The Shining (1980) MOVIE REACTION!!! FIRST TIME WATCHING!!!

[@patticrichton1135]

That was not really called a tricycle, the type of tricycle that Danny is riding was called a "BIG WHEEL" they were really popular in the late '70s and early '80s. My two younger sons both had one, when they were 4 and 5 years old.

[@tt8807]

I loved my cabbage patch big wheel when I was little. My brother had a Chuck Norris one with a handbrake at the side😂

[@panjamysy]

Three wheels is all it takes for something to be a tricycle...

[@carlr8061]

I got the original big wheel in 1970

[@billparrish4385]

From the book, Tony is Danny's future self, there to help Danny through this difficult period. Danny's middle name is Anthony.

[@brianmatthews1736]

Didn't know his middle name is Anthony till now...the future Danny being Tony now is so much more sensible.

[@mikesterling688]

The Shining is truly a timeless classic. A hundred years from now it will still be terrifying people.

[@vicegrips188]

Have you watched the FX series “LEGION”?

[@mikesterling688]

@@vicegrips188 no

[@robertbunting3117]

I think the final picture just shows the audience that Jack has been added to hotel like the other ghosts that were terrorizing them. Also the hotel is kind of alive, "haunted" for lack of a better word, and has it's own version of shine, but also I think it's in the sequel they say that everyone has a little bit of shine just not to the extent that Danny does, which is why it can make the ghosts appear. and Danny's huge amount of shine is why he can see them before the hotel really comes alive. yes please watch the sequel it's amazing. No tony is Danny's 'shine' he just talks to it and gave it a name as a way for a kid to deal with the things he see's.

[@robertbunting3117]

oh sure why does only my message get the creepy podophile religious guy response

[@w1975b]

Tony is Danny's older self.

[@Parallax-3D]

I took the picture to mean that Jack was the reincarnation of the former caretaker, and the caretaker always murders his family, again, and again, and again.

[@cowboy6993]

@@w1975b what about the parts that look like danny was possessed by a demon by it?

[@teresaluz975]

The only thing you need to know is that the Overlook Hotel collects the souls of people like Jack and Mr Grady, and the cemetery that is underneath the hotel is cursed too. Everything that is evil is there and it generates more evil. Jack is in the picture because he belongs to the hotel now. In the book he loved his son but his alcohol addiction and his troubled childhood made him an easy prey and his mind was twisted by the hotel. Wendy is the hero of the story, despite her fear she saved her son. Loved your reaction.

[@Fred-l5l]

@teresaluz975 but, wait you pulled that out of your ass.

[@Webwyrm]

That “Tuesday “ jump scare is one of the best… it gets everyone lolol. Keep up the good word dudes!!

[@wesbeuning1733]

Trivia. They had to build special heavy doors for the axe scenes because Jack Nicholson had actually been a fire marshal and couldn't help but demolish every door way quicker than they needed.

[@NickanM]

And still, they had to use over 50 doors....😮

[@MrRezRising]

The cocaine helped a bit.

[@senorantonio8413]

​@@MrRezRisingin earnest?😂😂

[@pablosonic892]

Coke, fire marshal experience and Kubrick's insane obsession to detail resulted in fifty doors. He used takes two and forty nine.

[@silikon2]

@@pablosonic892Gotta say, I don't know why he chose those takes, but the damage to the door makes it very obvious it's two different takes. With the helicopter blades visible in the beginning, I sometimes wonder if he deliberately added flaws to screw with people who insisted every single frame of his movies was extremely meaningful. The distant damage from the door could be attributed to the "unreliable narrator" aspect of the film. But it's a lot harder to get there with the helicopter blades.

[@allieaalto4675]

Cam jumping so badly at "Tuesday" made me snort-laugh my tea up my nose lol. Thanks for a great reaction, guys.

[@robertarodecker2558]

Don't forget Wednesday. He got scared on that too lol

[@julien.4617]

@@robertarodecker2558 Tuesday, Wednesday and little girls.

[@billparrish4385]

@@julien.4617 And paper being pulled from a typewriter. :)

[@silikon2]

It's funny because that stuff seems corny to me now. I might have just watched the movie too many times.

[@hereintheyear]

"Located on an Indian Burial ground...." "Alright, thanks for everything!"

[@suzyq3771]

Yep. “We are out of here!!”

[@jesuspepperchicken99]

🏃‍♂💨

[@barrycohen311]

Good for Cam for checking out some of the details. He was aware that Kubrick terrorized the hell our of Shelly Duvall during the filming of this. He was not happy/satisfied with her performance, so he bullied and scared the hell out of her during the filming. And as evil as that was, it did produce an insanely excellent film.

[@musqwatrax708]

Here here. Shelly was tortured true, but it was her best preformance. Not to shabby having instant forever fame in a timeless classic. I did enjoy these boys outrage at how Nicholson acted mistreating Shelley Duvall. Good for them.

[@sprayarm]

….you two are not alone. People have been questioning what’s going on in the movie for 40 years. Books, documentaries, college theses have been written about it.

[@VicMikesvideodiary]

Why though? Kubrick already said what it was about, that he had a deep belief in the spirit world and even though this is evil it's still comforting to know you don't really die. Stanley Kubrick's version is about reincarnation.

[@Fred-l5l]

Because it's a shitty movie, that's why.

[@Ambander-p3x]

@@Fred-l5l Better than the hack Kings books

[@Moviesrockmusicandmore]

Wendy is just one of those characters you want to give a big hug and say its ok, youre safe and loved in this world. Shelly duvall deserved that too and instead went through hell and back

[@Tolstoy111]

The whole "Kubrick tormented Shelley" thing has been debunked. It's an internet rumor.

[@mrtim5363]

To put it bluntly, Stanley Kubrick the director, is widely considered one of the greatest filmmakers of all time. His movies make you think. & Often, you walk out stunned asking yourself, what was that? I want to see it again. Movies such as... 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968 A Clockwork Orange 1971 Full Metal Jacket 1987 Heavy hitters, just like this one, every one of them. That's Kubrick...

[@88wildcat]

One of the telltale signs of a Kubrick movie is that the end leaves you with more questions than answers. He likes to leave things open ended enough to allow multiple interpretations of things depending on your viewpoint. Paradoxically he also has a reputation for being the ultimate perfectionist. There is a reason for everything in his movies but there are also always debates about what that reason is.

[@joaoluizfonseca6914]

Clockwork is amazing, and I haven’t seen 2001, I REALLY need to

[@johnmc3862]

​@@joaoluizfonseca6914Watch 2001, you can literally spend years analysing it!

[@chrisb9577]

Don't forget Eyes Wide Shut

[@Vikramottungadeva]

Add Barry Lyndon

[@30noir]

The reason is affected them so harshly is because the whole family is psychically sensitive, the mom is, Jack is (its implied he's actually quite strong with the 'shining' though he represses it) and Danny has inherited his abilities from both of them. You'll enjoy Dr Sleep.

[@Zane1962]

Great reaction! Just one word for Cam (and don't get to scared): TUESDAY! LOL...that was too funny!

[@ludicolo378]

Wendy really started seeing things right after Jack killed Halloran, since his death really made the paranormal stuff amp up and manifest immediately. You can hear the score really starting to pick up at that point too, with the chanting and everything. The hotel got a taste for fresh blood and it wanted more. Wendy haven't seen anything prior to that point as she doesn't have the shining, but since the hotel got that "boost" from Halloran dying, she (and anyone else for that matter), would be able to see the ghosts as they got that much more powerful after just one death, which is terrifying. (Remember, Halloran had strong psychic powers, "the shining" which made his death extra beneficial for the hotel and it's spirits). This is of course also why the hotel tries to make Jack kill his family and himself as it literally feeds on death and bloodshed and they really want Danny as he has VERY powerful ablities. The more a person "shines" the more benefit it has for the hotel. And yeah, it all stems from the bad indian burial grounds the hotel was built on. There's lots of Native American symbolism throughout the movie. "Tony" is literally Danny from the future, guiding the kid version of himself.

[@brianmatthews1736]

Yes, also accurate.

[@insanitypepper1740]

Stanley Kubrick is the only director who can create abject terror with a scene containing 3 kids and a tricycle.

[@chaosmos24]

The score to this film is the most effective 'horror' score ever matched to a moving picture. Kubrick's direction is brilliant as usual.

[@gen81465]

Not sure if this was mentioned yet, but Danny Lloyd (the actor who played the little boy) was not allowed to see the finished movie for several years afterwards, and was not allowed to witness any of the scary stuff himself, while the filming was taking place. His "scared" reactions were entirely his acting.

[@USCFlash]

Lol...i do always enjoy how stunned younger folks are about a world with no GPS 😂😂😂😂 "You mean you had to look at a map?!?!?!" my 11 year old nephew always says 🤣🤣🤣🤣 It's always hilarious explaining it. "Well you see, you just follow the big red line that says "I-95. When you get to the smaller black line that says rte 72 you turn the wheel right & exit the red line & follow that new line..." i have always wanted to take away a younger person's cell phone, ipad & gps in their car for a weekend, & watch them have a total nervous breakdown 😁😁😁😁

[@evelynne2846]

One of Jack's performance was in the movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. He won Best Actor Oscar for it. The movie won several Oscars including Best Picture from the 70s. I think you'll enjoy it. Enjoyed your reaction.

[@StevenFox80]

I had to pause several times during the bathroom scene because the looks on your faces were killing me! XD Awesome reaction, guys! I'd like to toss you guys an odd ball: M (1931) - black and white movie from Germany. It's a classic and one of the eeriest movies ever made imo.

[@carlossaraiva8213]

M is a fantastic choice.

[@mikeat2637]

Absolutely !!!!!!!! That was the movie that put Peter Lorre on the map.

[@carlossaraiva8213]

@@mikeat2637 And how we won as an audience of films. Peter Lorre was legendary. May i say he was the Steve Buscemi or Gore Burman of his day, or that Buscemi and Burnman are the Lorre of today. Peter Lorre was often cast as villains but i actually prefer to see him cast as the good guy.

[@redcardinalist]

I recommend M too plus (and entirely different style of old movie) "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

[@dewey70]

Awesome reaction. Will never get tired of watching people watch this. One thing the book touched on was if you have the shine, and you die in the hotel, the hotel absorbs your power (which was why the ghosts wanted Jack to kill Danny in the first place). I think that's why after the cook died, Wendy started seeing all the weird stuff.

[@steveclapper5424]

The book is an outstanding read I think it was his very best work. The hotel is alive and people who shine are the batteries that's why it slowly becomes more active. Danny is the prize that will keep the party running.

[@davidsmith871]

In the novel there was no maze. Instead, it was a topiary, with hedge bushes trimmed into the shape of animals. And at one point they came to life and attacked either Jack or Danny, I can't remember now which. Anyway, the book was fantastic and well worth a read.

[@protozoakid6219]

my theory is that the hotel itself is sentient. some being created by the amount of violence and bloodshed that happened on the area it was built, and it needs more violence to sustain itself and gain more power. it also seems to feed of people with the shining. my guess is that the hotel just tortures its isolated occupants until its influence takes over the most mentally weak guest. all the party and ghost scenes are just the hotel manifesting situations with ghosts already trapped in its walls like puppets so it can better manipulate its victim (hence lloyd telling jack his drinks are free as an 'order from the house' and jack joining the party photo at the end. hes now another ghost added to the hotels collection).

[@fuzzballzz36]

You're right. The novel makes this clearer than the film does. Kubrick likes to show not tell, but to an extreme degree!

[@jesses5463]

44:35 He went back inside the hotel because it was too cold to survive outside the hotel.

[@markumphrey642]

I love that Cam got scared by Tuesday!! 😂😂 Great reaction guys! Love that you’re watching and appreciating all of these classics. The messages are very ambiguous as a lot of this is Stanley Kubrick’s interpretation of the novel by King, but I think in general the idea is that the guests that died there are all ghosts that have become “part” of the hotel over the years and keep coming back to it…and the hotel itself is a supernatural force due to all the evil that it has hosted over the years. Seeing Jack in the 1921 picture and comments made that he has “always been there” suggests that they just keep coming back and reliving their homicidal patterns. Same with Grady - the story told about him by the Overlook manager happened in the early 1970’s and his first name is Charles…but when we later meet him in the bathroom scene his first name is Delbert and he is clearly dressed in 1920’s garb and his mannerisms reflect that. It’s really interesting and I don’t think we’re ever meant to truly understand it all…makes it creepier and more malevolent and mysterious. The book is great - quite different and very much worth the read. Dr. Sleep is very divisive amongst fans of this movie, but I frickin’ loved it. I love its director (Mike Flanagan) and I think based on how you guys reacted to this I think you’d both LOVE it! 😊

[@michaelsims1160]

The music by the way was Bela Bartok’s Adagio from Music for Strings Percussion and Celesta. People think the score was written for the film. Most of the music is original pieces of 20 th Classical music.

[@Garryck-1]

Every single 'Shining' reactor I've watched gets jumpscared by 'Tuesday'!

[@FantasticBabblings]

The Shining was among the first handful of films to use Steadicam (tricycle tracking shots among others). Steadicam inventor Garrett Brown won a technical Oscar in 1978, and right after the ceremony he boarded a flight to London to operate the device for Kubrick. Room 237 is a documentary about The Shining that includes many different interpretations of the movie, some of them hilariously insane. It’s worth a view.

[@jamesedwards2483]

The Donner Party Was A Real Event!! One Of The Most Gruesome Events Of The Westward Expansion!!

[@TTM9691]

You guys are FANTASTIC reactors. Best reaction to the bathtub scene, HAHAHAHA! I've seen this a million times since 1980; I never picked up the "ghost ship" line. This is why I love reaction videos! Thanks, guys! You never know what someone else is going to pick up on! It's an obvious line, I just don't remember ever hearing it! I love how you were tripping out on the visuals. Kubrick movies ALWAYS will have you trip out on the visuals, that's why he's one of the top best of all time. "A Clockwork Orange" is CRAZY, intense, dazzling, super trippy. It's a rite of passage for everyone, so definitely hit that one. "2001: A Space Odyssey" is the mother of all space movies, and it's unlike any other. It's not "Star Wars", it's like you are actually on a space trip. The effects are SICK. Best ever. A total mind-f**k of a movie. Those are definitely two you should hit. And "Paths Of Glory" is the one of the best war movies you'll ever see. That's his first super masterpiece.

[@MrThumbs63]

Spot on!

[@CarlosGuzman-vi9xw]

Don't forget Full Metal Jacket 🪖 ☠️

[@TTM9691]

@@CarlosGuzman-vi9xw Nowhere near my favorite Kubrick movie. First half is excellent, second half is ok. The first half is Kubrick's last masterpiece . The second half is nothing compared to "The Deer Hunter", "Apocalypse Now" or "Platoon". I didn't forget "Full Metal Jacket", I purposely didn't include it. "Paths Of Glory" is Kubrick's greatest war masterpiece, not "Full Metal Jacket". Worth seeing, don't get me wrong, but only jackasses tell reactors to watch THAT movie over all the other Kubrick movies. Get some taste, kid.

[@laurenherda2415]

Definitely watch Dr. Sleep it's a worthy sequel. This film is so frightening in so many ways. Stephen King hated how Kubrick made this but I think it's phenomenal. There's a documentary called Room 237 I recommend it gives more about the film. I think the hotel built over an Indian burial ground makes it haunted and it absorbs living souls. People who have Danny's ability are a threat to it and the ghosts. Great reaction you guys

[@RichardX1]

I always figured Danny's shining soul made him a better potential meal for the hotel

[@drewwar9344]

​@@RichardX1That's what makes it a double edgesword. They want his soul, but he can also basically purify the area.

[@Bluesit32]

I think King has admitted the film was good in terms of it being a movie. In terms of being an adaptation of his work, however, he loathed it. It left so much out and he didn't like Nicholson as Jack Torrence. Sure, he did insanity really well, but...playing a sane man seemed to be too much for him. He came off as creepy from the start.

[@kylegacy]

This film becomes a lot more chilling on a rewatch when you realise Jack fleetingly looks at the camera in almost every scene. And I don't mean breaking the fourth wall when he's talking to another character, I mean he keeps glancing into the camera - at us, the viewer. It's very, very eerie. So, the more unhinged he becomes, and the more he flits those dark, cold eyes at us, it makes you wonder: are we in fact the ghosts he sees that are driving him to lunacy and murder?

[@yvonnejaime1266]

😂 OMGOSH you guys have me cracking up! Haha 😆 it's the sound effects that scare you. You guys are great keep making these wonderful videos. I appreciate you. Just subscribed!!

[@sftrick]

I'm really loving these reactions because there is just the right amount of commentary during the movie and then they actually talk about it afterwards instead of just saying, ok that was our reaction.

[@PaulSmith-xc7vt]

Dr Sleep is worth the watch. It doesn't have the same feel as The Shining but it is good. I enjoyed it. I read the books as well. The sequel will wrap it all up for you. Good review guys.

[@ozzybloke-craig3690]

Wow. I must have been living under a rock. I am very good at knowing things like that. I have never heard of it and did not realise all the questions from this movie were answered in another movie. That is awesome. Thanks. I might have to go watch it.

[@69coolchris]

To be honest, I thought Doctor Sleep wasn't great, or scary at all.

[@firekrys]

Agreed, Doctor Sleep isn't as suspenseful, but I still enjoyed it. It was a nice way to come full circle with a lot of issues.

[@okeefe757]

Yes, Doctor Sleep is kind of a different genre, but it is definite continuation of the story of this family and characters.

[@thezappa7373]

Doctor Sleep is exposition to please modern audiences and King himself. King disowned Kubrick and The Shining because it's a different universe to King's book and in no way does Dr.Sleep resolve the purposeful ambiguity Kubrick presented.

[@keetahbrough]

Jack had the shining too. He was experiencing previous memory.. like a past life PTSD. That drove him to madness of which he tried to repeat history. Danny had his own gifts. Danny's visions were overlapping jack's memory.. he could see what jack was remembering. Now, what made all this magic work and come alive in that place? That's where the Indian burial ground comes into play. Agitated spirits, spirits not at rest.. and that energy amplifies whatever is happening on the LAND. Which is why at the end.. She came to see the dead people wandering around the grounds.

[@michaelsims1160]

I don’t quite read it that way. We know for sure Danny has the Shining. That’s why the hotel wants Jack to kill him. If Danny dies there the Hotel can absorb him and his power. Jack has a diminished form of the Shining. One he doesn’t believe he has. Notice when he has visions he needs a mirror to see them while Danny doesn’t. When Jack sees Lloyd in the bar there’s a mirror behind the bottles. When Jack sees Grady in the Red bathroom there are mirrors all over the walls. When Jack sees the Hag in Room 237 there are again mirrors. Jack doesn’t see Grady when he’s locked in the larder because there’s no mirror there. He only hears his voice. At the end Wendy starts seeing thing that aren’t really there. The Bear suit blowjob scene, the elevator of blood. The great party isn’t it guy. Things that happened at the Overlook a long time ago. Why? Because the Hotel feeds off of fear and at this point Jack is chasing Danny through the Maze. Danny naturally is scared shitless. Because of Danny’s power over the Shining the Hotel is able absorb it and use his fear to show things to even people who don’t Shine can see. Danny eventually escapes but don’t feel bad for the Hotel. It killed Halloran. Who did Shine.

[@scoobysnacks]

@@michaelsims1160 Brilliant. Both of your synopses of the film make perfect sense. That's another thing that makes this movie so intriguing. There are several completely different but perfectly acceptable explanations that explain the events of this movie. I think that the fact that the story is not specifically explained keeps you thinking about it long after you watch it. I started reading this book first when I was 14 and it was so scary I didn't get through half the book before I put it away. I didn't read the entire book until 4 years later. It's a horror masterpiece.

[@garbageday587]

The whole family shines. Wendy too could see the ghosts.

[@CarlosGuzman-vi9xw]

Like Halloran said, "some people have The Shining 🌟 and don't even know it".

[@richardkrawczyk5606]

Although Kubrick is a great director, he tormented Shelley Duvall to get her in character. The stair scene took 127 takes and he kept her isolated from the rest of the crew throughout. He also never told her when Jack was going to chop through the bathroom door with the axe. Nicholson hated him for how he treated her.

[@buffstraw2969]

Kubrick started out as a still photographer, and one of his influences was a woman named Diane Arbus. Her photographs have a rather eerie feel to them. She especially liked to photograph twins. The recurring shots of the 2 twin girls is Kubrick's subtle homage to the work of Diane Arbus.

[@barrycohen311]

This one is the GOAT. The Omen is great as well, but this one will kick any other horror movie's azz. The Exorcist is also a great one.

[@amyjordan195]

Tony is part of Danny and protects him. It is part of how Danny's shining presents itself.

[@mustakrakish123]

The soundtrack to this is just pure suspense poured into musical notes, absolutely unique and unsettling

[@michaelsims1160]

It’s mainly original pieces too. Kubrick loved 20th century classical music. The Bartok and Penderecki pieces are obvious. 2001 A space Odyssey used Ligeti’s Requiem and Atmospheres. Kubrick movies are a musicologists dream.

[@JZL-Arkerivon]

45:01 That was pure gold

[@McP485]

There were two scenes deleted at the last minute that flesh out the ending a bit. One ties into the 1921 picture at the end. The other is a hospital scene that was originally placed before that final shot of the 1921 picture. These cuts were destroyed, so we'll never be able to watch them, but there are descriptions out there if you search for them. Also, I highly recommend watching the behind-the-scenes film that was made. It includes Jack Nicholson psyching himself up before chopping up that bathroom door and some footage of how Kubrick was berating Shelly Duvall.

[@tideoftime]

In Re: the two cut scenes -- the attached cut of the hospital scene *was* shown in a limited pre-viewing (approximately 2 days at select theater reviews), but was consequently cut; however, while the original distribution prints were destroyed, there _may_ be an original or copy print in the Kubrick Archives. (We won't, though, know for certain until, if ever, the KA are made available to the public.) There's also tons of other unused scenes, particularly concerning the book on Jack's desk which included newspaper clips about the murders and other historical events related to the hotel, in the KA which hopefully one day we'll get to see publically.

[@irenemichelleanne]

LOL, It was the 80's. Nobody monitored what we watched on t.v.

[@House0fHoot]

*TUESDAY* 👧🏻👧🏻

[@americanfreedomlogistics9984]

there are a lot of small things that add suspense. white noise jack’s typewriter the sound of danny’s little trike going from carpet to hardwood, the creepy carpet pattern, the seemingly impossible floor plan .

[@Don-lg3oy]

Glad you guys really liked this one. Zay mentioned the zoom shots. I absolutely love seeing fast zooms and slow creeping ones, and it’s because of this movie and The Exorcist that I realized how affective those kinds of shots can be in horror. Now if you watch just about any Stanley Kubrick movie, you’ll notice those things in his other films. Also the use of the steady cam. Great movie all around. The soundtrack is insanely good as well.

[@myfriendisaac]

Another classic film!!! The tension never lets up & Jack himself goes from just menacing to absolutely homicidal 🪓❄️😈😱

[@jonathanberardi4111]

When they got to the 237 scene and showing their faces, I lost it 🤣🤣🤣

[@silikon2]

Wendy's actress Shelley Duvall passed way July 2024 aged 75. And no she wasn't mentally ok after filming this movie. She was deliberately antagonized and isolated on set by Kubrick (who was a very difficult director to work for anyway). This experience either created or exacerbated the mental illness she lived with for the rest of her life. It's really a serious black mark on both the film and Kubrick. He did at least take care of the child actor. The kid didn't even know it was a horror film until years later. Plus, in some scenes (most notably when Wendy carries Danny away after accusing Jack of hurting Danny) he's actually a convincing doll.

[@hilleryearl524]

What kind of moron doesn't realize he's in a horror movie?! I never understood that

[@goldenagenut]

The look of terror on the face of the guy on the right during the bathroom scene - perfect! 👍

[@rognroll2786]

I think all the weirdness just illustrates Jack’s decent into madness. Also, I like the maze metaphor…. If your mind gets lost, the people in your life also struggle to navigate.

[@stevenulch2764]

The movie is not even close to book. Wife was strong independent blonde, not terrified brunette. No bush maze, animal hedges that'd attack, no blood hall, no twins, real name was John, he doesn't kill Dock but knocks him out with a mallet. John Torrance doesn't freeze to death, he redeems himself by sacrificing himself blowing up hotel using boiler room. Even Stephen King said movie was trash and he made The Shining: The Series himself, accurate to the book. I recommend reacting to that.

[@seen123]

It looks like you guys had a great experience. What you might have missed that's crucial to understanding is that great films are not so much puzzles to be figured out, nor answers to be easily handed to you, but a unique experience to be had. Good cinema unfolds over time. It changes on multiple viewings, it brings up more questions, it blossoms and matures. Mediocre movies (most movies) are unchallenging, giving you most or all of the answers. You know it's a great movie when you have more questions than answers at the end. Stanley Kubrick, David Lynch, Ingmar Bergman, Andrey Tarkovsky, The Cohen brothers, and Alfred Hitchcock are great filmmakers. Cinema is poetry, poetry is deeper than instruction manuals.

[@trentzelazny7728]

You guys are much smarter than I was at that age. Great analysis. Hope you keep it up. Jaws is another all-time favorite. Hope you keep it up. Continue rocking, my friends.

[@lawrencefine5020]

Jack and his eyebrows alone make you scared. Seen this maybe 50 times and it never gets old. Still don't fully understand the entire film, which is good cuz I seem to learn something new every time I see it. Top notch reacting, guys. Keep up the good work.

[@tylerpresley3282]

As creepy as the scene is, the part with the furry and the guy in the tux cracks me up🤣 "Do you mind, madame?! Don't judge us!"

[@finster1968]

As an older viewer, I liked your GPS comment! It wasn’t as bad back then as you’d think. We had detailed Hagstrom maps in the 80’s. They showed you every single street. Like a big Google map on paper. FYI… I watched The Shining in 1986 when I was 18 and it scared the sh*t out of me.

[@victoryak86]

Kubrick always left his viewers with questions, what does it mean. This is part of why his films are great. Instead of just tieing everything together with a bow, you are asked to think.

[@kojiattwood]

23:44 Bartok's Music for Percussion, Strings and Celeste. A brilliant choice.

[@richnorcal]

Great reaction guys...this is truly an all-time classic, the musical score from the very beginning set the tone and carried all the way through...Jack Nicholson is the male Meryl Streep and she is the female him. An also yet another amazing child actor, like the kid in Sixth Sense and others...incredible performances. The writing, music and directing...it all just messes with you mentally.

[@tideoftime]

In Re: Nicholson vs Streep. While I understand the compliment, I don't think it's an accurate comparison in the more technical sense. Nicholson is a fantastic actor, but his strength lies in being able to evince highly convincing strength of personality in his characters; those characters, while deep in many cases, are not however overly divergent from Nicholson, himself. (That is, his acting is a study in strength of personality and emotional expression vs technical skill.) Streep, on the other hand, has as her forte' the ability to assume a wide variety of personaes and characters who are very different from herself, both in terms of expression as well as vocally/tonally. That's a critical distinction when comparing two actors like Nicholson and Streep: they are both top-tier performers, but they aren't alt-versions of each other but rather two distinctly different performers with very different approaches/talents.

[@dsmkrotj4990]

Danny,was contacting Mr.Halleran using his mind that was why you heard the heart beats.

[@musqwatrax708]

Cam getting scared by Tuesday. 🤣 The hotel was haunting her while Jack was hunting him. Exactly. Like that you noticed sound. It's strings, percussion and a celeste. Looks like an organ but has metal bars for sound inside. Unique. Good review. Had to subscribe. 👍

[@zenonorth1193]

Brilliant reaction - again - guys. Seeing a title card give someone a jump scare was an big added bonus. Thanks Cam!

[@Guitcad1]

"Your money's no good here" is an old expression. If a bartender tells you that then it's "barspeak" meaning somebody else has already arranged to pay your tab for you. In Jack's case, it was the hotel itself or more precisely, the power or entity (or entities) inhabiting it.

[@ericmoore571]

Jack said he would sell his soul for a drink the first time at the bar and poof! Suddenly a bartender with a red jacket who tells him his money is no good appears and starts pouring

[@samhasanain4841]

Besides the amazing reaction I enjoyed your post film breakdown. You guys really are good at talking about what you saw in the film and brought up some great questions.

[@slwh111]

One interesting bit of trivia about this film: Stanley Kubrick must have been a kind hearted guy. He orchestrated things behind the scenes (when to shoot certain scenes, etc) to not have the kid around at certain times. That way, he wouldn't be scared. In fact, at the time that kid didn't even know the film he was part of was a horror film. I wonder if he was like "Why do I have to keep saying red rum?"

[@michaelsims1160]

Leon Vitale who just died last month was assigned to take care of Danny and shield him from what was really going on. Interestingly Joe Turkel (Lloyd the bartender) died over the Summer at 94 or 95 too.

[@jtoland2333]

No, he wasn't kind. He is one of the reasons Shelly Duval is a mess today.

[@iliketostayhome]

Glad you guys liked it. More Kubrick movies!!

[@Parallax-3D]

This is based on Stephen King’s stay in The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park Colorado., which has a reputation for being haunted. Specifically room 217, which was changed to 237 in the movie. The filming location for “The Shining” exterior was actually Timberline Lodge at Mt. Hood in Oregon, but the ACTUAL Stanley Hotel was used for a 1997 made for TV remake of “The Shining.”

[@SuperQwerd]

'NOW BREAK A WINDOW AND RUN!!!!' I nearly pissed myself laughing when you said that.

[@patriciataylor8672]

Shelley Duvall unfortunately later on in life mentally ill and was homeless for a while and was helped some with the help of fans. She said in an interview that doing acting in this movie truly terrified her to her core and was never quite the same after that. I think maybe she had PTSD after filming this.

[@alucard624]

Im just glad shes been able to recover and doing better now.

[@ASKMEABOUTMYGARDEN]

She wasn't ever homeless.

[@ASKMEABOUTMYGARDEN]

​@@alucard624she wasn't homeless though.

[@cainmayberry]

@@alucard624yeah cause she’s dead

[@sacredcoww]

Stop spreading misinformation.

[@amandabroom9878]

Was literally crying at your reaction to the bathtub scene. Hysterical!

[@MidnightTokenFloydChatAccount]

As a Stephen King fan and someone who's seen the mini series which is MUCH more Faithful to the book.... i will say that THIS movie is 3000 times better in every way the book can really drag in parts honestly, it deals more with Jack struggles with his alcoholic issues and not "the horror"

[@Whitebrowpriest]

51:39 - Filmmakers back in those days didn't spoon feed the audience everything like they do in most contemporary films. They audience actually had to exercise their minds, especially with movies in the genres of suspense, thrillers, mystery, Sci-Fi, and drama.

[@tommy_casual]

Definitely watch Dr Sleep. A lot of people give it flack but I think it's a solid follow up. Ewan McGregor does a fantastic job as adult Danny. And the new villains, the True Knot, are BRUTAL. One of the most intense scenes I've ever seen in any movie. I won't spoil it. But holy shit. Brace yourself when you see them in a dusty dirt lot.

[@TheTerryGene]

It is also interesting that the Jack Nicholson character in Doctor Sleep is played by Henry Thomas, Elliot from “E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial.”

[@playerone7663]

I agree, I thought it would suck or be derrivative but it's actually a well done sequel. Had some slight things i would have changed but it was better than I expected.

[@victoryak86]

@@playerone7663it was definitely derivative. The Halloran character was a poor attempt at mimicking Scatman Carothers. It tries to achieve a similar vibe and failed because it was from an inferior filmmaker. There was only one Kubrick.

[@hmsweet5227]

And Danny Lloyd (the original Danny) makes a brief appearance!

[@charliegeo2779]

Part of what makes a film like this so exceptional is that it doesn’t spoon feed the audience all the answers. There are tons of videos out there analyzing the film. Stanley Kubrick was one of the best directors ever. He made several incomparable films. I enjoyed seeing you two react to this classic.

[@CaptainMiasma]

Charles Grady was a reincarnation of Delbert Grady, and Jack is a reincarnation of an earlier version of Jack before him..A continuous cycle of caretakers being reincarnated over and over… That’s why Delbert Grady told Jack in the restroom that he has always been the caretaker, and that he should know because he’s always been there himself..

[@andibay3736]

“Is that Winnie the Pooh? WTF” ✋🛑😂

[@geoffreyfreebern9037]

Great reaction guys. I agree with the others - Dr. Sleep will answer many of your questions. I enjoyed it more than I thought I would but I needed to see the resolution (to this version which is different from the book). and don't forget...all work and no play gives us more reactions from Cam&Zay!

[@cptchaotic]

On occasion if you don't mind after a movie that you end up loving like this one could you look up and see if it won any awards for some of the elements you are mentioning such as sound or best actor or set design. I think it would add a nice element. You 2 as a pair reacting to movies are just a amazing team to watch. Thank you for doing what you do. I enjoy watching it just brightens up my day.

[@uncmello]

No TV and no beer make Homer something something

[@franmiller1381]

Loved the eye roll when the doctor said to Wendy that she had nothing to worry about......... 😆

[@tonyporenshenko425]

No one could do this roll better than jack

[@PunkersTV]

The thing about the Shining that always creeped me out was just imagining roaming about in a huge empty hotel totally isolated in the mountains. The endless corridors the huge empty halls. So unnerving and just plain frightening and that's before you add any supernatural happenings. It's a stellar movie. People are still trying to understand it 40 years later. Doctor Sleep is well worth a watch btw

[@staciepoole8161]

Guys, Tony was protecting Danny the whole time. Think about it.

[@Chakra5230]

React to 1970s version of Carrie.

[@Whitebrowpriest]

Search online to find the prologue and the epilogue to this story, simply titled, "Before the Play", and "After the Play". These weren't published with the original publishing of Stephen King's novel, The Shining, but were later published in magazine articles. They explain a whole lot, and help answer a lot of questions that people have traditionally had with this film adaption.

[@Rick-c5s]

Perfect reaction video!! i was laughing out loud when it was first unfolding.. good and honest analysis... The talking finger: "That wasn't me! I had figures!"...LOL

[@newworldastrology1102]

I always liked the idea there were two Jacks. The writer and the character he was writing about in his new book. It would account for the typewriter changing color and the many other intentional continuity errors. Enjoy investigating the many theories out there. Great reaction!

[@mikecarson9528]

Y'all crack me up. " Cam is afraid of the middle of the week" lol

[@Christian_Ada1]

The Boy Danny called out to Halloran for help that was what the scene was. Great film Great reaction The exorcist and The Shining will be the two movies that gets under my skin in a creepy way no matter how many times I watch it The problem with today's horror is that they jump right into the jump-scares and not enough time to build on characterization of the characters for the audience to care about. It's why The Exorcist and The Shining were phenomenal at that Can you believe that The Shining bombed in theaters when it first came out?? If you guys get a chance watch The Fog from 1980. The year that gave us both The Shining and John Carpenter's The Fog. John the man created the Halloween films Adrienne Barbeau and Jamie Lee Curtis both star in it Ps the Overlook Hotel was Haunted built on an Indian Burial Ground (plus the deaths that happened in the hotel over the decades). Danny was born with psychic abilities that surpassed Halloran's gift. Jack was weak minded (his alcoholism) which is why the Hotel was able to possess him. When the Hotel had enough energy betwen the Bike thing that Jack become and the fear Wendy it was able to manifest itself to Wendy at the end. Wendy was stronger and more willful than the Hotel had anticipated. I love reading up on stuff on the Supernatural, witchcraft, Demonic entities. I started looking that up on sn incident that happened to me after my mom passed away when I was 20 and she was 49.

[@washo2222]

Great reaction, guys. I can count on my mornings starting off right watching your reactions to movies that I have given my highest rating. My theory of the ending of The Shining is that Jack really existed in 1921. He was a successful writer and to help make ends meet he had a job as the caretaker. What he did was he wrote a novel about himself being an alcoholic and child abuser in the future let's say 1980. We are watching the film as his fiction novel unfolds before us and at the end Jack is seen frozen. This means he never finished his novel. Thus the twist ending with the photo of Jack at the Overlook Hotel in July 1921. As far as the music, you guys got a quick lesson in 20th Century contemporary concert hall music. The vast majority of the music comes from a few selections by Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki ( one of selections "Polymorphia for 48 Strings' is on the soundtrack to "The Exorcist" which you already watched) and the 3rd movement of Bela Bartok "Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta." I don't particularly like horror movies that has to have everything explained to the audience. In this case, it made King's 3rd novel ever more popular because people wanted to see if the book offers any explanation and answers their questions. The book is very good in its own right. Unfortunbately, the ending of the book is not the ending of the movie because Kubrick knew if his film would be a success people would want a sequel. He hates doing sequels and rejected the proposal to do "2010" saying "I said all I needed to say in "2001: A Space Odyssey." Fit in "Doctor Sleep" in your reactions. You may be surprised. ( BTW: I hit the like button and I'm now a subscriber !)

[@kerryknight228]

I read the book when it came out and it scared me to death! King novels don’t usually do well in movie form but this one and “Misery” are real stand outs. Great reaction!

[@michaelsims1160]

The book only serves as the basis point for the film. Kubrick deviated from it significantly calling the ending weak which it was. This was the basis for the famous King / Kubrick feud.

[@AnthonyLaMastra]

I loved the sequel Dr Sleep! I read the book and saw the movie and thoroughly enjoyed both. Stephen King hated Kubrick’s interpretation of his book, he thought the movie was too much of a departure from the original story. Dr Sleep does an excellent job marrying the visuals of Kubrick’s film The Shining and the book Dr Sleep. Since the movie is fresh in your mind, go see Dr Sleep!

[@alceraulo8434]

It’s Jack’s past life. He had unfinished business.

[@steewith2ees14]

This is a film that I have known for 35 of my 45 years on this planet, having owned the VHS, DVD and now 1080p BD and I have never seen this cut. The scene with the therapist at the start, long with some of the dialogue in "THE INTERVIEW" is brand new to me. Keep up the good work guys loving your reacts !

[@steewith2ees14]

+ the overt reference to the fact that all the booze had been removed from the premises prior to the hotels closure. If only they had left him a couple of cases of bourbon and none of this would have been an issue.... EDIT: plus the 'deja vu' scene. Ill stop now as I am sure there is going to be a lot more new stuff....

[@headrushindi]

Everyone gets the message wrong , because Stephen Kings original story was not well represented in this film. The Hotel WAS indeed Haunted. Otherwise the Wife herself would not have seen the visions near the end. Many bizarre events , deaths and Murders took place in the Hotels past, that the spiritual entities in the hotel , actually created it's own living breathing entity.Almost as if it were alive , and capable of manipulating time and space itself. Jack Never was (Literally) the Overlooks caretaker, However the HOTEL saw him as Vulnerable , and Chose him as its Next victim. In the end shifting reality and making him literally one of the caretakers.The (son) for lack of a better term was a powerful clairvoyant, and was very tuned into the many spiritual entities.

[@mattsnyderARTIST]

Saw this with my family in the theater when i was 10, that lady in the bath tub scene scarred me for life 😂

[@YukonBloamie]

4:34 "How do you know he didn't have GPS?" I just know 😂