The Shining (1980) | Movie Reaction | *FIRST TIME WATCHING* | Asia and BJ

[@Broom-SSN]

Shelly Duvall, the lead actress in The Shining can't get enough credit. Her performance was as genuine as it gets.

[@elblulayon]

She was terrified allright...😂

[@shanedaley6236]

The director really went for it pushed her with the baseball bat scene

[@dcmslife3772]

@@shanedaley6236 I hear he pushed her so much. I heard he was a bit of a perfectionist and was really adamant about getting that scene right!

[@elzibiel]

you could say Kubrick tortured her on set. that reaction was genuine. Duvall was truly stressing out on this movie.

[@serpentax]

@@elzibiel yeah, she didn't know an axe was coming through the door. that was genuine fear.

[@sandman_says_runrunner4701]

This movie is a prime example of how important music and the score is to inciting emotion.

[@thefowlyetti2]

The music is mostly Béla Bartók's Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta (1936)

[@elblulayon]

The way they build suspense with just Jack writing and then ripping the sheet is GEEEENIUS

[@maestrojon]

All of it was pre-existing music. Even the stuff Wendy Carlos did was based on previous work. I think there's a bit more Penderecki than Bartók. It blows my mind that people went to a concert hall and listened to this stuff going "Hmm, interesting," haha. I used to listen to my local classical station at night and it seemed like whenever I left it on by accident I would wake up at 3am to this music. It is frightening all on its own without the visuals.

[@mickeyrosato2567]

@@maestrojon This is a really creepy soundtrack. I used to have a copy of it.

[@aftonair]

@maestrojon Thanks. That comment made me laugh, and I agree with you. Been there.

[@EpicFrozenMoment]

You know a thriller is doing its job to creep you out when a black screen with the word TUESDAY scares the crap out of you.

[@MovementGraffiti]

BEST COMMENT ❤️!

[@bobby_c7671]

Veyr true! Tuesday gets everyone to jump if you notice other reactions.

[@tanyahayes1468]

Asia jumping made me laugh so hard 🤣

[@MsAppassionata]

Absolutely! I also laughed when they jumped. 😂

[@asarishepard8171]

Not Tuesday!! 😂

[@medgal7]

As a 50 yr old woman, never thought I'd get a kick outta watching people watch a movie. You both are adorable and hilarious! 🤣

[@Vlatka211]

56 here😉

[@EntertainingRunner-vd3bn]

Nice to see middle age folks enjoying Reactions on KZbin

[@rickigoe9743]

57 here and I'm addicted. Must have seen 25 watches of my favorite movie Fargo

[@rickigoe9743]

​@EntertainingRunner-vd3bn yes we can waste our time just as much as the rest of y'all

[@umbrella0326]

Remember what Grady said? "You've always been the caretaker." Kubrick is suggesting that his spirit is repeating in that vacuum of time and space in a horrific way.

[@AchtungEnglander]

Great analysis.

[@madmagboy]

Grady's first name changes through the film if you notice

[@RichardM1366]

The death of Hallorann was heartbreaking but even in death he saved Wendy and Danny in the long run by leaving the snowcat.

[@CASantos]

​@madmagboy Charles Grady is the guy who killed his family 10 years prior (so 1970ish) that we learn about in the interview. Delbert Grady is the british(?) butler at the 1920s party. Likely intended to be an ancestor, either literally or metaphorically, but not the same person.

[@吉川素子-r8b]

赤いトイレのシーンは、 美しく怖いシーンでしたね〜 正気と狂気の壁は、 うすいという事ですかね? その壁がこわれた時、 狂気は止まらない〜 今、世界中に ヒットラーのような人物が ふえつつあるとゆう事で、 ヒットラーも狂気に あやつられた あわれな気弱な人間と いう事なのかと思います~

[@mcbeezee2120]

The moment Shelly Duvall sees what he has typed over and over again, to realize he has gone mad, STILL sends ice down my spine. Such a great "horror moment".

[@shanedaley6236]

One of the best movies ever

[@crwydryny]

Crazy part if you pause and look closely every one of those pages are unique, kubrick's secretary typed that the night before filming, all single spaced, apparently messed her head up

[@NYC_Goody]

@@crwydryny oh yeah? Messed her up? How so?

[@jenniferblewer1727]

And how long he’s been going mad…chilling

[@levityoflonging22]

Not just that he's gone mad - but that he has been mad the entire time. That's all he has been typing for MONTHS.

[@GruffyddFO4]

Asia's redrum spelling moment may be the best reaction I've seen for anyone on any movie. "M...u...r..." (pause) "...d...e...r..." (pause) Moment of shocked realization and horror. So perfect!

[@LanceSolo72]

... then dude's face lookin like he wrote this movie 😄

[@Alvin-1138]

She is soo cute!

[@Fredo_Viola]

Asia’s reaction throughout is soooooo perfect!!! Man, I love these reactions!

[@pampennyworth]

You’ve got to admit that Jack Nicholson makes the ideal psychopath. Shelley Duvall nearly had a full blown breakdown while making this film. She spent so much time focusing on being frightened. It traumatised her. No other actress could have pulled off her portrayal. Awesome reaction.

[@EnFyr]

@Help You could also say the same about William Friedkin who instructed the exorcist room to be at -19 degrees celcius while also blasting of shots from either his 45 or 12 gauge. Great movies requires sacrifices, why do you think modern movies doesn't have the same impact?

[@Garryck-1]

@Help - *"The poor woman was tortured for no other reason than because Kubrick was an assh*le."* No.. she was tortured by Kubrick so that she would give exactly the kind of peformance that he wanted. And it worked.

[@johnnyshivers7310]

I mean... he did play the joker.

[@NYC_Goody]

@@Garryck-1 and it's uncalled for. That's abuse. You're a director. You have takes. You can get the performance out through other means. You don't treat your cast like shit and you should be ashamed of yourself for justifying treating anybody like that. What if it was your mother? Sister?

[@NYC_Goody]

@Help agreed on the first part. But then you lose me saying this was only Jack's show. You're wrong. Shelly absolutely killed it as well. On another note about Kubrick, say what you want about him, but he made great movies.

[@DearsGreece]

"She looks real long" floored me, I've never laughed watching that movie before, thanks!

[@rach2883]

😂😂😂

[@vanyadolly]

I look forward to thinking that every time I see the movie from now on 🤣

[@PassingMaxQ]

Fun fact. The actor who played Danny did not continue his acting career. He grew up and became a professor of biology at a college in Kentucky.

[@heresstigman4392]

Fun fact, Jack Nicholson was a NY volunteer firefighter when he was younger. His response time and actual training while chopping down the door with the axe are correlated into the film, and they had to replace the door about 25 times to get the perfect sequence because he knocked through them so quickly. Great reaction, guys!

[@shanedaley6236]

I believe they also changed it from a movie prop door to a real door because of his training

[@heresstigman4392]

@@shanedaley6236 I think I heard something like that, too.

[@filmsensei]

Wow, I never knew that about Nicholson. Too cool.

[@crwydryny]

@@shanedaley6236 not quite, they started with a real door and jack ripped through it in seconds, they replaced it with a reinforced door, much like a heavy fire door

[@ColorfulMindedGoat]

*60 times

[@walkinglootchest1251]

The 2 funniest parts of this reaction for me are when Danny tells his mom, "Danny's not here Mrs. Torrance." And BJ goes, "Then who is?!" And the other funniest part was watching Asia spell "Redrum" backwards and realizing that it spells out "Murder". Lol

[@vanyadolly]

It's such a weird thing, because why is Tony calling her Mrs Torrence?

[@JW-vd4il]

edited to make sure my fave's below the cut because it's a spoiler. yeah I know most here have (or should have) seen it but Just In Case... 😁 39:00 My funniest was BJ reacting to Scatman Crothers getting murdered so fast: *He came all the way from Florida ... coming to the hotel and die within 30 seconds.* 39:51 😂 That was so much me the first time I saw The Shining and IT STILL bothers me every re-watch!! I know, I know it still helped them get away, ultimately. But how long he traveled then killed so fast still gets to me every time! 😂 I also already loved Scatman Crothers before AND that character, Halloran, so IT HURT! Just their reactions here, too, the look on BJ's face as it happens plus Asia with the blanket. I'm like Asia with a blanket when I'm watching a scary movie. 😂 They are so fun to watch react. They are a mix of one or the other of them is always Me.😂 ❤❤❤ Asia , BJ, and other fans. 🙂😎

[@JW-vd4il]

​@@vanyadolly I think it's an indication that Tony is clearly "not Danny." So why wouldn't he call her Mrs. Torrance? Is there something I'm missing about your question or does that explain?

[@vanyadolly]

@@JW-vd4il Because Tony is Danny. The whole point is that Danny has the Shining. Ie. he's the one who has the power to see everything he does, he's just too young to understand it.

[@JW-vd4il]

@@vanyadolly You just said it, so I still don't understand the question. Danny's too young to understand that part of himself, so that's "Tony." Or one could argue Tony is NOT Danny, just like a guide or something. But either way... ? I really am trying to help with your question! but I still don't get it. Maybe you ended up answering yourself! You can say or ask more and I'm REALLY not trying to be difficult. Questions are interesting. Sometimes we figure out the answer before somebody else understands the question. 😁❤️

[@conureron3792]

Scatman Crothers and Jack Nicholson also star in One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest - one of the best movies ever made.

[@MaxPower-kb4ke]

YES! Outstanding film! Definitely put that on the watch list!

[@jillwanlin9558]

I was just going put this comment also. Fantastic movie!!

[@alfreddreamerphotocomics4880]

I didn’t remember seeing Scatman Crothers in it. Now I need to go back and see it again. Thanks for mentioning it.

[@jillwanlin9558]

@@alfreddreamerphotocomics4880 I think he plays an orderly

[@formatique_arschloch]

Superb movie.

[@Dagobah359]

12:21 Mathematical method to find your way out of a 2D maze: Pick the right or left wall, and follow it (as if you placed that hand on the wall and never lifted it away as you go). You'll walk extra distance, in and out of some dead ends, but you'll never retrace your steps (you'll retrace your steps out of a dead end, but never back into a dead end you've already been) and (with one exception) are guaranteed to find your way out, even if it's designed so you're likely to miss that *one* turn you need to get free of the dead ends. The exception is if the maze contains a loop that takes you around back to where you were, without backtracking. In that case, after you've gone around the loop, switch to the other wall.

[@Buttsley1]

The “here’s Johnny” line is what became so memorable but I think that when he hacks open the main room door and says “Wendy, I’m home” it’s far scarier

[@rosemadder5547]

I had a guy kick through a door trying to get to me, and I went out the tiny bathroom window to escape... and having read and watched the Shining, that part always reminds me. 'Bam! Bam! Bam!' It's truly horrifying. "Wendy, I'm home" ... No more peace. That feeling when they pull into the driveway. Well said.

[@ValentinoEnsuchoza]

​@@rosemadder5547oh that's fucked up, hope you ok

[@jessemetzger8336]

I love that you immediately noticed the music. Stanley Kubrick is a psychotic and intentionally added audio frequencies that make people anxious and sick into the movie score.

[@NYC_Goody]

Never felt sick watching this but I wonder if there's different types of frequencies that could have a stronger effect. I forget the name but I remember hearing about a more modern movie using frequencies for several minutes that was intended to make you nauseous

[@shannonnichols3415]

@@NYC_Goody - probably so but he picked the music for the opening scenes (when they are driving up) specifically with the Indian sounds in it -it’s not over the top, just right there barely audible. That ties in the whole Indian burial ground that the hotel mgr mentioned as well as most of the decor.

[@ziigiiziig]

He was a genius at his craft. The opening score gave me a fight or flight reaction that lasted through the entire film.

[@jimbobeire]

go watch the bit where he is walking to Ullman's office for the interview... and this time listen out for added audio of Kubrick's voice saying a word... it's quick and quiet. You won't hear it if you're not listening for it, but once you notice it, it's repeated in the scene, and elsewhere in the movie.

[@newworldastrology1102]

When i was a kid, i found a vhs of the movie and when i got to the stairway baseball scene with the sickly strings, i had a profound feeling of being taken over by something very dark. Wasnt til manybyears later, i learned this was the scene that broken Shelley Duval.

[@youtubecommenter2]

What's impressive about this movie is that, even when nothing happens, just the way the music plays, the way the camera moves, and their faces, you're scared to death and you barely dare to look at the screen.

[@EdmontonRealEstate01]

The tricycle he’s riding is called the Big Wheel and was one of the most popular toys for kids in the late sixties and through much of the seventies. There was also another one like it called The Green Machine. If you had one of those, you were considered a legend. I can’t even begin to count the amount of accidents and close calls we had on them as kids and I’m sure this was for most of the kids who ever road them. Look them up on line if you like. I bet they even have KZbin videos on both of them.

[@jb888888888]

Um, Actually a Big Wheel looks different. Danny had a Big Wheel knockoff. Big Wheels are (and were in the 1970s) all plastic, whereas Danny's trike has chrome handlebars and a metal frame.

[@rothed16]

I had both!!!

[@vincentschmitt7597]

I never got a Big Wheel in the 70s. So I stole one.

[@EdmontonRealEstate01]

@@vincentschmitt7597 LMFAO!

[@konglives4453]

Had a Big Wheel back in the 70's as a kid. Left it outside on too many hot summer days, in the hot sun, and it shrunk. LoL

[@CardiacCat]

YES!! We were all freaked out the first time we saw this! In 1980 this was very scary and very un-nerving. Even after all these years, and having seen it multiple times, it still holds that creep factor.

[@nagillim7915]

Tony was with Danny long before they got to the hotel and was trying to keep him safe. After room 237 when Danny shuts down from the trauma, Tony takes over to try and warn Wendy what's going to happen. In the novel it's revealed that Jack also had the shining as a boy, which is why he began writing, but as he grew up he didn't believe in it and it faded away, but its the reason the hotel is able to get to him. But he's just a tool. It really wants Danny because with him it will be able to shine forever. In his shared universe, King reveals that places like the Overlook where terrible things happen become doorways between worlds that attract evil to them. The Marsden House in one of his other novels Salem's Lot is a similar place to the Overlook.

[@notsure6796]

The movie was deliberately made to shit on the books, both in form, message and plot. It's not a movie adaptation. Stephen king hates the shining movie and if you want a good laugh you can go watch his tv movie version and try to compare it kubrick's potential. Kubrick does many things in the movie without explaining anything, making it a point to debate what you are thinking, forcing you to think in the first place. Imagine you had the solution, you'd stop thinking, right? That's the point. So if you look at room 237. Danny told his mother a woman assaulted him. Wendy blames jack for it. Jack emotionally manipulates wendy to say she is crazy for seeing this woman - despite just having sat in a bar talking to a ghost. Even after jack's encounter with the old woman, he does not say to wendy he saw a ghost. So who can you trust, can you even trust what you are shown? The characters never sit down and talk it out to give you any kind of resolution, because that's the entire point of it all. Where did the tennis ball come from? Why is jack in the picture and so on. In so far as "tony", that has been attributed to undertones of sexual abuse, danny sucking his thumb and saying tony lives in his mouth. There are many different references, such as a poster for a CIA brainwashing program and indian references as well as the hotel being called the "overlook" with the poster of the hotel guests being the "golden age" of white, rich america... built on blood. Jack calls wendy the sperm bank and is obviously frustrated with life, blaming her for his station in society. So to me it's more an "overlook" of life, people and what society was built on. It's not just about the genocide of the indians or jack being a racist. I don't much see it as a simple horror movie with jump scares, it's more people's drives, motives and then behavior society is a product of. It's kind of sick when you think about it, that people are willing to accept the premise of a guy deciding to kill his own family - it's not so far fetched people can't relate to it.

[@julietfischer5056]

The Overlook gets a brief mention in _Billy Summers._

[@stevenandcarminabeedle9089]

@@julietfischer5056yeah a li’l shout out 😏

[@julietfischer5056]

I just reread _The Shining,_ and there's no mention of Jack having the ability.

[@vanyadolly]

I wouldn't say it's faded, it's more that he suppresses it, and uses it to suppress his own thoughts and feelings in a really odd and damaging way. Hallorann says he feels like Jack is hiding something, and Danny later thinks that a "normal" person wouldn't be able to delude themselves the way his dad does. It's quite sad.

[@Osprey850]

I never would've guessed that Asia was a habitual blanket snatcher. It goes to show that you never truly know a person. I hope she gets the help she needs... and a blankie of her own.

[@Silverswooosh]

Lmaoooooooo 😭

[@brianvernon249]

Habitual blanket snatcher. Thank you very much for this wonderful term.

[@danielhenderson8316]

She'll never get her own blanket for the same reasons my girlfriends always wear my shirts. It's more comfortable when it's someone else's.

[@MasterCommanderBastid]

Lol

[@davidcopple8071]

I understand that during the scene with Danny holding the knife and chanting redrum wasn't because he too was going crazy. It's because Tony had taken over and that was Tony's way of waking and alerting Danny's sleeping Mom to Jack approaching to kill them. You must remember that she thought that Jack was still safely locked away in the pantry. That's why she was asleep.

[@jamesr2164]

💯👍

[@j.woodbury412]

There is a lot of interesting behind the scenes trivia about this movie: Stephen King took the name of the novel "The Shining" from the chorus "We All Shine On" from the John Lennon song "Instant Karma". In order to keep Jack Nicholson in a constantly agitated state of mind, he was fed nothing but cheese sandwiches to two weeks, which he hates. The props department had made a lighter door for the scene where Jack chops through it with an axe, not knowing that Nicholson once worked as a volunteer fireman and chopped through it too easily, forcing them to build a heavier door. The line "Here's Johnny!" almost didn't make it into the movie. Stanley Kubrick was living in the United Kingdom when the movie was made and had never seen "The Tonight Show", Jack Nicholson had to explain it to Kubrick. Scatman Crothers was forced to so many takes of one scene (I don't remember exactly which scene it was. It was either the one where Halloran was showing Wendy and Danny through the kitchen, or the one where he and Danny were talking about "the shining") that he broke down and yelled at Kubrick, "What do you want, Mr. Kubrick? What do you want?". The next movie Crothers made was "Bronco Billy", which was directed by Clint Eastwood, who was known for doing one take of a scene and then moving on to the next one. Crothers was so happy that he didn't have to shoot the same scene over and over that he broke down in tears of gratitude. Two of the stars Kubrick considered for the role of Jack Torrence were Robert DeNiro and Robin Williams,, but after seeing DeNiro in "Taxi Driver", he decided he wasn't psychotic enough, and after seeing Williams in "Mork & Mindy" he decided he was TOO psychotic. Stanley Kubrick kept changing the script so many times, that eventually Jack Nicholson stopped reading it and just read what was handed to him that day. Nicholdson improvised the scene where Jack is throwing the tennis ball at the wall, The script just said "Jack not working". Stanley Kubrick was very protective of Danny Lloyd, who played Danny Torrence and hid the fact from him that they were making a horror movie. Torrence didn't realize it until he saw the complete film for the first time at age sixteen. Even though Stanley Kubrick was especially hard on Shelley Duvall during filming, Duvall has said that she believed Kubrick was hard on her because he wanted to bring out her best performance, and while it was an experience she would always appreciate, it was not one she'd ever want to go through again. And both Kubrick and Nicholson praised her performance, saying it was the hardest performance they had ever seen an actress do.

[@redmackinnon4590]

One of the best films ever made. It STILL stands up today and the acting is 1st class. That together with the direction and the superbly written music makes for the best film ever. Totally brilliant

[@reinacarbetta388]

Danny wasn’t crazy, he had The Shining… a fusion of telepathy and clairvoyance. His imaginary friend Tony was how he dealt with it. It’s by far the scariest movie ever because… it can happen. It does happen. People go mad and murder their families. Such good performances and I can’t look at Jack to this day without seeing this performance.

[@madmagboy]

I keep meaning to read both books but I heard Tony is actually Danny from the future talking to his past self

[@patrickcoughlin-qj9uk]

Want some ice cream. Doc

[@stevenandcarminabeedle9089]

I suspect Jack also had some of the Shining, but among other reasons, abused alcohol as a way to quiet it. Kubrick took HUGE liberties with the story, but the story itself is a representation of addiction.

[@MsAppassionata]

“Here’s Johnny!” 😈

[@stayawayunited3744]

@@madmagboy💯

[@janabraam7963]

Asia, you are the only person to make me laugh during this movie "OH, she's so long!" while you're eye are covered! I really enjoyed watching this with you guys. It's been years since I've seen it, but it's still a great scary movie & you guys helped make it feel like it was the first time. I was scared all over again. Jack Nicholson & Shelley Duval was spectacular! REDRUM! REDRUM!!!

[@MarcosElMalo2]

And she kept giving BJ a little side eye to see how he was reacting to the naked lady. 😂 I could almost hear her thinking, “You better be scared of her, and not enjoying this!”

[@janabraam7963]

@@MarcosElMalo2 She sure did! LOL!

[@AmberBootheCat]

I LOL at that. 😆

[@react2reactions246]

Watching Jack Nicholson act is like watching MJ ball. Legendary.

[@logik200]

Absolutely!

[@CapnLubeHandles]

shit thats an insanely good comparison actually. Man kills every role he has done.

[@CapnLubeHandles]

@@ChucksCherubs3 Michael Jordan

[@jaipoh3965]

For sure!!

[@DTCentYoungday]

Or Mj dance

[@Dee-ih2yf]

Well, now you guys are ready to watch The Exorcist (1973) ...the original. Asia, you are going to need more than a blanky! Not jump scary but psychological suspense from start to finish. Excellent movie ... way beyond its years.

[@toukie]

You want to kill her, don't you??? It is an amazing movie, but dang.... She's gonna need therapy afterwards 🤣🤣🤣

[@sodone4078]

Yes! I was going to say the same exact thing!! I still can't watch it esp if I'm home alone then it's a huge HELL to the NO!!

[@danielhenderson8316]

I don't know. When Regan was stabbing herself with the Cross, that's pretty jump scary to me.

[@chrisb5561]

That movie is weak nowadays. I’m sure was terrifying back then but has not aged well.

[@notsure6796]

You should watch part 3, you could easily argue it's more haunting but they go great together just remember to make sure to skip part 2.

[@ziigiiziig]

The entire cast was fantastic, but I get this immense sadness every time I see Scatman Crothers. He was such a great actor and is sorely missed.

[@Pamtroy]

Dan Halloran saved both their lives by distracting Jack. He was about to break through the door entirely when the sound of Dick's car distracted him.

[@rosemadder5547]

And in the book, Halloran survives ❤

[@p.phillips2090]

And as important: he brought the snow cat they got away in.

[@2dashville]

Scatman Carothers character actually did save them because he brought the vehicle that they escaped in and he distracted Jack Nicholson just long enough for them to get outside and to the maze. Jack probably would have got them if he hadn’t come. Instead he froze to death. I guess they could have stayed but they didn’t know Jack was going to die. I know I would have left.

[@InjuredRobot.]

Good point! The argument against it is that IF IF IF Wendy had taken Danny back inside the hotel and Jack WOULD have frozen to death that the rangers WOULD have gone out to check on them without radio contact (check-ins) for days but who knows, I think most of these details come from people who quote the book more than the screenplay for this movie.

[@Ryotsu2112]

In the book I believe he actually saves them and they all leave together (he doesn’t die).

[@Mr.Ekshin]

He didn't freeze to death... he's just going to keep coming back to be the caretaker... over, and over, and over again.

[@dawnettwatson9569]

Had they gone back inside the other entities in the hotel, including Jack would try to kill them anyway. Leaving was the safest thing to do

[@steveshea6148]

Sure if you want to stay longer in a hotel populated by murderous spirits abs covered in human blood you can go on back in. I say drive the heck out of there in the snow cat.

[@jolly1735]

The reason Danny had the knife and wrote Redrum/Murder was his Shining working overtime to help his Mother prepare for what was about to happen with Jack. He warned her AND armed her! Further to that, so many reactors think Halloran didnt help since he died quickly. But dont forget, it was the sound of his snowcat that prompted Jack to stop going after Wendy...I would argue, likely saving Wendy's life. A knife isnt a match for an axe wielding possessed psychopath. This is the best horror ever made! A fun fact...in the novel, Jack drives a red VW Bug but in the movie, it's yellow. The shot of the car accident shows a crushed red VW Bug...Kubrick seemed to assert a bit of a slap in the face to King there saying this was his movie, his version. I highly recommend watching the documentary about The Shining called Room 237. 🤯😮

[@MaxPower-kb4ke]

...and without the Snowcat that he drove up there, they would've still been stuck there.

[@mgordon1100]

Kubrick made a good movie with hints of King's book, but the TV mini series was much closer to the story. It wasn't an axe, it was a croquet mallet. And Kubrick found it unnecessary to bring the garden sculptures into the story.

[@sweetkiss119]

I just watched that documentary the other day. It was very interesting.

[@kev7161]

@@mgordon1100 I think I would have liked it better if Kubrick had kept more elements of the novel in the movie. The whole hedge animals sequences were truly horrifying, much more so than running around in a hedge maze. However, in 1980, it may have been difficult for SFX to deal with that. It would probably be some sort of stop animation thing and then maybe not so horrifying, perhaps more corny.

[@jolly1735]

@@mgordon1100 yes I saw the mini series. It was terrible. But I know it was closer to the book and focused more heavily on Jack's alcoholism which I think I heard King based on his own father (and therefore didnt like Kubrick's watering down of that aspect). The hedge sculptures coming alive is silly on paper or in visual format. It bends into fantasy rather than horror. I'm glad Kubrick skipped that and stuck with more people-y ghost encounters. Felt more real that way.

[@windsorkid7069]

"Here's Johnny!!" Nicholson improvised that line among several others. "The Tonight Show" starring the great Johnny Carson began with Ed McMahon introducing Johnny with "Heerrr's Johnny!" It was the best late night show ever. Saw The Shining in a theater with a girlfriend and she spent most of the time leaning her head against my shoulder and covering her face with her hand. Great movie.

[@richdiana3663]

When he said "Here's Johnny" the theater broke out in nervous laughter.

[@alanfeldstein9761]

No one did it better than Ed McMahon.

[@gojiberry7201]

It must have been incredible to see this for the first time in a theater

[@Paul_Waller]

A lot of young people miss that now-a-days

[@susanalexander6721]

@@gojiberry7201 I did. Had waited for the movie, huge King fan. I was really disappointed. Kubrick took huge liberties with the story, although Jack was great, but their was 0 chemistry between he and Shelly. That was mostly what was criticized at the time. There was no maze in the book, the chef didn't die.....like I said, I was disappointed, and understood why Stephen King was. I much prefer the mini series made years later. Best thing about the movie is the set up for Dr. Sleep. Truly enjoyed that movie.

[@CenrelianGuardsmen]

her whispering "oh no, she's getting outta the tub! She's naked!" had me rolling hahhaha

[@tylerclement5969]

It does surprise me to find out that people have not watched or even had heard or even know anything about The Shining, so seeing videos of people's first reactions to viewing this film just makes me feel young again to when I watched it for the first time as a teenager. 12:14 "He's gonna have a lot of stuff to write about" ...31:17 what he wrote about. 13:14 this is the only film to make us afraid of a "Tuesday" title card. The hotel itself is EVIL, it brings the worst out in people and the Overlook has the shining as well. 39:16 the look of horror upon your faces! That's how you know the movie is doing it's job. The music the visual of seeing the blood flow out from the elevator...the film is a masterpiece in horror! Great reaction video guys! :D

[@CJGray-ib5tk]

Love your reactions 😂. Especially how Asia peeks thru her fingers at scary parts while at the same time, BJ gets a shocked look. 😂😂😂. You're both so entertaining to watch. 💖

[@JustinHamsley]

Here's another vote for watching the sequel, "Doctor Sleep" (2019). It has much of the same vibe, but trades a little suspense for action. It also goes further in explaining "shine", which Stephen King uses throughout his written universe. "Doctor Sleep" may not be as iconic, but I probably enjoy it more than "The Shining". In fact, I'm going to go watch it now 😁.

[@jeremeywilson2318]

I loved Doctor Sleep!!!! Actually I’m just in love with the gypsy woman 🥰😂

[@tinastar1972]

I like it a lot more too.

[@crystalscolza1663]

Yes Dr sleep next!

[@nodak81]

Doctor Sleep is also horrible. Demonic vampires that feed on souls? Give me a break.

[@Fedorevsky]

Another vote from me! Has to be the director's cut though!

[@jamesu1540]

Remember when Jack said he came for the interview and he knew what to expect behind every corner, its because he had been there before in 1921.

[@kennethwilliams7731]

The mom had the "shining " as well! She saw all the blood spilling out of the elevators,just like her son! I've seen this film several times and that's the first time I realized this fact! A great and memorable film. Great reactions you guys!

[@LA_HA]

Kenneth Williams: I can't remember the novel, but I never thought she had it. I thought that, at the very end, when everything was going down, The Overlook Hotel was finally revealing itself to her. Danny got The Shine from someone, but I thought it was from Jack considering who and what he was

[@iHaveTheDocuments]

No

[@denineeast8858]

@@LA_HA It may have been in the sequel book "Dr. Sleep" where it is mentioned that every mother has a little bit of shine, which most people pass off as "mother's intuition" and is most prevalent in situations where a mother gets a gut feeling when something is wrong with one of her children.

[@Jax52reg]

I think she could see things in the end because the hotel was coming alive.

[@Twigaroni]

Jack has the Shining also! That's how he sees the ghosts. 👻

[@rachaelhalliday1193]

The reason Danny was able to snap out of it was because the Hotel was busy playing & manipulating the dad. Danny was traumatised after the woman in the room, Danny has a powerful shining. That's why the ghosts were able to be so prevalent, they were feeding off his shining. Otherwise they wouldn't be able to manifest the way they did. But Danny was stronger than the ghosts, that's why he got away. They were really counting on Jack to get the job done.

[@valerieraymond5853]

Remember Jack said he felt he had been at the hotel before because he knew what was around every corner. The little boy had ESP and so did the Cook. I loved your reaction. Good movie.

[@werkjiw]

The film left out a lot of background found in Stephen King's novel that explains some of the events. Prior to the interview, the story of Jack Nicholson's failed writer being an alcoholic and accidentally breaking Danny's arm while drunk is related, so that when the hotel's ghosts are able to make John drunk we know that will bring trouble to the wife and son as it did with Grady before him.

[@kelly9876]

there are some hints in the very start of the movie that Jack is already abusive to his wife and child

[@Fedorevsky]

@@kelly9876 Yes, and I'd say the hints are more than enough for a movie. It's not a book so it's fine that way. Besides the more you explain stuff like this the less scary it tends to get.

[@jeremyknight4315]

Yes, the book explains more directly. Because in a written story there is no other means of exposition bit words. The book was/is brilliant. The film (from set, to costume, to actors, to screenplay to score to editing is a superior piece of popular storytelling as popular art and vice versa. All those details you outline which are exposed in direct, explanatory prose in the book are presented in the film with much more nuance by cryptic and menacing dialogue from guilt-laden, sweep it under the rug, forget it ever happened, pretend it won't happen again approach... We don't need to be told explicitly the extent or insidiousness of Jack's alcoholism because it is intimated and progressively revealed through dialogue, acting, and setting. We don't need to hear any character describe how Jack is a failing or struggling writer because we can infer that catalyst in the very modest circumstances of their apartment, their clothing, their car, Jack's bitterness, resentment and belittling of his wife and child and the fact he's dragging them over a long distance, to an extremely challenging environment just so he can get the "peace and quiet" he's convinced himself is all he needs. King is a novelist and worte a brilliant and terrifying character and setting. Kubrick adapted and enhanced it for film with masterful use of the tools of his trade. Nothing essential is absent from the film that was present in the book to provide understanding the violent psychosis of Jack and its basic causes, the terrified, paralyzed, confused abused woman Wendy, the curious, talented, innocent troubled Danny

[@6Haunted-Days]

Ummmm yea that’s BROUGHT UP IN THE MOVIE! Did ya WATCH IT?!? Christ wtf….the movies ARE ALWAYS better than his hack writing. Did you know he HATED this movie?!? Course he did. Anytime a movie MASSIVELY IMPROVED on a book of his he hated it. He just loooooved the mini series TV remake of this awhile ago was godawful BAD, course king loved it…. He sometimes has great plot ideas etc that’s IT. Most of his ideas are taken from like Lovecraft and other great writers & slightly changed…. He’s such a huge name in books is cuz the average reading level of Americans is ….6th-8th grade!! Christ that’s disgusting!!! Sooooo yea boring awful writers like King are huge mainly cuz of the simple fact that most Americans are ignorant, uneducated & well….I’ll be nice today 🤣 Rant over.

[@UltraViolent21]

King and Kubrick didn’t get along.

[@lawrenceallen8096]

Gotta Love Scatman Crothers! Love him in everything he's ever acted in!

[@davidsavage5630]

Ever since I realized he was the voice of Jazz in the 80s Transformers cartoon, that's all I can hear now lol..

[@CNFringer]

This was filmed at the Stanley Hotel in Colorado. It's a real functioning hotel still in operation today.

[@niles8102]

The door axe scene will forever be my favorite piece of horror scenes. Shelley Duvall was not told she would have to do multiple takes on just one scene really did a number on her mental health. Stanely Kubrik told the cast and crew to ignore her on set which made her go mentally unstable. She never recovered after yhis film.

[@amynadeau2838]

Yeah, Kubirk was really brutal and borderline abusive. So was William Freidkin, who directed The Exorcist. Both Linda Blair and Ellen Burstyn had permanent physical damage from filming that movie. They'd never get away with the stuff they did if they were directing these movies today. But then...maybe that's why both movies were such classics.

[@marcw6875]

One thing to keep in mind with this movie is that they were staying there for the entire winter. The events we see are likely spread out over several weeks or even months. So even though Danny might encounter something scary, kids are pretty resilient, so eventually he would more or less forget about it and go back to riding around the hotel or playing in random hallways. I mean, if the hotel didn't have all the supernatural stuff going on, it would be a dream for most kids to be able to play or ride a big wheel around inside a giant hotel. haha I don't know if you all are big readers or not, but I definitely recommend the book. People love to worship this movie, and I do enjoy it, but I have always felt that the story in the book is more fulfilling.

[@hollyodell4012]

I read the book in junior high and it was excellent, it's a different animal than the movie, both good in different ways. Speaking of animals, the part I remember most clearly was the hedge animals. Omg, that was so well written, I've never been whipped into such a frenzy of jangly, jumpy anxiety just from reading words on a page, my fight or flight instinct was fully activated, I saw things moving out of the corner of my eye the rest of that day. Stephen King is a damn magician.

[@MarcosElMalo2]

I don’t know if you noticed, but there are title cards throughout the movie to tell us when the events are occurring.

[@floorticket]

Over the course of months.

[@marcw6875]

@@MarcosElMalo2 Yeah, but if I remember correctly the title cards are just days of the week. Just because it says "Monday" for one scene and then "Wednesday" for another scene, that doesn't necessarily mean that the second scene was two days after the first scene. I guess I always got the impression that they were there for at least a couple months before it really started to go south. Jack had to type up that big stack of papers and I presume he was doing caretaker stuff for much of his time, so it's not like he sat there all day clicking on the typewriter. Also, there was no snow in the early scenes, but a lot of snow at the end, though I'm aware that you can get a lot of snow in a short time up in the mountains. My interpretation is that the events leading up to when Danny goes into room 237 are more spread out, but once he goes in there, then the rest of the movie takes place over the next day or two. Personally, I like the idea of it taking some time for Jack to lose his mind. This isn't the Simpsons version; Jack didn't go to check out that great axe collection after he realized there's no cable tv and no beer. :p

[@Matuse]

Poor Scatman Crothers. The man flies all the way across country on an emergency ticket and then drives for about 5 hours in a SnoCat and just gets done dirty in 30 seconds.

[@vanyadolly]

His trip was even crazier in the novel. 😂 The guy was getting run off the road, freezing to death, fighting hedge lions and almost setting himself on fire. One of the best parts in a book that was fantastic from cover to cover.

[@amynadeau2838]

@@vanyadolly I can't agree with you more! That part of the book was amazing. I loved the hedge animals-so much more menacing than the maze.

[@Oldschoolnana]

Halloran doesn't die in the novel. He saves Wendy and Danny. You should read the novel. It's terrifying. Long live the King.❤❤

[@greatBLT]

@@Oldschoolnana Well, he still saves them in the movie by bringing them a snowcat. I'm sure the hotel would have killed them even if Jack wasn't a problem anymore.

[@shainewhite2781]

This movie had a lot of production issues: Stanley Kubrick had to film Shelly Duvall's scene with her swinging the bat at Jack Nicholson 127 times! She lost most of her hair due to the stressful takes that Kubrick made Scatman Crothers, whom played Dick Halloran, broke down crying after Kubrick filmed his scene 88 times, his conversation with Danny in the kitchen, and asked "What do you want from me, Mr. Kubrick,!?" Jack Nicholson slept on the set between scenes. Kubrick would be seen arguing with the cast and crew in some parts of the movie. A fire broke out near the set where they were filming The Empire Strikes Back. The hedge maze scene was filmed almost 10 times as the actors and crew would almost get lost filming the climax, and they would carefully retrace their steps. Filming took place in 1978 and wrapped up in 1980, a whole year before the movie was released.

[@nbookworm]

The maze in the book was actually topiary hedges cut to look like animals. They attacked Danny in one scene

[@stevenfisher402]

Thanks for the information, it doesn't surprise me. He ruined Stephen King's work. Why kill of Dick Hallorann? Why change everything about the destruction of the hotel and Jack aka the boiler. Full Metal Jacket was only popular for the first half. He showed basic training, so what? Everyone who's been through it is like yeah that's how it was. The rest of the movie is terrible. Clockwork Orange, who knows, you can't even make it though it. I don't think much of his work holds up.

[@MaxPower-kb4ke]

The Colorado Lounge set was the same room used to film the "Well of Souls" in Raiders of the Lost Ark.

[@787BullyBeatDown]

​@@stevenfisher402 Your comment gives off the vibe that you dislike Stanley Kubrick's movies, not because of the actual film, but more like you just don't like Stanley Kubrick.

[@stevenfisher402]

@@787BullyBeatDown True I dislike him as a human being, 2001 was ground breaking and holds up.

[@williamstevenson8518]

The funny thing about The Stanley Hotel in Colorado is that it's right in town. There's nothing isolated about it at all.

[@MovementGraffiti]

I’m on a binge tonight, no work tomorrow! My big sister used to chase me around the house like Jack with the limp leg while pretending to hold an axe to scare me while playing tag. Tony is Danny’s guardian angel. He helps saves him and his mother by having him standing at the bedside (where spirits like to communicate) with the knife to alert her, not kill her. Notice Danny was holding the knife up and not pointed at her. The knife ends up being what stops Jack from getting through the bathroom door. Tony helps again by having Danny retrace his steps in the snow. Not many adults let alone children could think to do that in such an intense situation. I kinda think the old man still does help inadvertently because it’s the snow cat that gets Danny and his mom away from the cursed hotel and Jack. Imo that’s “okay” because he played the role of a saint and died like most saints do. He was already older passing encouragement to the new generation; looked like he lived a good life(aged nicely, well dressed, money to travel). What a spine chilling movie! One of my faves! I saw this as a kid(way too young imo☺️), it used to come on network tv a lot back in the day. Most of the old greats did. Absolutely loved your reaction! Revisiting with y’all is the best!

[@kayleemeyer4925]

Tony is not a spirit or guardian angel. It’s his shine. It’s more of a psychic ability of sorts. It becomes stronger because of the hotel and the danger Danny was in.

[@thehoundofhorror5120]

You guys just witnessed, not just one of the greatest horror films, but one of the greatest all time films in history. A masterpiece that has ingrained itself in pop culture. I saw this movie back when it first came out and I was almost around Danny’s age. I even had the same hair cut as him lol. Not afraid to say that I am one of the geeks who has a strange but innocent obsession with this movie.

[@kentclark6420]

Me too. Especially the 4th of July party scene in the gold ballroom that gives me feelings of reincarnation, myself.

[@specialteams28]

That wife was the PERFECT wife. Nothing but love, gentleness, patience, and forgiveness even when the husband was disgustingly over line with her. Imagine her married to the perfect husband who would always protect, cherish, and love her.

[@Alix777.]

The music plays a very important part in Shining. The creepy, eerie music we hear in most of the Danny scenes (such a good little actor btw) like when he find the 237 door 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. Contemporary music is something special lol..

[@CentralVallejo]

I attended the SF Symphony years ago, before I knew the name of this piece of music. It was on the program, and I had a real freakout moment when the symphony started playing it. So awesome! 😂

[@dianesterns4961]

The book explains it so much more. Jack has always been part of the hotel. Life after life and life.

[@BillKrayer12thMan]

Also in the book, Jack doesn't freeze to death in the hedge maze, the Overlook blows up because Jack forgot to dump the boiler. Also in the book, Jack doesn't kill Halloran, he's been running around the hotel with a croquet mallet and he just hits Halloran with it and at the end, all three of them are sitting at a lake.

[@belljimette]

The topiary animals in the book scare me more than the maze in the movie..... But both are amazing. I just prefer the book out of the two. Still, one of my favorite movies

[@leonkennedy7662]

​@@belljimette One of my favorite Doctor Who episodes basically pays homage to those hedge animals. There's statues that move and attack you when you're not looking.

[@vanyadolly]

That is not what the book says. It's barely even what the movie says. People just love to read too much into everything Kubrick puts on the screen.

[@Patrick-df5fo]

The main music theme from The Shining was used in a 1958 black & white movie "The Screaming Skull" which was also used in the intro of both movie title credits

[@norwegianblue2017]

I was pretty close to Danny's age when this movie came out. It's funny to watch you guys commenting on how the parents just keep leaving their kid to wander around on his own in this big hotel. That was totally normal for Gen Xer kids. Our parents didn't hover, we were free-range kids. My parents had no idea where I was half the time, just as long as I got home by dinner time. Probably pretty similar with previous generations, but those kids had a stay at home mom most of the time.

[@stewrmo]

Exactly! Here in Scotland, which will probably be the same with alot of UK kids, we were left outside pubs with a bottle of Coke and a packet of crisps while our parents went inside for a pint! We were checked on every so often, but can you imagine that being done today? No way!

[@lyngusrobb5323]

Excellent point! I am a Gen Xer and it was so normal for kids to wander off for hours.

[@Melissa-wx4lu]

@@Whateva67 I also grew up "Free range" as did most of my friends, who are all parents now. But signals are mixed. People want kids to go off and play, but once something wrong happens, the parents are attacked for letting the kids go off on their own and sometimes the parents get arrested. Should kids be allowed to go off on their own? Or not? we can't have it both ways.

[@dandaintac388]

Exactly! Younger people these days miss this point. Furthermore, they were in a hotel resort with no one else (other than the ghosts--but they didn't know about them early on)--where was he going to go anyway? We wandered all over the neighborhood--further too, when we could ride bikes, as far as the bikes could take us and still get home in time for dinner (and if we missed, we went hungry).

[@PeggyV69]

Yes! I’m a Gen Xer too & as a kid in the 70s in the summertime I would leave the house by 8a & was gone all day out playing with friends & had to be home by dark..which was close to 9p. We had so much freedom!

[@dubugga]

There is so so much to this movie that just watching it is only scratching the surface. People have done great essays and videos breaking down the little details. One key thing is that Kubrick was well known for making every shot count and if something was in frame it had a reason to be there. If you guys ever find the time, just look up any sort of The Shining conspiracies. Your heads will be blown. Edit: love your guy's reaction! Freaking enjoyed watching Asia watching scenes behind fingers hahaha classic

[@stevenbridge6961]

The book by Stephen King this movie is based on was inspired by King's and his wife's stay at the Stanley Hotel. If you like psychological thrillers then Shutter Island is a great movie you'd love. Its one of my favourites. Stephen King's books make great movies as well. Most of them anyway.

[@CynicalNarcissist]

still waiting on Harry Potter like movie done to "the dark tower" kings best work imo.

[@dianacarpio8383]

The next King story they should watch....Misery

[@Lethgar_Smith]

The exterior shots of the hotel were filmed at the Timberline Lodge in Mount Hood, Oregon. The interior of the hotel was shot on a large sound stage in in England and is based on the interiors of the Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite National Park. That's the hotel to stay at to get a true "Shining experience" but for the exteriors you'll have to go to Mt. Hood. Although they dont have a hedge maze, there is skiing so the hotel is open in the winter unlike the fictional Overlook.

[@yup486]

@@CynicalNarcissist They should do it as TV series, a la Game Of Thrones, I think they'd have to cut out too much to make a film series of it. But I agree, I'd love a great faithful adaptation of The Dark Tower.

[@kev7161]

@@yup486 There was talk of an intro movie, then a series of mini-series, then a concluding movie. Produced and (at least the first movie) directed by Ron Howard. But it all fell apart for some reason and we got that dreadful Dark Tower movie a couple years ago instead.

[@markgreen9225]

Jack was a reserve firefighter, and he indeed did chop down those doors!

[@ljc3484]

You two had me rolling. Poor Shelly Duvall passed away today & I came on KZbin looking for some Shining - I’m not even sure why I picked your video because I don’t usually watch Reaction videos but I’m glad I did. I was positive I was going to stay because you had mentioned how terrified Wendy was & it’s true! The director had tormented her for the entire production & making this movie ruined her in many ways, her psyche was definitely affected. If you want to know more about Danny then check out the sequel Dr Sleep. ❤

[@rosemadder5547]

Rest In Peace Shelly Duvall. She played it so well. If you've lived through similar stuff, you know she nailed it. They called her a "wet rag". When you've been there, you know she's battling between not wanting to hurt the man she knew, and whatever he suddenly is. Superb

[@cassiemichael7414]

The look on Asia's face when she figured out what Redrum really was...priceless. For everything else, there's Mastercard. (Kudos if you get that reference)

[@robertjewell9727]

This movie has so many undercurrents on top of being a horror ghostly thriller. There's a documentary about this movie called Room 237 that basically interviews all sorts of people about what they think The Shining is about and some of those opinions feel way out there while some are really smart. Fantastic reaction BTW.

[@norwegianblue2017]

That's a great overview of the hidden messages and easter eggs of the movie. If you want to go even deeper into the weeds, check out Bob Ager's 'Collative Learning'.

[@robertjewell9727]

@@norwegianblue2017 , I'm subscribed to his channel.

[@erwinerwinson5941]

You will have misst most of the content of this filem without seeing Room 237!

[@ReelinwithAsiaandBJ]

OMG!! I cant wait to watch this with the Fam!!

[@johncarpenter8527]

This movie is 10/10. This is filmmaking at its finest. True art.

[@freddieparks1417]

Tony is Daniel Anthony Torrance. It was a future self warning him of what was happening. The shine gives him the ability to see some future events. The books explain a lot more about it. Kubric didn't even try to present the story from the book. Stephen King has said he really doesn't care for this adaptation of his book.

[@nicolem376]

When Danny was drooling & the other guy with the shining was wide eyed in bed-Tony was calling him for help. That’s why Grady told Jack that his son was calling for outside interference. The redrum scene was Tony warning Wendy that they were about to get murdered.

[@HowLifeWorks]

Remember the good old days, when kids clearly enunciated the word “murder”?

[@SG-js2qn]

It's kind of funny that not a whole lot actually happens in the movie. But it has you constantly guessing and trying to understand, and the music is the secret star of the film. Now that you've seen "The Shining" you'll understand references elsewhere made to spooky twin girls, a kid riding on his little plastic scooter, a maze, a guy breaking through a door with an axe, and other such iconic things. It's a reference to this movie. As a psychological thriller, this captured the attention of audiences much like "Silence of the Lambs" did years later.

[@staciepoole8161]

Tony was protecting Danny’s mind when he took over. This trauma could have been too much for his fragile little mind. Tony was protecting him the whole time and we didn’t understand it.

[@alysefan2264]

in the book it is explained near the end that Tony is actually Dannys future self which is shown in the sequel Doctor Sleep released in 2019

[@victoryak86]

I’ve watched about four reaction videos to this film and this was the best! You’re a lot of fun and also pretty perceptive in terms of following this for the first time. It’s one of the most analyzed film of life time so there ain’t no easy answers!

[@ENDTIMEsVideoLibrary]

The book is almost 1k pages. I read it twice on my own in Middle School.. They did a pretty good job condensing it for the movie, but the book is even more intense.

[@CJGray-ib5tk]

While the inspiration for the book was inspired by the Stanley Hotel which is thought to be truly haunted, the exterior filming was done at Timberline Lodge in Oregon. The interior scenes were done in a studio in England. Yet, everyone thinks it was filmed in the haunted Stanley Hotel.

[@rothed16]

I've always ranked this as my fave movie all time. Jack only kills one person, yet just watching him go down the road to becoming a total psychopath makes this scary. We had just got cable months earlier in the early 80s and this played basically over in over between Showtime and HBO. I was like in 5th,6th or 7th grade and at one point I watched it 15 times one wknd watching it back to back 5x In a row before My mom said I was fixated with it and turned off the tv😅 My older sister said the same thing. I have honestly watched it over 100x. Great reaction! Side note. A girl I dated visited the Timberline lodge???? Where it was filmed and brought me back a shirt. It is a dark shirt with Jack's face looking through the door. EVERYONE I come across while wearing it LOVES IT!

[@newmoon766]

Yes, Timberline Lodge. And, I guess that was your version of today's more graphic video games? I was in my early 20's then, but I guess I'd have wondered about that fixation. On the other hand, when I was studying for my PhD qualifying exams in the mid 1990's, I went to see "Twelve Monkeys" in the local $3 theater every day for about 2 weeks. Talk about stir crazy. I started getting funny looks from the staff. Apparently we both survived. :D

[@Cat_festation]

Oops I’m late to the party 😂 I’m 58 and LOVE that you two watch films I grew up with (bringing them to a new geberaruon) I was 10 years old reading the novel under my blanket with a flashlight.. There’s another film version of this, but the Kubrick version is the best by far. Scatmab Cruthers and Danny SHINED aka psychic & telepathic ability. Love this film 🎥

[@mariandenk8613]

Watch the full movie. That should answer most of your questions. Scatman Crothers (the cook?) plays a bigger role in the rescue after he arrives at the hotel. The film you watched was so shortened that you actually miss the buildup of the suspense. Try the full original.

[@santaonthecross]

"No sir, YOU are the caretaker. You've always been the caretaker. I ought to know: I've always been here." Grady explained it to Jack in the bathroom. loved the reaction

[@Martin.Wilson]

That quote is the key to the entire story. It explains everything.........and nothing.

[@wulf76]

Danny had the shining the most but was told to ignore it wendy had it a little thats why she didn't mind tony and then she was able to see when the hotel started showing it's true nature. jack had it the least and coverd it with drinking . The hotel went after the weakest mind and consumed him. The sequel is called dr sleep when danny is an adult and all the other messed up things that happened . This is a classic with aslo some symbolysim mixed in. & if you noticed how the time went from a month to days then hours before everything fell apart.. Plus tuesday is always the best jump scene

[@stewrmo]

There are so many amazing documentaries and videos on KZbin trying to explain the messages and symbols that were shown in this classic movie. If you ever have time, they are well worth a watch, they really expand the story. Loved the reaction, as always! 💙

[@simonerognas8226]

Another Stanley Kubrick movie you should definetly watch is A Clockwork Orange. Really raw, dystopian movie, and a classic!

[@mitchycool92]

My personal interpretation of the ending: the Hotel captured Jack's soul and made him part of the hotel. The hotel wanted Wendy and Danny too, but ultimately couldn't. So the hotel settled with just Jack, since he was already clearly beyond saving anyways.

[@loisrogers2511]

I'll try to make my experience with this movie short. I was 27, pregnant, staying with a friend's multiply handicapped son one night. His 2 older brothers and their girlfriends wanted to watch the Shining. I'd heard it was terrifying and protested. They said they'd be there for the rest of the night. THEY WEREN'T! To make matters worse, one of them came home very late, forgot his key, and climbed through the kitchen window!!!!! I was terrified!🤯😱

[@marcelotto6825]

I love horror and thrillers. This was the only movie ever that affected me so much that I had to have a drink on the way home from the movie house. And I don't usually drink alcohol!

[@SweetThing]

I've been to the real Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado (of which the movie was based on) and it was quite an experience. We went to the hotel after we had seen the movie. We had pictures taken of ourselves (before smartphones) at the hotel and when our film was developed, we had orbs all around us. Went on a nice tour there but wouldn't stay a night in that hotel. Weird vibes there. Great movie.

[@PassingMaxQ]

There is a very simple way to find your way out of a hedge maze. Hold out one of your hands and touch the wall. Then keep walking, and choose your intersections in a way where your hand never leaves the wall. Eventually, you will find the exit.

[@jonathanmelia]

The book explains everything. Kubrick deliberately took out things that King wrote to explain what was going on to achieve what Kubrick called “perfect ambiguity.” King really didn’t like the film because of this, calling it “Like a beautiful Cadillac, without an engine.”

[@Sudz79]

This movie legitimately drove the actor who played the mother insane! There's a whole documentary about it.

[@sweetkiss119]

Oh this will be so much fun!!! One of the most terrifying horror films ever made. To this day my mom still says red rum when we are all together at home lol saw this when I was 8. Yeah the 80’s were a different time lol

[@EdPawley]

It's rare for such a classic movie to have a sequel that lives up to the original, but this one does. "Doctor Sleep" was made 39 years after "The Shining," but both were written by Stephen King. If you like this one, you'll want to check it out. The little boy actor in this one is a math teacher now, here in Hardin County KY at the local Community College. I'm told if you bring this movie up to him, he'll kick you out of class. He came here after I graduated from there.

[@LordVolkov]

Doctor Sleep is a labor of love on behalf of King and Mike Flanigan, and one of the best 'legacy sequels' to date.

[@nates9029]

Totally agree. I loved the book and the movie "Doctor Sleep". Definitely worth reading and/or watching.

[@MLJ7956]

FYI - Danny Lloyd (the child actor) made a cameo in 'Doctor Sleep' in the baseball game scene as one of the spectators.

[@MLJ7956]

There are also two versions of 'Doctor Sleep', the theatrical version (that most people saw in theaters) and the extended director's cut version (which enhances the film a lot, is a much closer to the novel than the theatrical is and even Stephen King's own preferred version of the film).

[@WallKenshiro]

Doctor Sleep doesn't close to touch The Shining, but it's still an extremely good film. The Shining is just unparalleled.

[@scottiehargrove1453]

I'm 47, been watching The Shining all my life 20-30 times..... it still unnerving to me even though I know what's going to happen. Jack plays crazy like no other. Love this movie! Asian and Bj..... they made a sequel to The Shining a few yrs back that focuses on a Grown Danny Torrance explains alot about his gifts.... it's called Doctor Sleep. Gave me similar responses I get from Watching The Shining..... 2. Love movie 1408 very Shining esque.... The Shining and 1408 With Samuel Jackson and John Cusack..... my top 2 favorite Psychological horror thrillers. Yall need to watch 1408.

[@susanpasarow2680]

"All work and no play makes Homer something something" 😂 You guys are hilarious 😆

[@kmwk5c]

I really liked this reaction. And I love this old movie. Jack Nicholson is playing his socks of. He is absolutely terrifying! Personalty I think he was having a ball, playing that part. You can see it. If it makes you feel better I can tell you that in the book, by Stephen King, the nice chef survives. He saves Danny and his mom, and he becomes a important person in their lives. He help Danny to get over what happend at the hotell, and he also teaches him how to handel his gift, the shining.

[@calebkaltenbach1003]

(Jack approaches Wendy) Asia: “He’s gonna correct her!” 🤣🤣🤣 You two are awesome. God bless y’all!

[@Carlos.Eduardo.Schardijn]

One suggest, The Omen (1976) is another great horror movie of the time and deserves a react too

[@nyoodmono4681]

Asia sees everything.. she's got the SHINING!

[@orvilleredenpiller338]

“I think he’s still thinking it happened but no way.” If you accept that Danny and Halloran have supernatural mind-reading/Shining/whatever and that everything else is just hallucinations between Jack and Wendy, the door to the pantry unlocking is the only thing that the Hotel itself actually does.

[@angelalacour2384]

When Jack took out Dick Halloran you two had the exact same expression as Danny...I couldn't help myself I was laughing so hard.🤣😂🤣

[@Mikebuster]

I loved your guys reactions. The Shining is my no.1 favourite film of all time. And after watching this you can understand why even though I love the Horror genre, the good films are so few and far between compared to something like this. PURE HORROR. not just "haunted house/jumpscares" as most other horrors are. this is psychological. great.

[@Mikebuster]

PS. during the bathroom scene Jack never looks at the other actor he is ALWAYS looking in the mirror talking to himself

[@hotflash8044]

I felt so bad for Asia because she thought Mr. Hollaran was going to save Danny and Wendy.😂

[@dawnbarber3238]

When Danny is shaking like that, it’s because he’s communicating with Richard, which is really funky considering how far Miami is from Colorado so he’s a really strong shine. That means that they can speak without words mind to mind.

[@mjohnson801]

That slower pace so common in the 70s and early 80s really served well in building tension. And Kubric was a master at it.