THE SHINING (1980) | BRITISH GIRL FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION

[@MovieDateWithKate]

This Friday 13th brings my first introduction to Kubrick’s movie direction and I’m definitely still left in the maze! Did everyone else not quite know what was going on! 😆🪓😅 Especially the ending!! What’s everyone’s take on that? That being said, I loved the addictive drive to madness, the bonkers hallucinations and Nicholson’s unhinged acting talents. All work and no play makes Jack not so dull a boy!

[@JackCoombs-iy8vz]

Love how you describe this in the comments Kate, did you make up that rhyme about Jack or was it already a thing? Never mind answered my own question, absolutely your best reaction, not gonna lie I laughed when you gagged at the old lady in the bathtub.

[@ToniMcGinty]

Hi! Second reaction seen as a subscriber. Like your stuff! There's a documentary called "Room 237" that offers up many theories about the film. I saw it at the cinema after seeing it numerous times at home, and had to leave the screen for a few minutes as the sound design was freaking me out. The most terrifying film I've seen on the big screen alongside Texas Chain Saw Massacre and the 97 version of Funny Games. The music is by Wendy (formerly Walter) Carlos. The behind the scenes documentary show Kubrick basically pushing Shelley Duvall into having a meltdown. Outtakes from that opening scene were used for the end credits of the original release of Blade Runner. And all the "dull boy" pages were typed by hand. Just some titbits for ya!

[@Elephant2024]

If this is your introduction to Kubrick, then by all means continue the journey. Kubrick is one of my all time favorite directors. '2001: A Space Odyssey', 'A Clockwork Orange', 'Barry Lyndon', 'Full Metal Jacket', 'Eyes Wide Shut', etc.

[@matthewrenner3335]

There's many theories to the ending... personally I think Jack is perpetually reincarnated to be the caretaker of the hotel... or the hotel itself has a way of claiming the souls of the caretakers it depraves. Your next Kubrick film should be Full Metal Jacket, my fav. It's a military film set during the Vietnam war. All the best to you & your channel.

[@Elephant2024]

@@matthewrenner3335 'Full Metal Jacket' is the preeminent Vietnam War film IMO.

[@MichaelW969]

Structures built on top of cemeteries, especially Indian burial grounds, have long been considered haunted in the US. Shelly Duvall just left us in July. Rest in peace to a great actress.

[@coldflamebluedragon196]

This movie is a prime example of how important music and the score is to inciting emotion. The Shining was one of the first Stephen King books I ever read and it’s one of Stanley Kubrick’s best movies in my opinion. RIP Shelley Duvall

[@MovieDateWithKate]

Such a great point!!! It was sending my heart thudding!

[@Ocrilat]

Agreed. But also the spooky camera motions, especially the chasing POV shots, the 'shooting over the shoulder' shots, and the creepy trackless tracking shots. This was also the first film to really tap into the potential of the Steadicam. The operator was the Steadicam's inventor, Garrett Brown. Brown saw it as a way to do chases and maybe some special effects shots. It was Kubrick that showed off what it could really do.

[@MarcosElMalo2]

@@MovieDateWithKate Tuesday (the title card) scares everyone. It’s funny how we all jump from seeing it, and it’s the music that does it.

[@hubertvancalenbergh9022]

Like many Kubrick films, this one too is very elliptic at times. (See 2001, where hardly a word is spoken.) King's book does a lot more explaining. It's one of his better books. Btw the music is by classic composer Krzysztov Penderecki, mostly bits from De Natura Sonoris and Polymorphia.

[@Alix777.]

Absolutely, the music plays a very important role in this movie. The creepy, eerie music we hear in most of the Danny scenes (such a good little actor btw) like when he finds 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.

[@davidwilkins5932]

My first reaction of yours, and it’s a great one. You have a very good overall presentation and editing choices. Just the right amount of movie time and commenting. And thanks for not cutting it too short, as so many others do. I look forward to watching more of your selections.

[@MovieDateWithKate]

Nice feedback. Thanks so much!!

[@Zhoul-is-back]

@@MovieDateWithKate I came here to say exactly what @davidwilkins5932 said. Fantastic work Kate.

[@keithgoode6313]

Kate, it's just as Halloran said....the Overlook had absorbed the evils that had occurred within it's wall throughout the years and transferred it to it's occupants. The isolation worked to bring out Torrance's weaknesses and exploit them. Wendy finally saw the horrors towards the end of the film. Great reaction to a very disturbing film. Kubrick was a true genius!

[@MovieDateWithKate]

Genius indeed! Very impressed by him.

[@FutureBoy85]

No one plays unhinged like Jack Nicholson. I'm happy you found this entertaining. The Shining is such a classic movie. I can't wait to see more of your reactions Kate ❤

[@MovieDateWithKate]

Thank you so much!! ☺️ I hope to keep them coming!

[@fannybuster]

Miss Kate,your expressions were Priceless,Look forward to more of your movie reactions

[@MovieDateWithKate]

Thank you!! :D

[@TTM9691]

Agreed!

[@enidrobertson4858]

The hotel shines. It feeds off the traces of bad energies left by the traumatic events that have happened there. The hotel REALLY wants to absorb Danny's super bright shining and needs Jack to kill him. Jack shines very weakly and slowly descends into madness as the hotel works hard on him. Wendy is oblivious (as signified by the long ash on her cigarette), so Tony has become Danny's protector. Tony eventually takes over in order to save Danny from Jack. Tony then communicates to Dick, marks the door to escape, wakes Wendy and gives her a knife. Dick arrives in time to distract Jack, plus he brings the means for escape in the snowcat. Upon Dick's sudden and violent demise, the hotel begins shining so brightly that even Wendy can see it.

[@JonPoetzl]

Kate thanks for another great reaction. This is a trademark of Stanley Kucrick, he leaves it open for interpretation to get the audience talking. I see it as Jack fulfilling his contract to the Hotel with his soul. The Hotel was haunted and built on a burial ground. Wendy didn't pay attention to the spirits, Jack was sensitive to the supernatural. Danny and Dick lived and dealt with it everyday. As Jack slipped into depression it unlocked the door to the spirits or demons of the Hotel. Jack cracked the door open to the demons by taking from them, first a simple drink at the bar thinking it would help but they wanted something in return, his soul. The more he took, mainly from the bar, the more they wanted. The payment was pain of those around him. Emotional pain in the beginning, physical later and ending in killing and death. By the end when the demons where unleashed even Wendy could see the demons trapped by the Hotel. Jack gave his soul to the hotel. it was absorbed and became part of Hotel forever. Thanks again, best wishes and take care until next time.

[@MovieDateWithKate]

Really smart thinking about how he paid in different ways. Thanks for your comment & for watching my video!

[@jonanderson559]

I love the Kubrick and Nicholson combo. Kubrick is the master of the slow burn, and while Jack has never been an understated actor, the way you see him gradually getting madder, I don't think he's ever done a better performance.

[@TTM9691]

He was literally understated in his next role as Eugene O'Neil in "Reds", what are you talking about? Have you ever seen "The King Of Marvin Gardens"? Have you ever seen "About Schmidt"? "The Passenger"? Even "The Missouri Breaks". Let me guess: the only Nicholson you've ever seen is dopey Batman, The Shining and The Departed. 🤣

[@JC-rb3hj]

I've come to the conclusion that true evil is beyond our understanding. Excellent reaction, really enjoyed it.

[@MovieDateWithKate]

Thank you!! I’m glad you did.

[@andrewharrison5288]

49:33 Kate and Wendy with the same expression. _The Shining_ is a slow-burn horror masterpiece. Few actors do "Is he...is he _actually_ crazy? Like, in real life?" as well as Jack Nicholson.

[@MovieDateWithKate]

We were shocked beyond belief!! 😅😅😆🦁🦁

[@Deano4322]

I’m working my way through all your posts and I’m enjoying them so much , you’ve quickly become my favourite KZbin film reviewers , great stuff Kate 👍

[@MovieDateWithKate]

How lovely!! Thanks so much for the compliment!

[@mrch6200]

This has to be my favorite reaction to this film! I loved watching you squirm lol. Your recap at the end of the film was great too, it looked like you did the whole thing in one take. 41:37 Jack mocking Wendy by saying "as soon as possible" is definitely one of the funniest parts of the movie. I also laugh every time Jack asks Wendy if she's out of her mind immediately after hallucinating the first scene with the bartender. I also think you're right about Jack Nicholson being a little too good at playing a psycho, hopefully he's not a psycho in real life 😅 Glad you've gotten into Kubrick films, I'd love to see you react to more of them! 🤠

[@jasonward1470]

Your reaction to Danny seeing the girls in the hallway was the best I've ever seen. Bravo

[@jasonward1470]

Same with barnacle lady in bathtub, lol

[@TTM9691]

Agreed!!!!

[@MovieDateWithKate]

lol it was most unpleasant!

[@jasonward1470]

Wonderful stuff. That sound, no sound, with the trike that you remarked on was very intentional. A way of building tension. The camera work in this movie is very revolutionary. A lot of invitations at this time on display. Scariest "Tuesday" ever lol

[@jasonward1470]

So excited you're doing this one! It's one of my favorite movies of all time. One of my favorite writers, one of my favorite directors, and one of my favorite actors. Can't beat that. Unfortunately I'm t work right now so I'll have to wait a few hours before I can watch this one with you, but I already know how enjoyable that's going to be. I really think you are one of the best newer reactors out there. See you in a few hours 😊

[@MovieDateWithKate]

What a wicked comment! I’m so glad you’re enjoying my content. Thanks so saying so. Yes, you can look forward to seeing it later :) :)

[@Arthur_Foxache]

OK, maybe it's just me, but I find Kate's voice so soothing, the timbre, the metre, everything - it doesn't matter what she's saying. It's so remarkable I find myself putting her videos on as a form of ASMR whilst I'm studying because it's just so fantastically relaxing. Anyone else? No? Just me? Alrighty 🤔 PS - Great reaction. Everyone sub!

[@jasonward1470]

You're right. Very soothing voice and way of speaking.

[@RedEdgedSavage]

Oh yeah.. personally, I've always loved how women from the UK sound when they talk..turns me on❤

[@MovieDateWithKate]

Thanks so so much! 😌

[@sca88]

Awesomely terrified reaction. The hotel is very haunted. A great film to react to with Jack in it is 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' if you haven't seen it.

[@atomfallen2409]

Im only 15 minutes away from the cuckoos nest/state hospital.and the timberline lodge which is the exterior is to the north an hour and a half away

[@chrisobrien8192]

Cuckoos Nest is pure gold

[@THOMMGB]

Kate, This movie was so unsettling for me. It was all snowy and Christmas-like, but Christmas-like, I think not! It scared the bejesus out of me. I’m proud to see you made it all the through. To see Jack Nicholson in a more “normal” role, check out Terms of Endearment. He won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for that excellent movie. - Thomas

[@MovieDateWithKate]

Thanks Thomas for your lovely comment! That’s great to know I can admire him in a film that’ll warm my heart haha. Really appreciate you checking out my video. The movie was crazy but I enjoyed feeling perturbed :)

[@DeploraBill59]

You can't handle the truth!!!

[@TTM9691]

Agree about Terms Of Endearment! I love that Jack followed "The Shining" up with a beautiful, very understated performance as Eugene O'Neil in "Reds". The complete opposite of what he does in this movie. (And then he did "Terms Of Endearment" right after that). Great career choices! Jack had a good 80s. And an even better 70s! 😄

[@hansbrammer9997]

Room 237 is the portal to the other part of the hotel that is evil, its only once that this door is opened that all the other characters start appearing.

[@JeffreyCantelope]

Jack Nicolson's stare is the best

[@jannathompson2262]

EVERYTHING about him is the BEST❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@smadaf]

You can find your way out of any maze if you stick out one hand (choose either one, but then stick with the choice) and keep it in contact with the wall as you walk along. If you do that, you _must_ eventually find your way out. Think of a rectangular room as a very simple example: if you step into the room and put your right hand against an interior wall and start to trace along the wall, you eventually will find yourself back at the door. Then imagine doing the same in a room of more complex shape, such as a cross-shaped chapel. A maze is the same, just with more corners.

[@dudermcdudeface3674]

There are isolated islands within mazes, so it's not a perfect solution. But it is the best strategy.

[@smadaf]

@@dudermcdudeface3674 , any island has to be isolated. If it's isolated, then you cannot touch it by maintaining contact with the wall (you would have to remove your hand from the wall, move it across the gap that surrounds the island, and then touch the island), so the presence of the island has no bearing on the matter, is no different from the absence of the island. Keeping contact with the wall is a completely reliable way to get out of a two-dimensional maze. An island isn't the wall. Think about the 'rectangular room' example. We would not say "There is a little table in the middle of the room, so it's not a perfect solution." The table is not the wall. You may say "What if the island resembles the wall and is so big that you cannot immediately tell that it's an island?" In that case, we should start by _marking_ our starting-point on the island (which we think is a wall), knowing that if we find the mark again then it means the 'wall' is really an island and we must try something else to find the wall. Once we are touching the _wall,_ maintaining contact with it _must_ lead us to the exit. ("There are isolated islands within mazes, so it's not a perfect solution. But it is the best strategy.")

[@MovieDateWithKate]

I feel more calm now if I ever have to enter one ☺️

[@Xcalator35]

This movie is about the cycle of violence and genocide where America (represented by The Overlook hotel) stands on. The blood coming form the elevator is the blood of those millions of human lifes sacrified for Corporate America to rise!! The Torrances are settlers in a strange land (The Hotel). Jack is requested to 'take care of it' and is made believe that 'he's allways been there'. Not only native americans and afroamericans are victims, women (Wendy) and the rebelious young (Danny) are too. You can unveil all american history in this movie.

[@MovieDateWithKate]

That’s a very powerful connection to the blood flowing out the elevators. I didn’t think of it like that but you’re so right!!! Thanks for sharing your insight.

[@markraffety3246]

This film is a masterful use of liminal space. My brother worked on the set of Terms of Endearment. He said Jack Nicholson was one of the nicest men he has ever met.

[@Praetorian8814]

That ending has been a mystery to everyone since 1980 lol. The two most common theories are that either: Jack's spirit was absorbed by the hotel after he died, much like Grady. The other being reincarnation, that Jack was indeed *always the caretaker* in past lives.. Stephen King never liked Kubrick's version, but I personally loved how indistinguishable everything was; it could be the spirits doing everything to corrupt Jack or its mainly Jack losing his damn mind due to cabin fever. Or both...

[@treetopjones737]

Wendy and Danny both saw the ghosts.

[@jeffberbert7784]

This is the best Shining reaction I have ever seen.

[@jasonward1470]

by far, right?

[@MovieDateWithKate]

Thank you!!!! That’s great to read.

[@MovieDateWithKate]

😊😊😊

[@Lue_Jonin]

A psychological thriller you may appreciate is "Jacob's ladder" , Staring Tim Robins. This one really lets one know how incredible the human brain is... how so much can be played out in one's mind in just the moments befor passing on in life. .It's a top shelf film .

[@bigbow62]

Hi Kate, I found the channel a couple of days ago... looking through chat, I can't believe I didn't see anything on "Dr. Sleep" (2019) is sort of a continuing story of Danny and the Hotel about 30 yrs later. Dr. Sleep is wild and right up there with the shining crazy.... it will give you more of Dannys life and others with the Shinning ability. It's definitely worth watching..... just be ready for more eye-popping moments !

[@MovieDateWithKate]

Thank you!!! Dr Sleep is definitely on my list now ☺️ (poor Danny though). It wouldn’t surprise me if he was totally messed up!

[@toddhill7483]

Another vote here for Dr Sleep.

[@UncleScorch]

Something important to remember here is that the Overlook itself had become an entity - and could basically absorb psychic energy to produce reality, make no mistake: the “ghosts” in the film were very real, such as the woman in the tub. Stephen King was heavily inspired by a supernatural story written by the author Shirley Jackson called The Haunting of Hill House (which was later turned into an amazing film, called The Haunting, during the 1960s). I very much recommend watching that film and you will see similarities between the Overlook and Hill House in regards to how a location can absorb evil and itself become an overpowering force that can affect the psyche of those too emotionally compromised to withstand them - in this case Jack Torrance. Kubrick did indeed make an amazing thriller here, thank you for your reaction video to it!

[@MovieDateWithKate]

Thanks for your comment!! Hill House would be a great one to do for the channel!!

[@treetopjones737]

Though unlike the Shining, the ghosts aren't seen. 1963 is the original film in black & white, decades later a remake was made that should be avoided.

[@matthewstroud4294]

The movie quite deliberately misses the exposition you would get in the novel, leaving us much more inside the experiences of the characters, the confusion and fear are more real.

[@MovieDateWithKate]

Interesting!!! Thanks for sharing your insight.

[@brandonmartin08]

Thank you so much for giving us a break from all the darn christmas movies everyone else is doing 😆

[@william_santiago]

While Stanley Kubrick is known for breaking actors (including Shelley Duvall and Scatman Crothers who both considered quitting acting after this movie) he was absolutely gentle with Danny Lloyd. Danny was so divorced from the true story of the movie that he thought it was a family drama until he was 19 when he finally watched the movie.

[@DrJohnnyFever.]

Spends several minutes drinking and having a conversation with a ghost devil bartender and when Wendy says there's someone else in the hotel he says "Are you out of your f'n mind?" LOL

[@MovieDateWithKate]

lol yeah I know!! That made me think, what a jerk 😂

[@VladislavBabbitt]

Plus he sounded drunk whilst saying it.

[@willesnille]

Hallorans aunt or grandmother or whatever had the Shining - suggesting its hereditary. I think Jack has the Shining, dismissed it as delusion his whole life and learned to lie about things he sees.

[@VladislavBabbitt]

@@willesnille Yes, this would make sense.

[@TylerD288]

I use to abuse alcohol and I haven't had a drink in over 10 years, but when Jack takes that first drink of bourbon and he savors it, I know that feeling. So accurate.

[@Xsyfrx]

Hello Kate from the US, that face of Jack that will haunt your dreams is formally known as "The Kubrick Stare", it shows up in Full Metal Jacket and others.

[@sca88]

This and 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre' 1974 have my favorite unsettling soundtracks.

[@jbacunn]

I love that moment when you see what Jack has been typing over and over again for pages and pages. You realize that he is completely insane and has been for weeks. I always think about some poor assistant or intern that had to type all those pages out. 😅

[@Minion_of_Cthulhu]

That was always my favorite part of the film. Jack was just "maybe crazy" before that reveal, then it's clear he's entirely lost his mind.

[@MovieDateWithKate]

So true!!! I loved that scene. It was like the gavel got hit on the dock… “crazy, crazy, crazy!” 🤪

[@Ekwah51]

Utterly fantastic reaction video Kate! The stories behind the making of this film are certainly worth looking in to. Apparently it was a horrendous shoot! Your definitely the best reactor out there. You really live and breath each scene.! Next one please 😂❤

[@jasonward1470]

Horrendous shoot indeed. Kubrick was known for putting his actors through the wringer. Oftentimes doing up to 50 takes for a scene. And yes she really is the best reactor out there right now.

[@MovieDateWithKate]

Such a fab message to read!! I’m so grateful. Thank you for supporting me!

[@MovieDateWithKate]

Thanks ever so much. That is so encouraging 😃

[@stotto68]

Loved your reaction to.....TUESDAY🤣

[@MovieDateWithKate]

😂

[@BrianKoppe]

Glad you enjoyed this! I'm kind of impressed by your commitment to believing everything is explained by people "just" losing their minds all the way until the end 😂

[@MovieDateWithKate]

Haha no biggie!! 😅☺️

[@TTM9691]

One of the best Shining reactions ever. Totally subscribed! Do Kubrick as much as you want! Every movie is completely different from the next; this is the only horror movie he did. He preceded it with an 18th/early 19th century period piece, "Barry Lyndon" and followed it with a war movie. "Barry Lyndon" is gorgeous to look at, like moving paintings. But "2001: A Space Odyssey" (gorgeous sci-fi, like no other movie you've ever seen), "A Clockwork Orange" (dystopian, disturbing and dazzling), "Dr. Strangelove" (black comedy....about nuclear war!), "Paths Of Glory" (devastating anti-war film), "The Killing" (film noir crime caper) and "Lolita" (how do I describe "Lolita"? lol) All worth seeing, all masterpieces. He also got hired to direct a classic Biblical epic, "Spartacus", which he did a great job with. But he had the least control on that one. He was a photographer before he directed and it really shows, every shot of every Kubrick movie is pretty memorable.

[@MovieDateWithKate]

Thanks so much for watching & subscribing! Really appreciate you listing the films. I’d like to watch so many of Kubrick’s movies. Knowing he was a photographer makes sense too now.

[@TTM9691]

@@MovieDateWithKate Hey Kate, one more thing: you're a great reactor and feel free to watch anything, of any genre, from any time period, I love great movies from whenever and where-ever. From the silent movies to now, from all the great movies made in Great Britain and North America to all the great ones made everywhere else! Any genre, feel free to mix it up so that you don't get burnt out on any one thing! I'm here for your movie journey, whatever it may be! PS: Kubrick was a New Yorker and never lost his accent......but he lived and worked almost entirely in England! I feel like his style is part American, part-British! And part the rest of Europe! (ok, sorry, I wrote you a book! See you on the next video! 🙂) (and thanks!)

[@jasonward1470]

I read this book a long time ago and have seen this movie a thousand time since. It's interesting, because Stephen King never liked Stanley Kubrick's adaptation to his novel. Never the less Kubrick did a marvelous job with the cinematography, scenery, and camera work; using every modern device available, and created a piece of cinematic art. A lot of your questions are answered in the novel, but tbh, it's not really worth diving too much deeper, because in the end, a lot is still left unexplained and up to our interpretations and imagination. There's so many things I could remark on, as far as your reaction went, but instead I'll just say this....Best reaction to "The Shining" I've ever seen!! Well done, I really enjoyed re-experiencing it with you. 😊

[@MovieDateWithKate]

Thanks for your super duper comment!! I appreciate that a lot.

[@michaelminard2524]

Great reaction, Kate. It's been years since I last saw this movie, so I felt tense with you, especially in the scenes where the boy is riding his trike. The camera angle from behind his tricycle was brilliant Kubrick.

[@MovieDateWithKate]

I totally agree, such an original angle, and I think because of that it immediately puts us on edge. Thank you for watching with me!!

[@LeadPhalanx-zv6wx]

Remember to not show much of the movie so that you don't get any strikes

[@Ultradocker]

funny thing: Nicholson is a former firefighter. And on set he would cut down the doors way too quickly so they had reinforced doors made. and he still cuts through it like its almost nothing

[@MovieDateWithKate]

How incredible is that man!! Wow. Many many talents.

[@dadoleyna]

Just getting into your back catalog. Love what I've seen so far. As a Texas resident, for right or wrong, I hear your soft voice and accent and assume you to be a sensitive person. I have to admit I was a bit surprised you were not more offended by some rougher dialog, and even more amazed to see you mimicking a baseball swing when it was time for Jack to be dropped. Keep up the good work.

[@dadoleyna]

And just a small bit of internal combustion knowledge, just in case. The spidery bit Wendy pulled from the Snowcat engine is a distributor cap, an electrical relay that has a rotating piece inside that contacts circuits in sequence that fire spark plugs in sequence to ignite fuel to drive the engine. With the cap severed, there is NO way to fire the engine.

[@MovieDateWithKate]

Thanks for your super message!! Hehe I do swear a bit myself, although I really try not to. Thanks so much for watching my video :D

[@pepsiman990]

21:14 The "Kubrick Stare" shows up in a few of Kubrick's movies. Jack Nicholson was a volunteer firefighter before he became an actor. When it came time to chop the doors Jack easily chopped through the doors that were already installed, so the production had to get solid wood doors to slow him down. For an absolute Masterpiece by Stanley Kubrick watch, 2001: A Space Odyssey. Written, produced and directed by Kubrick and in it he predicts some things that we have today, video calls and A.I. among them. Also, keep in mind when you watch it that the movie, which features space travel, came out a full year before the moon landing.

[@MovieDateWithKate]

So so so cool Jack was a firefighter.

[@skinnypuppy95]

I recommend Roger Ebert’s review/essay of the movie. One detail you’ll want to know is this: But there is a deleted scene from “The Shining” (1980) that casts Wendy’s reliability in a curious light. Near the end of the film, on a frigid night, Jack chases Danny into the labyrinth on the hotel grounds. His son escapes, and Jack, already wounded by a baseball bat, staggers, falls and is seen the next day, dead, his face frozen into a ghastly grin. He is looking up at us from under lowered brows, in an angle Kubrick uses again and again in his work. Here is the deletion, reported by the critic Tim Dirks: “A two-minute explanatory epilogue was cut shortly after the film’s premiere. It was a hospital scene with Wendy talking to the hotel manager; she is told that searchers were unable to locate her husband’s body.” If Jack did indeed freeze to death in the labyrinth, of course his body was found - and sooner rather than later, since Dick Hallorann alerted the forest rangers to serious trouble at the hotel. If Jack’s body was not found, what happened to it? Was it never there? Was it absorbed into the past, and does that explain Jack’s presence in that final photograph of a group of hotel partygoers in 1921? Did Jack’s violent pursuit of his wife and child exist entirely in Wendy’s imagination, or Danny’s, or theirs?

[@donpace6405]

The fact that the entire Hotel was a set is Amazing they used aerial shots of the Timberline lodge but everything else you see was built so much talent was put into this film Stanley Kubrick was just an Amazing Director horror movies from the 80's relied on the Talent and performance of the actors no CGI in this film just great acting Shelley and the entire cast just did an amazing job.

[@theheretic569]

Imagine the person who sat down and actually typed out Jack's novel on all those pages with the different layouts. 🖖

[@DeploraBill59]

Wow! Never thought about that! 😆

[@zedwpd]

It was Kubrick's Secretary

[@theheretic569]

@@zedwpd The unconfirmed rumor is that it was Stanley Kubrik himself because the pages were produced on his typewriter and there was no recorded prop dept request for it. However no one asked before he died so unconfirmed for now.

[@MovieDateWithKate]

Oh my goddd!! So true! I bet it was a drama grad desperate for some work experience. Go them putting in the work haha!

[@theheretic569]

@@MovieDateWithKate I looked it up afterwards, and the general belief was it was Stanley Kubrik himself who typed it on his typewriter (he kept it on set to make script rewrites) as it had some kind of memory function to it. But no one ever asked him the question before he died, so nothing confirmed. You can find interviews online with Jack Nicholson during the time and you could tell he was a bit annoyed with all the script rewrites Kubrik was doing because the pages were different colors after a rewrite and it was a bit confusing on set.

[@roncollins4908]

Truly appreciated your reaction video. Look forward to your ongoing work. Cheers from New Hampshire, USA.

[@MovieDateWithKate]

Cheers!! Thanks so much.

[@jtoland2333]

I’ve watched this movie at least 100 times since it came out (I was 10) and each time I see someone I didn’t see before. I just noticed something creepy. When Jack offers to sell his soul for a drink, the devil is taking him literally, obviously. But what I never noticed before was what his eyes do after he takes a drink. They roll back, indicating the transaction went through and he is now no longer the owner of his own soul. This is so subtle but such a cool character choice. That’s why Jack is such a great actor.

[@MovieDateWithKate]

Ohhhhhh I’m definitely going back to glimpse that. Isn’t Jack N just insanely good. The only slight comparison id say for younger actors now is Robbert Patterson in The Devil All The Time.

[@mikealvarez2322]

When the movie came one of the favorite phrases when we went to a friend's house and they answered the door was to say with a smile, 'Here's Johnny." After Terminator, the phrase was, "I'll be back". The crowd we hung around with was a bit nutty.😅

[@patcurrie9888]

With Jack telling Wendy he felt like he'd been there before and Grady telling Jack , " You have always been the caretaker." That explains 1921 somehow.

[@MovieDateWithKate]

Yes! I pondered it all a bit more afterwards and that does speak for the theme of reincarnation.

[@barryhickman6911]

GREAT reaction. I'm new to your channel but I must say that you are fast becoming my favorite reactor! GREAT JOB!

[@MovieDateWithKate]

That’s so nice to hear!! Thank you :D

[@Phantomgreen29]

The scene with Wendy seeing the man and bear in the bedroom is an insert from Stanley Kubrick, it's him taking a potshot at the worlds' elites and the weird parties and lifestyles they have. It's meant to be as if not more disturbing than you felt it was. He did an entire movie on that called Eyes Wide Shut which was reportedly changed after his death before it was released with 25 minutes removed. Probably not necessary to imagine what those minutes contained and who wanted them removed. All his movies have a element of what you experienced here, just so you know for any future reactions you wish to do. The hotel is a supernatural entity in itself, it helps cultivate these type of bizarre things within its walls but to what end only the hotel would know. The location is still in operation so people go there to stay in and walk the weird premises. The ending to this is kinda given perspective in the sequel Doctor Sleep so if you're curious enough you can watch that :) Great reaction, very visceral! Happy Friday the 13th!

[@DeploraBill59]

Very interesting! Neat!

[@steved1135]

Just FYI, the man and the bear are in the book...

[@MovieDateWithKate]

Thanks so much for your awesome comment. Loved reading your notes! I understand why that bedroom scene was included now. I’d love to watch ‘Eyes Wide Shut’!!

[@steved1135]

@@MovieDateWithKate Yes, the book is definitely worth the read. One of the odd things in the movie is that it doesn't quit explain Jack's descent into being controlled by the Hotel, but it's very well explained in the book. "Eyes Wide Shut" is a beautiful spectacle; but unnerving as well. Cheers.

[@mikelundquist4596]

The man and the bear were at a p diddy party.

[@HauntFreak13]

The soundtrack to this movie never fails to give me chills. Amazing.

[@rudolfbrowne8754]

It's amazing and Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique opens the movie perfectly with a sense of doom and dread as the aerial shot tracks Jack's VW driving down that quiet mountain road.

[@calanor4130]

I was going to hurl abuse in KZbin's general direction for not recommending this channel until now, but then I realised that it's a new one! Well, I'll let YT get away with it this time around. Great reaction, in case that wasn't clear! 15:51 Finally a reactor who actually comments on the audio in that scene! I watched this in the theatre, although some years after it first premiered. The theatre was so packed that I had to sit in the aisle (which I agreed to when buying the ticket). Low-frequency sounds were carried through the floor, so that it would vibrate under me whenever Danny's tricycle hit the bare floor. Then silence, then rumbling vibration, then silence. For some reason, I found this genuinely unsettling, which I presume is exactly what Kubrick was aiming for. The "TUESDAY" jump scare is one of my favourite parts of the film..! 😄 This isn't exactly Stephen King's favourite film, as I am sure others have mentioned. A film adaption that he really liked - he was actually moved to tears - is "Stand By Me", a great coming-of-age film (not horror) that I highly recommend in case you haven't seen it yet! That being said, although I can understand King's irritation, I count Kubrick's film as one of my favourite horror films of all time, in spite of my otherwise rather purist views when it comes to turning books into films. 😮

[@MovieDateWithKate]

Thanks so so much for your fantastic comment! I’m really pleased you enjoyed watching my reaction and YT has shown you my channel. Yay!!!

[@okeefe757]

The interior of the hotel was created just for this movie. I have been in The Stanely Hotel which is where King got his inspiration for the book. It is nothing like what is shown in the movie. It was not haunted that I or my wife found. It is in Estes Park Colorado next to an entrance to Rocky Mountain National Park. We stayed there because one of my cousins was getting married there at the hotel. It is a quite big hotel. My older brother and his friend showed this movie to me when I was about 7 or 8. So it had an impact on me as a child, but I have come to love it.

[@norwegianblue2017]

The interior was all shot on soundstage in England, but it was based on a real hotel. It is pretty much an exact replica of the Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite National Park in California. I was there just a few years ago, and it still looks exactly the same. You half expect blood to come flowing out of the elevators!

[@MovieDateWithKate]

Just fantastic you’ve visited!

[@WhatHaveIMade]

It's cool that the movie hit you so hard. You are not alone! Some of your questions will be answered in the sequel, written and filmed decades later, Doctor Sleep.

[@EShelby2127]

The Shinning was the first Stephen King book that I read, sophomore year in college, for pleasure, in FINALS WEEK! (Not a good long term decision, but I had already thrown in the towel for that semester... so it always reminds me of that FAILURE!) - Happy ending through, 47 years later, I'm about to retire after 27 years as a LIBRARIAN! BTW, while reading the book, Scatman Crothers was the actor who I pictured playing Hallorann... My guess is that King did too! The exteriors of the Overlook are The Timberline Lodge, Mt Hood Oregon, which was constructed during the Great Depression in the 1930s by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), which constructed hundreds of civic buildings, parks, schools, libraries and recreational facilities around the United States, most of which are still in use today!

[@MovieDateWithKate]

Lovely to read that! Be proud that you had an excellent career helping others widen their knowledge and you provided a vital service to those eager to learn and explore the beauty of books. What a gift you’ve given people and provided a haven in amongst this busy changing world. Happy Retirement!

[@TylerD288]

I loved your reaction. The music is quite unnerving and is almost its own character. This is probably my favorite horror movie. I just got through watching one of your Band of Brothers reaction, I think you're already a very good reactor, and look forward to watching more! Happy Holidays from New Mexico, U.S.A. ❤🎄🤍

[@MovieDateWithKate]

Thank you for your very kind message. So supportive & encouraging of you. The Shining is an incredibly layered horror, it’s true! Happy Holidays to you. I hope you can enjoy a wonderful Christmas break. 💫🎄

[@sdw2is]

I live close by the Hotel, "The Stanley" in Estes Park Colorado, that the Stephen King novel was written about. I believe some of the scenes were filmed there. The hotel has always had a rep as haunted- with night clerks quitting on the spot, and then leaving the hotel unmanned .

[@TTM9691]

The movie was filmed entirely in England other than second unit stuff, mainly the opening credits. Even the hotel itself is a matte painting. Everything in the movie, including exterior of hotel shots and the maze, are filmed at Shepperton Studios, where Kubrick shot many of his movies.

[@DanielTate-wt9jt]

​@TTM9691 The overhead shot of the hotel at the very beginning is actually the Timberline lodge on Mount Hood Oregon. If you look, you'll notice there's no maze when they show the overhead (helicopter) shot. The exterior at the studio was made to look like the outside of the Timberline. The interior sets were built to look like rooms in the Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite. The elevators, the check in, and the room where Jack types are all real, though they didn't film in them, they were rebuilt in the studio. The real room Jack types in at the Ahwahnee hotel doesn't have the staircase Jack and Wendy walk up. I believed the opening scene when Jack first arrives and checks in was filmed in the real Ahwahnee's check in. But after that scene the check in is the studio recreation.

[@TTM9691]

@@DanielTate-wt9jt There is not one shot with actors that wasn't filmed in England in The Shining. Kubrick famously did not fly and would not leave England, and there's no way they went to Oregon or Colorado just to do the opening shot of Jack checking in. My advice to you is to get the new, definitive book about the making of The Shining, and you can also see a great slideshow/Q&A the author does on the Academy's channel. There is zero chance that scene was shot anywhere else other than England, that's just silly. Especially since it's all one shot into Ullman's office.

[@DanielTate-wt9jt]

@TTM9691 okay soo? Do you think I give a crap? I was simply pointing out that the Timberline lodge is used for the opening shots during the credits. And that the studio set interior was modeled after the Ahwahnee Hotel. I've heard others on the internet say the first opening shot was when he checked in was at the real Ahwahnee Hotel. If that was wrong, then it was wrong. I don't care. Who are you the film police? These are comments in a KZbin video. I'm not trying to be an investigative film reporter. I'm just sharing what I've heard and know. Do you just sit around waiting for someone to get a fact wrong about the shining in a comment on youtube so you can correct them? That's pretty sad.

[@kevtb874]

​@@DanielTate-wt9jtdude. People are simply sharing behind the scenes info. Learn to take a correction.

[@ArtofFreeSpeech]

In the book, King makes it clear the hotel itself is a supernatural entity, so when you're seeing what you think is Jack going crazy, what you're seeing is the house messing with him using the supernatural. This is also why it's able to do that with Wendy at the end.

[@philstubblefield]

Kate, that was a **fantastic** reaction! You were clearly terrified at times, just as Kubrick intended, yet you never lost it. Also, you have such tremendous "terror eyes"! 😨

[@MovieDateWithKate]

Haha thank you!!! 👀 😄

[@YTnoob394]

Indian burial ground/vengeful spirit. The hotel wants Danny for itself because he’s so powerful. The evil manifests more and more towards the end so even Wendy starts seeing it. Jack has a predisposition to violence and is easily influenced, so the hotel possesses him to kill Danny. He kills Dick but fails to kill Danny, so it takes Jack instead. That’s why he ends up in the photo. Some say Jack also has the shining due to abuse he suffered as a child (he also abuses Danny) but can’t accept it so he copes by drinking. Kubrick left it open to interpretation. Like all Kubrick films, you can rewatch this countless times and always see something new in it. I prefer the film to the book but the book explains much more. Very different.

[@MovieDateWithKate]

Yes, interesting. Also, maybe Dick was abused too and that’s why he had to go live with his grandma.

[@NathanWood23]

Fun fact: The films opening shot following the car on the mountain road is Going to the Sun Road, Glacier National Park, Montana. One of my favorite places. It's always funny to me to see that scenery with the Dies Irae playing over it.

[@MovieDateWithKate]

It was really stunning scenery! 🌲🌲🌲

[@gishjalmr5628]

A few things for consideration, the hotel and Danny are the main cause for Jack's descent into madness. The hotel itself is an evil entity and when Danny arrived his shining ability sort of supercharged the hotel. The scene where Jack goes to room 237 and he freaks out at the reflection in the mirror, that was the last moment that Jack was himself. From then on he was being controlled by the hotel entity. The longer Danny stayed the stronger the hotel entity got as seen from even Wendy seeing strange things toward the end. Given enough time and she would have gone insane as well.

[@domingocurbelomorales8635]

Kubrick was a master at creating that emotional tension and that atmosphere of discomfort and suffocation. He also made masterful use of sound as well as silence (details like when Dany is riding the tricycle and you can hear both the carpet and the parquet). As an anecdote, it is also worth saying that the author of "The Shining", Stephen King, hates this Kubrick adaptation. Thanks for another great time with you Kate!😄

[@MovieDateWithKate]

Enjoyed reading your comment! Thanks so much for saying so.

[@adgato75]

Another humorous anecdote. Since Kubrick held the film rights, King had to get his permission / agreement to make King's version ( the TV mini series ). Part of their agreement was that King had to stop running his mouth about how much he hated Kubrick's film interpretation lol

[@timrau8832]

Please keep the reactions coming! I love your take on things!

[@MovieDateWithKate]

Thank you for saying so!! I hope to as well :)

[@randomperson-dy6kj]

Great reaction! The book is sooooo scary. I literally ran from my bedroom to my Mom’s room to get in bed with her and hide, lol! And I was in my early 20’s at the time, home for the holidays, and a long time horror and Stephen King fan, so not a newcomer to scary reads. The ballet dancer clock is what finally got me. The book is absolutely, 100% worth a read.

[@MovieDateWithKate]

That’s awesome to know! Maybe I’ll read it in the next few years :) give myself a good fright!!

[@mrtveye6682]

Just start to watch, but I think you nailed it in your intro - unsettling and a wild ride. :D

[@TheHiwattScott]

I loved watching this with you Kate, so much fun! I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who can't quite get thier head around this movie. 😅 I especially enjoyed your insights, things like the knives on the wall in the background. No one does crazy like Jack 😅 One Flew Over The Cookoo's Nest is another great movie where he plays crazy to the hilt😮 It took me a few days to catch up but I so enjoyed watching this with you. ❤

[@MovieDateWithKate]

I’m delighted you enjoyed watching it with me! That’s made me smile 😊 thank you!!

[@JackCoombs-iy8vz]

Looking beautiful Kate, nice earrings and the ending is wild.

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

The fact that Danny and his mom played in that hedge maze for months and months was what saved their lives later on. In the book it's Mr. Hollaran who saves them. When I went to see this in the theater with my mom (she LOVED the book) and he gets the axe in his chest, my mom actually STOOD UP in the theater and said, "No!!!!! That's not what happened dammit!"

[@MovieDateWithKate]

😂😂😂😂 your mum sounds fantastic!!! A woman of principle! I like it! 📖

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

@@MovieDateWithKate Yep, she is not very good at hiding her displeasure! Overall she did enjoy the movie, though. But I got an earful about how they "did this and that differently from the book" all the way home (and for the next couple of days...). ;)

[@MrDevintcoleman]

I’m shocked I didn’t see it mentioned in another comment so I feel obligated: Jack Nicholson was a volunteer firefighter and was breaking down the doors so quickly they kept having to bring in stronger and stronger doors to make the timing of the sequence work!

[@MovieDateWithKate]

Just when I thought he couldn’t get any cooler… 😀😀🧯🧯🚒🚒🪓🪓

[@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis.]

I'm glad that you enjoyed this film, Kate, I loved your reaction to it. To explain a few things as I see them, this is my own opinion others may differ. The hotel was built on the burial grounds of the native American Indians, throughout the years their unquiet spirits have infested the hotel and with the hotels history of bad things happening there has left its mark on the place which some people are more sensitive to, as alluded to by Dick when he was talking to Danny. Both Danny and Dick were aware of these things due to 'The Shining', Jack had his own connection to the place spiritually as you saw at the end in the photograph, as Delbert Grady said to Jack, "You've always been the caretaker here", the ghost of the past inhabit the hotel and can take control of the minds of its inhabitants, eventually Wendy starts being aware of the things which both her husband and have seen and been effected by.

[@MovieDateWithKate]

Thanks for your comment. I liked your take on it a lot, and do agree with you. Quite interesting to have that supernatural element going through it, passed down in that way, I mean.

[@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis.]

​@@MovieDateWithKate Thank you, Kate. Yes, I found it interesting too, and it makes the behaviour of previous people at the hotel understandable. It's a great film of its kind, I particularly like the direction and shot choices in it, and of course the acting as well.

[@nikkis.2066]

This is one of my absolute favorite movies. You have to remember Wendy is in an abusive relationship AND one in the 70s, where it's very difficult to get away from such situations...she also wanted everything to work out and be ok, especially with her soft-spoken & able to bend to whims if it meant things were ok. I mean you wanting her to do more and we see you jump at a Tuesday cutaway! xD Also remember Dick saying places can Shine like people can Shine. The Overlook Hotel is alive with the spirits of those murdered and killed there. So every vision shown is being shown to the characters and to us. The Hotel is wanting to kill and absorb Danny & his Shine, to feed off it. So they manipulate Jack over the period of time until he'll do their bidding and "correct" his family, preying upon Jack's alcoholism and his wanting to prove himself capable of getting a job done. The ending of Jack being in the Hotel Photo is only in the film (Stanley Kubrick made massive changes from the book, which I really loved) so I always saw it as Jack being taken into the Overlook Hotel's spiritual fold, to be another tormented soul trapped there, as he died on the grounds.

[@MovieDateWithKate]

Loved reading your points! Haha yes, I was a bit too harsh on poor Wendy! :)

[@nikkis.2066]

@MovieDateWithKate Haha, all good, theya re just fictional characters, but it's fun to be a bit cheeky about it ;]. If you ever get the chance, should try to watch the movie The Fall (2006) starring Lee Pace. It's a gorgeously shot and heartfelt movie !

[@Lue_Jonin]

I enjoyed your reaction video to The Shining 😊 👍 📹 The lady in room 237 nearly made you gag 😂 hahaha

[@s.jackson8098]

In "The Shining", Kubrick was very influenced by Alain Resnais's masterpiece, "Last Year at Marienbad". It's set in a labyrinthine hotel, it has unusual camera work, it has a strange atmosphere, etc. It's not a horror movie; it's not scary at all. But it is very nearly a perfect film. Astonishing. And polarizing. People either love it or hate it. I've never met anyone who feels neutrally about it. But if you watch it, watch it more than once. It's so different from other films, one misses a lot the first time or two. One needs to enter into its world.

[@MovieDateWithKate]

Totally valid point. I liked it, and I need to watch it again in a few years to see what I missed. 😆

[@rickcaruso5918]

Super duper review. I had watched this when it first came out in the 70s. You are one of only 3 movie reaction people I watch. The other two are Popcorn in Bed and Hold Down A. You are one of the best. Can’t wait for Band of Brothers episode 3.

[@MovieDateWithKate]

What a super duper compliment!! I’m so thrilled, thank you!!

[@adrianfuegoscuro6308]

If the music traps you, you`re lost Love your reaction!

[@sumfeller73]

I loved this reaction. I've never seen someone so startled by a Tuesday.

[@MovieDateWithKate]

😀😀😂🗯️

[@mjtribby6328]

My favorite horror movie. Jack Nicholson was amazing in this. Your engagement throughout this film was great. Great reaction to a classic. This type of movie should leave you thinking, wondering what sense you make of the whole thing. It also makes you want to see it again, right? Haha. It is a great movie.

[@MovieDateWithKate]

It was so good!! Even though it was scary I really really appreciated the build up!

[@mjtribby6328]

@@MovieDateWithKate Agreed. I remember you mentioned you did not like the noise the tricycle made from carpet to hard floor, there is your build up. The score for the movie and those small things that brought different sounds to the scene definitely made a difference.

[@ExUSSailor]

When I was little, I had the same exact trike Danny's riding in this. A Hedstrom Super Cycle.

[@MovieDateWithKate]

That’s cool :)

[@frankmartin3600]

Great reaction,Miss Kate. I have to recommend "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest." Nicholson's finest role,imo.

[@MovieDateWithKate]

Nice!

[@iliketostayhome]

Great reaction. Loved it.

[@MovieDateWithKate]

That’s awesome. Thank you!!

[@GroovingPict]

This was one of the first movies where the Steadicam was used extensively, operated by the inventor himself. Very noticeable on shots like the tracking shots behind Danny as he's riding his little tricycle through the corridors or the shots through the maze. Just a couple years prior such shots would not have been possible, since you would either have to sacrifice stability for freedom of movement (shaky handheld camera movement), or vice versa (dolly-shot on fixed tracks). So this was something very new to audiences at the time, and adds to the eeriness

[@chriscoll6493]

I met Stephen King twice. Once at a book signing, and once when I worked for the TV show, Siskel and Ebert in Chicago. Stephen King famously said: "When things start falling apart, horror begins."

[@chriscoll6493]

That's why horror can be hard to comprehend.

[@MovieDateWithKate]

Very very cool!

[@sergeantbigmac]

Sorry if this is random, but wow you worked on Siskel and Ebert?? I loved that show! It helped develop my critical thinking skills about film and writing as a young boy. I have fond memories of watching a movie with my dad, talking about it after, then watching S&E and comparing to what they thought too lol. How was it to work on that show? It mustve been pretty low-key since they seemed like nice guys and it was shot in one location.

[@SG-js2qn]

At some point along the way, you should watch "The Sixth Sense." It's a classic, and I feel fairly certain you'll enjoy it. Also, you mentioned "Psycho" a few times. if you've not already seen it, add it to the list. If you want more of an explanation and resolution of this story, try the sequel: "Doctor Sleep." The music for "The Shining" was by Wendy Carlos, who won a Grammy in the late Sixties for an electronic version of Bach ("Switched-On Bach").

[@MovieDateWithKate]

Thanks!! Oh id love to do The Sixth Sense!!

[@luxyAAA]

The 'Wendy Theory' posits the entire story is seen from Wendy's POV. She is having a psychotic break - imagining her husband as a cartoon-like villain hurting Danny. When it was her all along.

[@Elephant2024]

Outstanding choice for Friday the 13th, Kate. A stellar work from one of the greatest directors of all time, Stanley Kubrick. Every movie he did was so uniquely different than the one that preceded it. He never was attached to one particular genre. This was his foray into horror, as '2001: A Space Odyssey is science fiction. The screenplay was an adaptation from Stephen King's novel. While the Stanley Hotel at Estes Park, CO is the inspiration for the book, the movie was not filmed there. Stanley Kubrick built the interior sets at EMI Elstree Studios in the UK. The exterior shots are of Timberline Lodge in Oregon, USA. The set for the Overlook Hotel was at the time the largest ever built at Elstree, including a life-size re-creation of the exterior of the hotel. The Colorado Lounge set at Elstree was badly damaged in a fire, causing a delay in the production. There are many cultural references and literary allusions such as 'Hansel and Gretel', 'The Three Little Pigs', 'Big Bad Wolf', the saying 'all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy', and 'here's Johnny', which was a homage to late night talk show host Johnny Carson, as to whenever Carson would start the show announcer Ed McMahon would announce 'here's Johnny' as he entered the stage. Great cast including Jack Nicholson, Shelly DuVall, Danny Lloyd as their son Danny Torrence, Scatman Crothers, and Phillip Stone as Delbert Grady, who was Alex DeLarge's father in the great Kubrick film 'A Clockwork Orange.' 'The Shining' was an inspiration for many films that came later which could be classified as 'psychological horror.' The Guinness Book of Records gave the record for the scene with the most retakes in cinematic history to the sequence where Wendy walks backward up the stairs fending off Jack with a baseball bat, at 127 times. Needless to say, Kubrick was highly dedicated to his craft.

[@MovieDateWithKate]

Really enjoyed reading your comment. You pointed out some great references I missed!! Thanks so much for watching my channel.

[@s.jackson8098]

The music here is the third movement of Béla Bartók's "Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta". This part is night music, and very creepy. But the entire piece (five movements in all) is energetic and ultimately jubilant. It's one of the all-time great pieces of classical music. (And it's crazy difficult to play. There are two amazing recordings, both with the Chicago Symphony: one conducted by Fritz Reiner, and the other by Sir Georg Solti. Both of them knew Bartók personally, so the performances are fairly authoritative.)

[@MovieDateWithKate]

Really wonderful to know. Thanks for telling me!!

[@cocomunga]

So here’s my take- Jack was always unhinged and there actually are dark powers in the hotel. They took advantage of him in order to 1. Add him to their ranks and 2. Get to Danny. His Soul was added to the Hotel the moment that he took the drink from Lloyd. How could he have escaped the pantry otherwise if Grady didn’t let him out? Sure it could have opened on its own. That and Danny’s neck being bruised is the only real proof that there’s something paranormal going on. If a ghost can strangle Danny, it can probably release Jack from the pantry. If you want canon answers to this story, watch “ Dr. Sleep “ it is the sequel to this movie.

[@MovieDateWithKate]

Every point you make I’m nodding my head to. So true, and I actually didn’t consider Danny’s neck too - of course, that was a physical attack. I’m very intrigued to watch Dr Sleep 😃

[@cocomunga]

@ looking forward to it

[@Lethgar_Smith]

My mom dislocated my little sister's shoulder just by lifting her up by one arm onto the back porch. This was back in the 60s before everybody became paranoid about child abuse. A trip to the doctor's office and some baby aspirin and she was fine. Doctor said, "Yeah, it happens."

[@MovieDateWithKate]

What a shock, and clearly these things do happen when children are growing.

[@GamingOverForty]

Can’t wait to watch your reaction on this classic movie I’ve recently bought the 4K disk and I’m going to watch it on my projector this weekend , I’ve not seen this film in about 10 years. As soon as I’ve watched the film I’ll be coming back here to see what you thought about it

[@MovieDateWithKate]

Nice!!! What a great purchase!

[@kyles5513]

The cinematography and music in this movie make it trippy af.

[@MovieDateWithKate]

100%

[@Phil-p7p]

Another great reaction Kate. I really enjoyed it. I've not read the original novel myself, but will get round to it one of these days. Stephen King has said that he was not happy with how his book was adapted for this film. So it would be interesting to compare the book with the film and understand why.

[@MovieDateWithKate]

Yes, likewise with me I hope to read the book some day to compare.

[@bijoucassell4587]

You had the best bathroom in room 237 reaction in ALL OF KZbin. I can confirm it I've watched them all. Yours was #1! You looked like you'd stumbled into something you really wish you'd never seen because you know full well the psyche having reacted to it so strongly it'll never let it go, your dreams will re-create more disturbing events similar to this one during rem sleep. There is a price to pay to daring to watch what hundreds of critics consider to be the single most frightening horror film ever made! Welcome to the club, Kate! #XoXo!

[@MovieDateWithKate]

That’s so terrific to read! Thank you!!! I’m really smiling! lol I was thoroughly appalled at her barnacles 😆😭🐚

[@DanielTate-wt9jt]

The overhead shot of the hotel at the very beginning is actually the Timberline lodge on Mount Hood Oregon. If you look, you'll notice there's no maze when they show the overhead (helicopter) shot. The exterior at the studio was made to look like the outside of the Timberline. The interior sets were built to look like rooms in the Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite. The elevators, the check in (front desk), and the room where Jack types are all real, though they didn't film in them, they were rebuilt in the studio. The real room Jack types in at the Ahwahnee hotel doesn't have the staircase Jack and Wendy walk up. I believed the opening scene when Jack first arrives and checks in was filmed in the real Ahwahnee's check in. But after that scene the check in (front desk)is the studio recreation.