining watchers & fans! It's really an experience one never forgets. Kubrick was an absolute genius of sound, picture, plot, character, etc.

[@Das_Kamel]

Arianna at 20:09 Min "bblllllllllyyyybbblddd!" 😂😂😂😂😂 I feel for you. For me, that's one of the most blatant horror scenes I've ever seen. I wonder how the cameramen and actors must have felt.

[@ClichéGuevara-2814]

Now you need to see Room 237, a doc that explores some of the truly bonkers interpretations of the movie. It's super crazy stuff. Gold.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

Poor Leon Vitali, having to shake his head so much.

[@Xenoprism]

8:17 jumpscare lmao

[@Bluesit32]

Over 500 pages of "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy". All typed out by Kubrick's secretary. And then again in German. And French. And Spanish. Because Stanley Kubrick was just insane with the details.

[@glennbotes8937]

Great reaction ladies. Watching this again, after Jack rips out the paper from the typewriter and berates Wendy, she walks away and he carrys on typing with the paper still in the typewriter. It's as if that whole exchange took place in Jack's mind. Or in Wendy's.

[@starman6280]

Check out "the Wendy Theory". This is mind bending and will make you re-watch the film while paying closer attention to minute details.

[@glennbotes8937]

@@starman6280 thanks for the suggestion. Will definitely check that out. See something new with every viewing.

[@Sandy-dd4le]

Watch the table and chair behind Jack in that scene.....same thing happens with the table and chair behind Jack when Wendy wakes him from his nightmare.

[@88wildcat]

Also notice that the room Jack is typing in is perfectly symmetrical. When he is first shown typing the only thing out of line in the room is the where his typewriter is located. Later on after the hotel has started to affect him the typewriter is lined up half on one side of the room and half on the other so the entire room if split in half is a mirror image of itself.

[@vincentsaia6545]

Barry Nelson, who played the man who hired Jack, was the first actor ever to play James Bond in the 1954 live TV adaptation of CASINO ROYALE

[@BlackStudies]

You should definitely check out _Doctor Sleep._ It came out during covid and it wasn't marketed well at all, so a lot of people slept on it, but it's the sequel to this movie and it's really good. FUN FACT 1: this movie initially flopped. It wasn't until later that it came to be appreciated. FUN FACT 2: Stephen King famously hates this movie. There are significant changes from the book. I have to say, I like Stanley Kubrick's vision a lot better. FUN FACT 3 : Danny Lloyd (Danny Torrance/"Doc") didn't know he was in a horror movie.

[@tideoftime]

(Just to note a couple things: Dr Sleep came out several months before the Covid lockdowns, so had its "normal" theatrical run to make money -- it was moreso the marketing and split word of mouth that hindered it doing better. And it's a misconception that Danny Lloyd didn't know that he was in a horror movie -- he *did* know that he was in a scary/drama movie, but did not himself see/directly participate in any of the scarier scenes; when he saw the film later as a teen he was surprised at how much blood, et al, was in it as he of course never saw it as a child. In later citations, it's often mistakenly noted that he didn't know, but he did.)

[@yohanespaskal9352]

The studio release it before Halloween, and very minimum marketing. And people doesn't know it's sequel to the shining. Very Bad marketing

[@Anni_renee]

Additional vote for Doctor Sleep! Even not for spooky season it's a good movie for them

[@maxducoudray]

Actually, if you watch later interviews with King, he clarifies that he doesn’t hate it nearly as much as people usually say. He’s mostly indifferent to it. Maybe he mellowed with age, or maybe it was blown out of proportion. But he doesn’t have any animosity toward Kubrick or the film.

[@neil2444]

​@@tideoftimeAlso the actor who plays Danny in the Shining plays a brief role in Doctor Sleep as Jack Torrence.

[@nncortes]

As far as music goes, you can thank the classical composers. The opening theme is based on the Dies Irae chant. The film used the night music from Bela Bartok’s “Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta.”

[@tjjordan4207]

Fun fact: The infamous "Here's Johnny" line was improvised by Nickolson and almost cut from the movie by Kubrick. Which is ironic, considering that Johnny Carson used the small scene to open one of his shows and in turn got people interested in seeing the movie.

[@shawnshawnmoviereviews]

ON Johny Carson, he was always introduced "Here's Johnny" on the Tonight Show for 30 years I think. So it was crystal clear connection when it was released in 1980.

[@jfryk]

Thanks so much for enduring this one for us, guys! The extended commentary on the outro is really putting this channel on another level.

[@kpmac1]

I've always felt like the sound design on this movie is some of the best I've ever heard. It's almost like the sound effect and music cues are a character in the movie. I love it.

[@shawnshawnmoviereviews]

Yes the sound shows when the Hotel begins to shine or other characters like the cook.

[@dard4642]

I have a hanging picture of Danny writing REDRUM on the door with lipstick, except he's writing LIVE, LAUGH, LOVE.

[@jbacunn]

My older sister showed this movie to me when I was 9 or 10. I am still damaged by it to this day. I can appreciate it now but I still get a weird feeling when I see it 30 years later. By the way, she made me close my eyes when the nude lady was on screen. I didn't realize she was nude until I watched it years later. 😅

[@alanholck7995]

Shelly Duvall is also damaged to this day.

[@mauromerchan1]

Stanley K was a genius. All of his movies are Incredible.

[@JLamstudio]

There’s a great horror movie that not a lot of people have seen, but it’s so well done and actually terrifying. 2003’s HIGH TENSION, it’s a French horror film. It’s sooo gooood. And that ending!

[@adgato75]

That ending is fucking terrible and ruins an otherwise good film.

[@richarddefortuna2252]

Much of the music was from 20th Century Polish classical composer Krzysztof Penderecki, who died in 2020. The compositions were NOT created for this movie as a soundtrack, but was already composed for the concert stage (and, in the case of "Utrenja," for the Eastern Orthodox rites for Good Friday), and chosen as a perfect fit for the scenes in the film after the fact. Very unsettling music, either way.

[@groov3hero]

The smash cut from Jack assuring Danny that he would never ever hurt him to the Wednesday title card makes me laugh every time. This movie is incredible.

[@thunderstruck5484]

When the Queen died year or so ago and they had the long line of people wanting to pay respects, those twin girls were in line and they talked to them, in their late 50s now, really nice moment they were so sweet

[@usmcrn4418]

As an ER Nurse I have to say in Jack’s defense, that toddlers can experience dislocations of the shoulder and elbows at the hands of their parents without necessarily being subject to abuse. The ligaments and tendons of young children can be extremely flexible and relatively easy to dislocate, sometimes simply by picking the child up by his/arm, or the child swinging from a bar or rope. That being said, child abuse must be suspected as well and a thorough check for signs & symptoms of previous injuries and abuse patterns. The child’s safety at home must be paramount.

[@betsyduane3461]

The Shining was not filmed at that hotel (except a few exteriors) and it has nothing to do with the story which is fiction. The entire interior was shot in England and is a custom built set as is the snow scenes and maze.

[@jdssurf]

Best acting, best filming, best design, best music, best pace........unreal movie.

[@TTM9691]

Maple, the book is fantastic and completely different....and yet the relentlessly creepy atmosphere is intact. Kubrick managed to keep the vibe of the book and yet changing so many plot points so it's really cool. Both the book and the movie are masterpieces.

[@idrinkthere4iam]

The book is great and I loved reading it for the first time after I saw the movie. Both excellent in their own ways.

[@starman6280]

Stephen King hated this so much that in 1997 he released "Stephen King's The Shining" as a TV miniseries. It held much closer to the book. The book is so much scarier and better than either of the films.

[@TTM9691]

@@starman6280 Yeah, and the TV miniseries SUCKS. The book IS great, but give me a break about the babble regarding Stephen King not liking The Shining. 99% of authors HATE the movies adapted from their work. It's pathetic and hilarious that people like you ONLY seem to know this ONE instance of an author not liking the movie based on his work. Do you all cut and paste your drivel for every Shining reaction, or do you actually type it all out from scratch each time?

[@Tee_B]

​@@starman6280Lol no. The Kubrick film is both better and more iconic than the book.

[@starman6280]

​@@TTM9691 Wow, I have never met you yet you jump to several conclusions that are inaccurate. I am sad for people that need to make stupid replies for their validation. I will not engage with a feeble mind like yours again. GFY.

[@marcribe6483]

I saw this in a movie theatre when it came out. Remember the kid on the Big Wheel pedaling through the hotel rooms? Trust me, the sound of the wheels on the floor and then the carpet and then the floor again, and again the carpet. Sent shivers and jump scares on first watch. To the point that even today when I re-watch the scene, I can still remember the sound and our reaction to it. This movie continues to be for the viewer an experience to watch. A journey almost; you come out of it a little stirred or frazzled. Its more than just the story itself. Part of the magic of this movie is in the telling.

[@paulklenknyc]

Fantastic reaction, one of the best Shining reactions on KZbin! I'll be watching it again right away... and again and again...! Thank you

[@taylortyler1867]

A 6 year old child can't grasp the concept of precognition, so he calls it what it seems like to him; A little boy that lives in his mouth and tells him things. Jack Nicholson should've won an Oscar for his portrayal of Jack Torrance .He knocked it out of the park.

[@evacombs9720]

'Dr. Sleep,' is a great sequel to this directed by Mike Flanagan, who did, Haunting of Hill House, and it does well in reconciling Kubrick's, The Shining, with Stephen King's two works.

[@riseofazrael]

Hell yeah!! I couldn't believe how much I enjoyed Dr. Sleep. I was ready to hate it, I mean how many sequels to classics released decades after the original turn out to be good? Dr. Sleep sure did and I enjoyed every minute of it. The Director's Cut is fantastic.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

That's a sequel to the book.

[@kenmercer8112]

OMG Awesome watching you girls in this! . First time I realized that Tommy was kind of helping the kid, not an evil take over of him!

[@amyjordan195]

You are the first reactors to figure out that the old lady died in the bathtub and wasn’t discovered for awhile. It explains in the book that she committed suicide in the tub.

[@NV2-Kauiki]

Shelly Duvall, IS an ICON! I totally agree!

[@neil2444]

Poor Shelly was verbally abused by Kubrick throughout the film. I think he thought it helped make her act more nervous and therefore made her perform better.

[@bigpictureguys8415]

Most people know an icon’s name. Jack is an icon, Shelly Duvall?

[@jamesnorthup7717]

The camera choice that was my favorite was not just showing jack chop down the the door but actually going with the swing of the ax!!! Brilliant 👍

[@Sandy-dd4le]

Its an almost shot for shot recreation of a scene in the film, The Phantom Carriage . You can find a comparison video of it on KZbin.

[@terencestewart8788]

Awesome reaction. No one does crazy like Jack Nicholson. Thank you for sharing.

[@toma6865]

Fun fact/spoiler from the book: Jack actually snaps out of the spell the hotel has him under and actually tries to save them by telling them to run and Danny processess that the Jack in front of him isn't his real father and is a "mask" that the hotel is now wearing.

[@paulklenknyc]

I love how both of you were completely unprepared for this. Entertaining from start to finish! Starting 2nd viewing now...

[@MrBreezeLI516]

The scene at the bar with Lloyd is like an early test-run of Nicholsons' iconic Joker portrayal by nearly a decade! Soo eerie just watching THAT part time and time again, it's perfection!!! 🫶🏼

[@candicemonique5927]

Most people don't realize that Jack would have recovered and been okay if Wendy and Danny had taken him with them.

[@Diegesis]

How do they avoid the axe murder?

[@candicemonique5927]

​@@DiegesisLeave the axe.

[@Diegesis]

oh do you mean in the morning? cause they were long gone. and if they took him while he was in the middle of trying to axe murder then they woulda been axe murdered. plus i think frozen overnight is plenty of frozen to be put on a t shirt

[@candicemonique5927]

​@@DiegesisSeriously, he was a recovering drunk ahole but not a family murdering drunk ahole. The overlook made him snap and attempt to kill his family. He would have snapped out of it if they had put taken him with them. They could have let his ass ride on the back of the snowcat. I understand why they didn't.

[@shawnshawnmoviereviews]

I don't think Jack wanted to leave. He would have had to be bound up to make it out. Wendy wouldn't have been strong enough likely to knock him out again.

[@travishimebaugh8381]

The Stanley Hotel is pretty expensive to stay at. But the ghosts allegedly haunting it aren't even supposed to be dangerous; they weren't even murdered.

[@lipby]

Bela Bartok is one of the masters of modern classical music

[@citpeks2000]

I love the critique of Wendy's batting technique. 🤣

[@HSR107]

Y'all really ought to watch more movies by Stanley Kubrick.

[@alanholck7995]

Absolutely! I nominate A Clockwork Orange

[@aceitaliano88]

@@alanholck7995Also Full Metal Jacket is a great watch too

[@HSR107]

@@alanholck7995 If it were up to me I'd have them start with The Killing and work their way forward to Eyes Wide Shut; skipping over Spartacus, of course. Strangelove and 2001 are my two favorites to watch people watch.

[@0okamino]

Like the first moon landing. I kid! I kid! Don’t hit, please. 😄

[@tamiwatchesstuff]

I nominate 2001 Space Odyssey. You think this movie is weird? That one is far more surrealistic.

[@Stay___Strong]

This is my first time watching one of your reaction videos. I have watched many reaction videos from other people, and I think this one was among the best. I love that you don’t talk every 2 seconds, you don’t interrupt or skip the best parts, and you both seem very genuine.

[@ramenhair6674]

I live for Arianna & Maple's jump scares. Tuesday is a scary day.

[@thorstrebla980]

I haven't seen this channel in a while...she's hotter than ever. Edit: Arianna

[@andreww1225]

The outside scenes were filmed at timberline lodge in Oregon

[@Barracuda007]

Maple's new hair... 10/10!

[@okerac8344]

The disbelief in their faces when the lock of the pantry opens lol.

[@MyOpinionish]

its kinda insane this 43 years ago... "why does he look so young" lol

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

Also, it's weird how they're creeped out by Hallorann who is nothing but kind and friendly.

[@jackrussell1232]

This is one of the hardest Stanley Kubrick movies for me to figure out. Every one of his movies is in a sense an "art movie." Even though most of them are a bit more accessible than something by Tarkovsky or Bergman, they still demand a lot from you and leave a lot of open-ended questions. This is the one that feels the most mainstream and like a straight-up genre picture out of all his movies, but just knowing who the director is prevents you from taking it at face value, but when you try to figure out what's happening beneath the surface it's all very hard to pick apart. The obvious theme is abuse and the loss of control of frustrated parental figures, but it's hard to figure out what's being said about it or what all the bizarre little sub-metaphors that are happening actually mean. I would love to know what Kubrick's conversations with the cast and crew were actually like, because it is consistent in its tone and structure, but it's so bizarre and confusing at the same time. Even 2001 feels a little easier to dissect because when you talk about it with other people you arrive at a bunch of "oh shit, yeah!" moments in the conversation, but with the Shining everyone just has a furrowed brow the whole time. On another note, speaking of Bergman, you guys should do "Persona." Nobody has reacted to that yet, but I think it might be objectively the greatest and most difficult movie ever made. I would love to get someone else's take on it. That's the one movie that's always on the back of my mind, that I can never truly stop thinking about, and that I will never understand, but always gets me thinking. You guys, more than most people that react to movies on here, I think would be capable of taking it on. Challenge issued.

[@j.carlson4639]

The yt channel James vs. Cinema reacted to Persona and The Seventh Seal...and I hope he does The Virgin Spring soon

[@stevena3244]

I still find it amazing that nobody realises that this film is a romantic comedy.

[@BoothTheGrey]

you mix it up with "Joker", dont you? 😀

[@bsol510]

jack nicholson had arguably the most underrated comedic performance in this film. the scene where danny walks into the room after being attacked by the old woman and Jack is just staring at shelly duval bug-eyed while she’s screaming at him genuinely cracks me up every time i see it

[@JarlStaubhold]

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[@Sandy-dd4le]

There's an amusing video on KZbin where someone has recut a trailer for The Shining to make it look like a romcom, worth a look!

[@88wildcat]

Damn it, now you have me visualizing this movie be made with Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan in the lead roles.

[@kennethkrastins7461]

This is THE BEST movie reaction! It's great how you let yourselves go and let the movie work its magic while still recognizing and appreciating the craft of the film.

[@zedwpd]

They used the wheel chair from the movie "The One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (another Nicholson movie) to film Danny on his trike (Big Wheel). They also invented a mount for the camera to film from an inch off the floor.

[@briangonigal3974]

I don’t know about that. I do know that for Kubrick’s first film Fear & Desire they used an old shopping cart as a camera dolly, but that was a scrappy no-budget first movie, y the time of the Shining Kubrick had enough money, clout and respect in the film industry to hire the right people to pretty much invent the steadycam camera rig to get the smooth tracking shots he wanted, which is exactly what happened.

[@Sandy-dd4le]

There's a commentary of The Shining on youtube buy the cameraman, and inventor of the Steadicam, I forget his name. He goes into quite a bit of detail on some of the technical aspects. He did indeed use a wheelchair for some shots of Danny on the trike, though no mention is made of it coming from One Flew Over The Cockoo's Nest. He also talks about using Steadicam for some of the shots that should have been a tripod camera, which I think helps give the film some of its feel, as there is subtle camera movement when there 'shouldn't ' be. And there's a lot of stuff on the number of takes and how that affected the actors, to him the whole mistreatment of actors thing the film has a reputation for, is overblown. He breaks down what the takes were for, it's really interesting stuff, well worth your time if your interested in that side of the movie.

[@boxy1375]

The Shining is movie of its own league, absolutely the best horror film of all time and one of the best 50 movies of all time. The Shining is... everything. Stanley did outstanding job, he is by far the most intelligent director of all time (he had IQ about 200) and one of the best directors of all-time. Jack and Shelley were perfect cast for The Shining. Pay attention when you watch The Shining next time: The window in Ulman's office is impossible (there is a corridor behind that window). Stanley's face reflection can be seen in that fake window while typing in first office throgh which Kack only walks. Rugs, carpets, chairs, lightbulbs, switches... come and go often during the same scene. This is why all the time, we see that there is something wrong in the hotel, spatially, hronologically... There is no maze except in heads of the Torrances (arial view of The Overlook when Jack arrives in the first scene shows no maze near The Overlook). All three of them are crazy/have mental problems and this is precisely what Halloran says to his friemd at the airport. He shows no signs of lying while talking to him. The toilet window is impossible, too. There is a corridor that can be seen located behing the window when Ullmans is showing appartment to Torrances. Most rooms are impossible and spatially illogical and in entire hotel only two rooms have numbers (237 and one more, I forgot its number). No other rooms have numbers. Wendy and possibly Danny (in their minds) are "watching TV" in lobby althogh the TV has no cable to plug into socket. The Shining has many secrets that cannot be discovered after one watching :)

[@shawnshawnmoviereviews]

back in the day they likely are watch TV antenna vs say cable. Most people did not have cable back then, but who knows.

[@boxy1375]

@@shawnshawnmoviereviews Well, I was referring to cable serving plugging tv into electricity socket

[@adamwells9352]

"I hope your book SUCKS." ...I mean, it IS a little repetitive.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

Jack mixes it up a little.

[@jtoland2333]

The music is a charactor in itself. The music from the opening shot is a movement, March to the Gallows, from Symphone Fantastique It is a piece about a man who has a dream that he has killed his lover for betraying him, and he is hung for his crime. The other musicial piece is also classical. I can't remember the name or composer, but it is meant to portray a spider waiting patiently for a fly. There were some things in the movie you wont get unless you read the book, such as the man in the dog costume giving head to the man in the bedroom. Another director wouldve left it out, but Kubric's movies tend to leave a lot of unanswered questions. Thats why we still talk about 2001 and the Shining decades later. Also... No, the girls arent twins but they are real life sisters. Jack Nicholson plays a great lunatic, but he failed to do so well as a normal guy. Thats why you didnt catch him as a nice guy descending into madness bevause it wasnt obvious. Nope, not a polterguist. Demon. They key to this is that Jack doesnt interact with the other entities until he says hed sell his soul for a drink. Not really about reincarnation. Its about how ghosts are thought to relive history over and over, occassionally drawing on the living

[@KngFish]

Arianna your reaction to Tropic Thunder is my single favorite reaction of anyone's. I watch it from time to time just to cheer myself up. Kudos

[@Owlyross]

Still one of Mt favourite horror films. I love the book also and appreciate how the adaptation changed it, but my god the atmosphere this film creates is just next level. The soundtrack and sound design of the film is absolutely A+. The rolling wheels of Danny's trike on the carpet and hard floors creates a sense dread without any music needed. Great reaction

[@KngFish]

You two are my favorite reactors!

[@cheetos1231000]

The Shining is my favorite horror movie. i'm glad you guys reacted to and liked it

[@christinemclaurin2631]

Arianna has the BEST "scared" face ever!! And Maple's "wtf" face is always on point! ❤❤ This is gonna be great!! Update: Awesome reaction ladies 😳😱

[@Darkstar72SR]

“All work and no play makes Homer . . . something, something”

[@jaqondnorris8889]

I can't wait to see this reaction I hope u ladies react to some more 80's horror

[@swish007]

when I was like 19 I had watched tons of horror movies and nothing really scared me and I was just like "welp, I guess that's all the good horror movies there are and I just have to deal with not ever being truly scared by a movie from now on.." and the lady at the rental place told me to watch the Shining. I thought it was the dumbest title, like how can a movie called the Shining be scary? so I watch it alone at night with all the lights out thinking it would be meh, but it freaked me out to a degree which I didn't think was possible at that point in my life.. which actually delighted me. this movie restored my faith in good horror movies. It's an old movie and younger reactors sometimes can't get into it but I think the datedness of the clothes and sets just make the whole feel of the movie more unsettling. it's also paced and filmed weirdly compared to most modern horror movies. interestingly, a few of the best horror movies of recent years imo seemed to take inspiration from The Shining.. Hereditary felt like that to me.. so did The Witch. Kubrick had a knack for making movies that leave you with kind of a sick feeling in your stomach after you watch them. I hope you guys react to Eyes Wide Shut

[@cbretschneider]

Good times crew. I hope you guys do The Others. That would be a great follow up to this and The Witch. 🍻

[@Diegesis]

I want to but I can't find it anywhere

[@cbretschneider]

@@Diegesis maybe with a VPN?

[@Diegesis]

yeah maybe

[@brandonmarvel9107]

Fun fact about the book: Tony is a much larger part and actually appears to Danny in human figure. They describe the man, and it’s heavily implied it’s a young adult version of Danny himself.

[@UncleCharlie111x2]

The reactions to Jack Nicholson are priceless LOL

[@AllegedlyElPresidente.]

*STANLEY CUBRICK hit it out of the park with **_"THE SHINING"_*

[@MrNihilist74]

Nice reaction! I hope you also do Dr Sleep which was a good sequel to the shinning.

[@randymeyers4115]

Stanley Kubrick’s sound/music affects throughout this movie are astonishing..it’s really what plays up to the scares the creepy sounds and music pushing you closer to the edge.

[@USCFlash]

Come and watch this reaction with us... Forevah and evah and evah

[@Tusc9969]

'YES. You're the first reactor to figure out the photo in the end indicates reincarnation. I hope you guys react to "Dr Sleep" which is an excellent sequel to this and answers a lot of questions you still may have about The Shining.

[@laurenanderson61]

--The colors ARE significant. I think green - the color of decay - represents the malevolent spirit of the hotel. Jack wears green, the 237 bathroom is green. Then Jack switches to his red jacket, representing blood/violence. --Consider this: everything that happens on the second floor is a dream, either Danny's or Jack's. --Five year old actor Danny Lloyd came up with using his finger for Tony in his audition. --In the book, Tony is explained to be Danny's older self. I've watched this movie many times and I get something new out of it every time.

[@scottieb1]

I'm only 15m in but this is already one of the best reactions you have done yet. Haha! So many "no's" and self hugs.

[@davewhitmore1958]

My favorite part was Ariana's reaction to "the little boy who lives in my mouth" You could almost see her reconsidering ever having kids :D

[@eternaltol]

Respect for Wendy Carlos and his magestic and thrilling music

[@johncassles7481]

Jack's persona is the culmination of a dark and unstable person completely pushed over the edge by the supernatural forces (ghosts/phantoms) of the hotel. And if ya'll didn't catch it, when the owner/manager of the hotel was taking them through the initial tour, he mentioned that the hotel was built on an Indian burial ground, which if you follow the original story, gives credence to the fact that the hotel was cursed from the very beginning and took on an evil life of its own.

[@tubbyduck5317]

The book actually alludes to the fact that the whole Indian burial ground thing isn't the real issue and that social elites used to go to the hotel and perform occult rituals as part of the whole "the elites do weird occult stuff" trope. This also explains the chanting as Wendy goes through the halls once the hotel finally began to fight her head on once she realized what was happening. It began throwing every spirit at her

[@johncassles7481]

@@tubbyduck5317 Possibly. But that sounds like an "and also" factor and not an "instead of". I admit that I can't remember that detail to well. And I read that book.