THE SHINING Ending Explained: The Final Shot's TRUE Meaning

THE SHINING Ending Explained: The Final Shot's TRUE Meaning. In this video, we will break down the final shot of an all-time classic movie, The Shining. We will be going through all the details within the scene that make this such a poignant image that has stuck with so many people since seeing the movie. In such a chilling and mind-bending movie with so many hidden layers to the film, we're gonna be breaking down all the possibilities surrounding that photograph and the repeating cycle of the torment of the Overlook Hotel. Starring Jack Nicholson in one of his most iconic performances in this Stephen King novel adaption from director Stanley Kubrick, what more could you ask for!! There is a lot to get through so let's get right into it!
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Welcome back to the Overlook Hotel I'm your host Paul and this video we're breaking down the ending of the Shining. After our initial breakdown on the film hit the one million view mark I thought I'd return to one of my favourite finals to discuss it's final shot in detail. Throughout this video we'll be going over what it really means, all the theories behind it and hopefully finally giving some closure to the movies final shot.
Now this is something that has had people scratching their heads for the best part of 4 decades. Incase you don't know the book takes place in the year 1975 with the 1980 film taking place roughly around the same time. It follows the Torrance family as they move into the overlook hotel to act as caretakers over the winter.
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[@stevenmazey3976]

Are you going to do Dr sleep?

[@timcogan82]

Please do more Kubrick stuff. I would love to see a take on Eyes Wide Shut.

[@paulchomiak1318]

You missed the two Jacks in the lobby in the beginning.. The one Jack and his family being shown the Hotel, and the red jacket (future) Jack in the background cleaning a piece of furniture.. It's when Wendy says "I've never seen anything like this before." He is behind her in the shot.. Watch an HD version of the movie, it's the same Red Jacket Jack takes to wearing when he is replaced by the ghost/entity. There is a book about the film and what Kubrick hid in the film, like the foreshadowing of the bat in the lobby, etc.. Cheers..

[@MzuMzu-nx1em]

This is Zen . To catch with zen, reduce logic and search for patterns to follow

[@bobbylee_]

@@paulchomiak1318The two Jack’s is a theory. A subjective interpretation. It’s not established fact.

[@phantom_troubadour]

“You were always the caretaker” is the hotel speaking to Jack’s internal evil, because “evil” has always been the caretaker. Once Jack accepts this subtle proposition, the deed is done.

[@geraldthebusdriver3491]

That’s just so scary to think about that adding on to that Once he became “caretaker” the hotel just swallowed him slowly and patiently like a cunning and sly animal and at the end it succeeded

[@e8iMm7KE999]

That possibly explains why the names of Grady didn't exactly match. Evil tricks you into thinking that you have no choice and that you have to give in. Kubrick giving names that don't exactly match indicates that Jack actually had a free will to reject becoming the care taker.

[@Dr.Frankensteen]

Just made a similar comment. Evil always reincarnates itself and isn't beholden to society. Society can keep us reigned in. This is why the date "July 4th" is important. The year is just a smoke screen, evil is independent of social responsibility. When evil takes over, we are "free" in a way because we no longer curb our urges.

[@hermanhale9258]

The twins wanted Danny to be the new caretaker.

[@thegasmaskguy2302]

I always thought that the ending with the picture meant that Jack Torrents had become fully consumed by the hotel, and everybody else in the photo were also consumed by the hotel. That the “caretaker” and his family were sacrifices to something far more ancient than the hotel too. Idk that was my thought when I was a little kid.

[@nancytestani1470]

Yep, me tooo..and I will stick to it…

[@jenniferstewart6019]

Me too

[@jdredd8152]

That explanation works for me.

[@paranoyd70]

That's my conclusion as well. Also, I believe that it was also the Director's (Stanley Kubrick) message that people will do evil things just to be part of the club. We see this all the time. And Kubrick was a firm believer that there were (are) evil people that belong to evil clubs. This theme is hinted at in numerous of his films, especially the movie, "Eyes Wide Shut." Also, the pose of Jack in the hotel picture is very similar to an old painting of a demon (devil) which is posed with the right hand raised & the left hand pointing down, just like the photo in the movie.

[@sharonrojas9569]

I believe that is exactly what the photo at the end of the movie suggested. The Overlook was clearly a soul trap.

[@daisyblossomflowerchild9702]

Nicholson's performance terrified me in this movie. He really sold the fall into madness so perfectly. His facial expression at the end in the hedge maze, frozen with a maniacal grin, is nightmare fuel. Really nice exploration of not only the ending but points throughout the movie leading to the final shot. Cheers! :)

[@anthonydileonardo8156]

the only time I thought Nicholson was truly scary was when he stalked Wendy up the stairs screaming about his obligations to his employers and the hotel....no wicked grin.....just a man on the edge losing it quickly

[@asadabdulqaabir4006]

Fall into madness? 🤣🤣🤣 He was totally in wako mode since the job interview.

[@deanfowles3707]

I dunno, Jack has a funny face, perfect for the joker. He isn’t scary though. Grady, now that’s a scary and intimidating face.

[@BlackangelKatakuri]

Always makes me laugh

[@MiniGamerDusty]

The ending of the Shining clicked for me when I watched Dr. Sleep and the name, "True Knot" was mentioned. Jack isn't in a loop, but a knot. Lots of things are repeated, but like a knot that gets tight, things get worse as they are repeated. Jack typing, the twins, reenacting the ax murders, the carpet pattern... even Danny's trike ride, it's all a knot wrapping around itself, ultimately choking itself. The harder you fight, the tighter the knot gets.

[@A330-9]

You just changed my perception of dr sleep

[@timandshannon03]

Same

[@DuwayneMurrelldebajanclasher]

As for the photo at the end I always just saw it as after the overlook hotel claims a soul it adds it to the photo. Hence why Jack appears in it at the end. I do not think it is more complicated as that

[@CharlesDickens111]

Could be - but the ghost of Grady, the previous caretaker, says Jack was "always" the caretaker. Of course, that could just be a figment of his warped mind telling himself that.

[@bryede]

@@CharlesDickens111 Unless the 'caretaker' is viewed as a spiritual character unto itself. So, perhaps he's not talking directly to Jack with that reference.

[@darthbigred22]

@@CharlesDickens111 OK western history past Constantine 101: In a story when someone says they'd sell their G-ding for a glass of beer and suddenly out of no where a bar tender appears you have a what's called "Faustian bargain". The bar tender is likely the Devil or an agent of the forces of Hell. This isn't that complicated and the addition to the photo is Hell bragging them claimed another soul as the mansion is haunted with evil anyways. Not complicated even if King doesn't believe he still knows the tropes.

[@buzzsawgr81]

this is pretty much how I've always seen it as well.

[@buzzsawgr81]

@@CharlesDickens111 it could just be the hotel telling jack stuff like that to further break down his mind so he can be more easily controlled.

[@tombrand236]

This is one take - there are sooo many alternative theories about this film though. My take was Kubrick just wanted to make the whole fabric of the setting feel flaky and dreamlike. Like the whole structure of the hotel doesn’t make sense. Love there are so many twists though.

[@emptor01]

The book felt clearer to me. In the book the hotel was an entity in itself and it needed 'fuel'. That fuel came in the form of people with 'the shine'. Like the kid. The hotel keeps trying to convince Jack to kill his son because the hotel wants his really big supply of psychic fuel. Jack may have had a little but the kid has it in overflow. In the book the hotel explodes because Jack forgot to dump the boiler and he is killed when it explodes.

[@jamybailey]

Ty! This is so helpful! Just watched it for the first time and was confused

[@guibox3]

Yes. The problem with Kubrick's film is that it misrepresents how the hotel and the Shining were connected. You can tell by the comments which people have never read the story because all they talk about is 'Jack descending into madness', as if this was simply a movie about the effects of cabin fever and everything that happened was Jack's fevered imagination. The Overlook possessed Jack because they wanted Danny's shining ability. The movie is a great movie in and of itself but it is a horrible adaptation.

[@StrongSinger]

Yes exactly

[@snowdroog1]

Yeah the book is far simpler to interpret

[@Boo675jhggg]

Yes and so spectacular when the boiler finally explodes. They couldn't replicate that on the silver screen.😅

[@jordansmith2647]

the ambiguity of the story is part of the horror, the movie stays true to how older books leave things open to interpretation...great movie

[@vectorfox4782]

Perfectly said

[@yetanotheruser1989]

Yes, the movie seemingly explains so much, yet doesn't truly reveal in closure. It's so open to interpretation, which makes it so unsettling.

[@shawnkalin9337]

I agree. It should stand on its own in a dream-like mystery, high on a snow covered mountain. Never to be unraveled. I think this was Kubrick's intention.

[@MartaWomack]

All I know is this movie scared the crap outta me! I mean, 2 words, Jack Nicholson. A genius.

[@doggedout]

People analyzing The Shining should watch the movie "Burnt Offerings" (1976). Oliver Reed brings his family (including Betty Davis!) to take care of an old southern mansion with a mysterious, never seen women living in one of the upstairs bedrooms. As the old mansion tries to kill off members of the family one by one (while driving Reed's character nuts) it actually regenerates itself in the process of absorbing the souls of the family members. One great scene has the siding of the house actually falling off, like a snake skin, only to reveal new siding underneath. Instead of a hedge maze or topiary animals, it has a malevolent swimming pool (which actually looks a lot like the one in front of the Stanley Hotel in Colorado). It is pretty obvious Kubrick saw this movie (maybe even King did since the book predates his writing of The Shining) and kind of just combined it with the King novel whether consciously or not to create The Shining..who can say? ..but the similarities are so glaringly obvious, it should be mentioned whenever talking about The movie The Shining. Also, that pose Jack is adopting in the picture is Baphomet. ..and the guy in the original picture is an exact likeness of the actor Joel Grey except years before Grey was born. Which is pretty creepy when you think about it - realizing Kubrick would have noticed it as well.

[@davidcavazos2270]

That is a good flick! I need to rewatch it :)

[@sharonroller8849]

I loved that movie, ending scared me, Karen Black was great 😊

[@rdred8693]

Great movie!

[@Captain-Cosmo]

If we stay solely within the film - that is, we don't rely upon the books, behind the scenes statements, or the sequel film - then I think this film gives us everything we need to solve the mystery of the Overlook Hotel, whether intentional (by the director or the writer) or not. Our biggest clue is also the most "overlooked" (no pun): the ocean of blood at the elevators. It's really quite simple: despite what must be thousands of gallons of blood, there is no evidence afterwards that it really happened. This tells us that what we are seeing in THE SHINING is not literal. It's all in the minds of whoever we, the audience, are alongside at any given moment. It's basically each person's own madness, brought about by suggestion, fear, alcohol, or whatever. Did you notice that no two people witness any "ghosts" together? Danny sees the girls when he is alone. Jack sees the bartender, Grady, and the old/young woman when he is alone. Wendy sees the bloody elevators and the man in the bear costume when she is alone. All of them are having delusions, each in their own way. This also explains the inconsistencies, such as Grady's different names, the ages of the girls, the hedge maze, and the geography of the Overlook. We are seeing their perceptions, not the realities. When Jack arrives at the party in the ball room, it's the 1920s, not the 1980s. Why? Because that is what the photos on the wall show. (Note, too, that Wendy has been characterized by Jack early on as a "horror film buff", making her susceptible to the suggestion of ghosts.) The same can be true for the ending photograph. Jack has struggled to be what he wants to be: a financially successful writer. He loves the Overlook. He feels important there. He's a "real" writer there. His credit is good there. People know his name there. Music, dancing, beautiful women, dress balls. Wendy even serves him breakfast in bed, like "room service" every morning. He even tells Danny how great it would be to stay there "forever". When Wendy threatens his fantasy, he has to stop her. By destroying the radio. By disabling the snow cat. And, ultimately, by trying to kill her and Danny. (The conversation in the bathroom is just his insane way of rationalizing to himself what must be done.) Under this interpretation, the photo at the end is, also, not to be taken literally. We're just seeing what Jack must have fantasized about endlessly: being the life of the party among the rich and happy guests of the Overlook Hotel. I realize that this interpretation may seem more grounded that the more "supernatural"-based interpretations. And it may or may not be entirely what was envisioned by its makers. BUT, it doesn't require any more information that what is available in the film itself. And, in a real world, it's the more likely explanation.

[@hellomate2405]

Brilliantly written. This is one of the most probable explanations. Jack's mental deteriorating in the hotel. I can understand why he like it there. No worries of bills or work and lots of time, it's like from the first frame you know he's like a child trapped in a man's body.

[@anirose6807]

So many theories about the meaning of this movie and so few of them talk about Jack as a writer, his ego, his history being an alcoholic, his evidence of abuse (Wendy mentions him drunkenly dislocating his son’s shoulder in the beginning of the movie) and we see his descent into madness paralleled by his descent into alcoholism, throwing himself “into his work” so to speak, throwing himself rather into meaningless, ridiculous pursuits to make himself seem important (like you mentioned, his desire to feel like he is the life of the party, an artist, a creative, etc.) when in reality, he is destroying those around him due to his own internal feelings of disappointment in himself. He feels emasculated by his wife and he takes this out on her by belittling her. What better to encapsulate this feeling of self hatred than isolation. This is not just a film about the supernatural madness of an insane man killing his family. Kubrick touches on how financial burdens, masculinity, mental illness, alcoholism, abuse, and generational trauma are all interlinked. The man was arguably a difficultperson, but as a director he was so ahead of his time. You nailed perfectly what I feel like so many fail to see from the film and illuminated to me another side of the film I didn’t see before!!

[@danielle1103]

@@anirose6807after watching the movie today, I couldn’t agree more with you!! I’m really glad you mentioned intergenerational trauma too. It’s something that is very overlooked, but it’s real. A lot of difficult topics were touched on throughout this movie.

[@danielle1103]

I agree with your explanations!! So often the most simple answer is the actual answer.

[@e8iMm7KE999]

The explanation of the photo is definitely food for thought. I don't know if that what Stanley Kubrick intended, but it is possible explanation. I especially like the idea that Jack wanted to be the center of attention and the life of the party among the rich.

[@alexanderdumas-]

Every time someone with the Shining sees an illusion it’s usually in a room full of mirrors which Kubric puts at such angle their reflection is just out of angle. The one time it’s shown is the woman in the room whose reflection he looks directly at and it breaks the illusion. Even Tony writes redrum which is murder mirrored. It’s almost as if whatever entities at work operate in a mirror dimension.

[@roadkillz78]

Excellent hypothesis, but the twins were not around any mirrors. Kubrick's deals with the mirrors was surmised that it was Jack, in his madness, talking to himself. I agree with the theory that Kubrick's story was not about ghosts or any entities, it was about a family going mad together. The hotel could have somehow "enhanced" their madness if Kubrick intended for the Shining aspect to be real.

[@LobsterMobster25]

@roadkillz78 Agreed, couldn't have said it better myself!

[@alexanderdumas-]

@@roadkillz78 there are no mirrors with the twins yet the owner who interviews Jack says the girls are 8 and 10 yet they are twins in this scene or…. Mirror images of each other without a mirror. In my first post I should have used the word reflection, and these two girls could’ve seen as that completing the theme

[@kianim8344]

@@alexanderdumas-wow this was really nice and fresh take

[@DaNinja60]

Still a timeless classic. So many interpretations but always good ones.

[@jeanettewaverly2590]

Nicholson is such a great and terrifying actor.

[@lorrainemarino]

It might be an interesting story to hear what happened to the 1921 version of Jack if you go with the reincarnation theory. It seems strange that both Delbert and Charles Grady both seemingly became violent and killed their families and we only heard about one of them from Ullman - and not the one that haunted Danny?

[@JackDullBoy5]

Yeh that’s exactly what I thought! It’s not a theory I go with but after reading another one of the comments he thought that each Grady was a reincarnation of the other and that they both existed at different times at the hotel and both killed their family but like you say only one was mentioned 🤔

[@artmosley3337]

I just said this could have been a series of movies… bet you a Dollar that Taylor Sheridan (wrote Yellowstone, 1883, 1923… this could have been the Best scary movies ever

[@JackDullBoy5]

@@artmosley3337 definitely 👌🏼 Even the history of the ‘Overlook Hotel’ would be a great film on its own.

[@Captain-Cosmo]

What if the photo is only showing us what Jack himself must have always longed for during the many moments he must have stared into those photos wishing himself to be the life of the party, rich and happy? This would support the very simple theory that nothing in the film is as it appears; the family each experiences their own delusions, and we're just along for the ride. By the way: why would the caretaker of the hotel be dressed in black tie and the literal front and center of the party? We can't trust the delusions of an overwrought alcoholic who hates his own life and longs to like among the rich and happy "forever".

[@JackDullBoy5]

@@Captain-Cosmo it’s crazy you say that about him being front and centre of the picture but only being the caretaker, thought exactly the same, he’d be more likely away sweeping up confetti 😂 and I always wondered why Delbert Grady was dressed as a butler and serving drinks if he was the caretaker too. You’re right nothing as it seems and as much is there’s a lot of hidden imagery and fantastic theories about the film they are completely subjective and detective work into what Kubrick was trying to say when in reality it’s more about what viewer takes from it. The fact that we all still obsess over the film and it’s meaning is testament to how great it actually is.

[@chaindead]

This whole video and that interpretation is just wrong. It's far more complicated, in short: Jack is Ken, Wendy is Barbie, hotel is an Oppenheimer.

[@jonnycashh3876]

Lmaoo

[@alexmak97]

Aahahahh. BEST.COMMENT.EVER!

[@Alucard_Q_Kazoo]

I have become Jack, destroyer of doors

[@Yesno-jr7ou]

Yes that’s just stating the obvious ..way to shallow of a comment for a deep director..lol

[@sowder]

MIND BLOWN...

[@cosmicwintermoon]

It's difficult for me to completely seperate King's book and Kubrick's movie when forming my interpretation of the story. I saw the movie first, so that may be part of why. I agree that I feel the hotel used Jack to get to Danny. Danny's powers were so strong, and the hotel wanted that. Jack was more easily manipulated, with his limited ability. I think the hotel was definitely haunted, but had no real power (as Halloran noted) until Danny's presence. I feel the hotel hooked Jack through the scrapbooks and newspaper clippings in the boiler room (in the book, not the movie), causing Jack to become obsessed with the hotel and its history, to lure him in to do its bidding. And used Jack's ego and alcoholism to make him believe he was the important one, and to get him to do the hotel's bidding. Skipping over a lot more I'd like to say, I never felt that Jack being in the photograph at the end had anything to do with reincarnation, or Jack having always been there. I believe it was yet another manifestation by the hotel... and that Grady had most likely "always been there" and appeared in that photo before, and the next caretaker would take that spot in the future.

[@roadkillz78]

I can't help but wonder what Jack would have done had he manage to find his way back out the maze before freezing to death. Would he have "offed" himself? I imagine the hotel would drive him to the point in doing so for his "failures". Additionally, he'd probably realize he'd go to prison, hence, being separated from the hotel for the rest of his life which his only recourse to stay with the hotel forever would be to perish in it.

[@TA-vi6tn]

I always thought of it like this: the hotel tells him he was always the caretaker as if to say and solidify that he is not jack. That's part of the hotel making him lose himself and go crazy. He was the evil spirit entirely and was consumed already. The photo always made me feel that it was not supposed to make sense intentionally just to let us know that the power of this evil can break any rule of logic and do whatever it pleases and make it's own truth. I also feel we were supposed to summize the photo was of all souls who were absorbed and so not just a group who was there at one time for one party.

[@Awaywrdson]

I don't know about interpretations of the movie, I just know it was Excellent !! And the end photo, Could Jack look any "Creepier" than that ? I doubt it !! Great Photo !! 👍

[@alexanderdumas-]

The name of the hotel is the Overlook, referencing the view of the mountains, but it also hints at what we are not seeing. Or actively looking past. Like Jacks Demons. His and his sons abilities. The danger of the hotel. And ironically even the name of the hotel. I love horror books and films and this one TERRIFIED ME

[@andrewbrendan1579]

Fascinating ideas and observations in both this video and in the comments. I love discussions about "The Shining". It sounds reasonable to me that there is a pattern of Gradys committing murders at the Overlook. I can see how a place such as the Overlook would have a high turnover of staff and that even a murder or murders could be forgotten. I used to work in a university building that had a number of suicides and even murders take place there, but how many people even know of it now? Someone died in the apartment next to me and in another apartment a few doors down, but I've never mentioned it to succeeding neighbors as there was no point in doing so. In my own apartment something that may be blood has come up through the carpet and there are specks on the bathroom wall that I think may be the protein from blood that a new layer of paint couldn't conceal. Even with Stanley Kubrick involved this may not have any special or symbolic meaning, but the Gold Room bears a strong resemblance to the Club Leviathan which was the nightclub aboard the ocean liner Leviathan that sailed in the 1920's and 1930's. The liner started out in 1914 as the Vaderland under the German flag, was seized by the U.S. in 1917 and became the troopship Leviathan. After the war the ship was kept by the U.S. and turned back into a passenger liner still having the name Leviathan. One of the ornate, old-fashioned pre-war public rooms in First Class became sleek, modern Club Leviathan. I'd love to know if Stanley Kubrick ever saw the seagoing nightclub and used it as the basis for room in the Overlook Hotel. It's possible New York-born Stanley Kubrick had been aboard the Leviathan when it was in New York during his early years or that he had seen images of the nightclub.

[@sage1682]

You Overlooked that it was all told to you in the beginning, Ullman glosses over the fact the hotel was built on burial grounds and that the tribe wasn't happy. Only to get solemn about the ax murders. Clueing US in that we as a society are blinded to the dead elephant in the room even as it rots until it festers. Forcing people to notice it and consuming them. Hinting with dripping blood in the kitchen next to the 'Keep this area clean' sign Showing with the vision of so much blood spilling out of the elevator. How about some eye scream doc?

[@clintwestwood1895]

Very cool bro, thanks for putting this together for us all.

[@slepwick01]

The shining is E.S.P. (telepathy, telekinesis, etc.). Danny has it and so did Dick Hallorann, the cook. Hallorann talks to Danny about his "shine" while they are alone in the kitchen and explains that he and his grandmother used to have entire conversations without speaking a word. Hallorann explains that buildings like the Overlook can also have a type of E.S.P. That certain negative events imprint themselves on the place and it can take on a life of its own (become haunted). We are given information about various murders, massacres, and other negative events that happened at the hotel through the years. At some point the Overlook hotel took on a life of its own and became "aware". It began using the souls of the deceased to haunt the hotel. The hotel wants Danny's E.S.P. To get it, Danny must be killed on the hotel grounds. This is communicated to Jack and ordered by Grady (the dead caretaker's ghost). In my opinion, the photo at the end means that Jack (having died on the grounds and under dark circumstances) is now a permanent guest, and part of the Overlook. Future guests can expect to see his ghost around the premises.

[@PowerUPFantasy]

Nice

[@MrPiestro]

Good on Kubrick to relent and pull the film from theaters a mere days after release to change the ending to this, vs the one where it shows Wendy and Danny in a Sidewinder hospital visited by Ulman. The current ending is iconic and will forever stick in viewers minds, while the other is just more standard fare. Though it sounds like Ulman had Jacks tennis ball, the one he was throwing against the Native American tapestry. That said, I really wish we could see it as a deleted scene, but alas Kubrick destroyed it and we only have a couple pictures to show it even existed.

[@steveskipper6473]

Fun fact. The original person in the iconic final photo was a person called Jack Ager.

[@mikespearwood3914]

Does Rob Ager know that??

[@timothylangston3560]

Rob Agers Shinning Videos are Legendary. To me the Biggest mystery/clue is the larger number of continuity errors. For a film maker like Kubrick who was known for being meticulous, to allow so many, even 1 was unthinkable.

[@SquidwardLSDSquirtingOctopussy]

@@mikespearwood3914 Rob having a conversation with the spirit of Jack Ager. Rob: "What's your name btw?" Jack: "Ager, Sir...Jack Ager" Rob: "Ager?" Jack: "Yes Sir" Rob: "Jack Ager?" Jack: "That's quite alright" Rob: "Mr. Ager...Weren't you the guy who made all those brilliant "The Shining" video essays & analysis?" Jack: "I believe you are mistaken me with someone else Sir" Rob: "Mr. Ager...I know you were the Critical Analysist of The Shining" Jack: "Im sorry to differ with you Sir...but you are the Critical Analysist of "The Shining" Movie...you've always been the best Critical Analysist" Jack: "I should know Sir...because...I've always been a subscriber to your KZbin channel" lol

[@EricJae.]

It’s still my favorite movie 🍿

[@Mr_Case_Time]

I’m glad that someone is finally making a KZbin video about this movie.

[@evansfanily7510]

lol look at rob ager

[@madmax6487]

One of the most over analysed films on KZbin. Lol

[@AbbeyRoad52]

I think it’s some form of reincarnation. The two Grady’s Charles and Delbert, suggest that multiple people killed their families in similar fashion there. Delbert said “Jack has always been the caretaker” suggesting that he’s always been there. Jack tells Lloyd at the bar “I always like ya” suggesting he’s met Lloyd before and like him for many years. Jack was a former caretaker and is in this revolving cycle of living his life and bringing his family to the hotel only to murder them. It’s like a quasi-purgatory Jack is forever in, his “job” is to keep bring souls to hotel to collect. The hotel is built in Native American land, a cemetery actually, so I’m thinking that the spirits of the Natives buried there and doing this, maybe as a sort of “payback” for building on their land.

[@No1ANTAGON1ST]

I think Jack wasn't as strong with the Shining, so when he drank, it actually brought out his shine, whereas it subdued his son's.

[@magnuskallas]

I always thought the same. It is often told creative people often fall for vice, and are quite capable of killing their own "shine", and torturing people around them. Remember Bukowski's poem "Bluebird"? "There's a bluebird in my heart that... Wants to get out... But I pour whiskey on him and inhale... Cigarette smoke... And the whores and the bartenders"

[@TheTenthDoctorandHisTardis]

I agree that there is a reincarnation aspect/time loop to the movie. There’s another video floating around KZbin has a fascinating take on some of the continuity issues being due to the fact that it’s Wendy’s own breakdown playing a part in the movie too. Compelling film and book, though vastly different.

[@Captain-Cosmo]

We know that Kubrick wasn't loyal to the book, so we can probably safely put aside any interpretations of the film as relying upon it. We also know that Kubrick enjoys ambiguity, or even just the appearance of it. If we look ONLY at the film, without outside commentary, there's no reason to find anything supernatural at all. That does not mean, of course, that the "horror" is not real. Horror can be, of course, entirely in one's head. And I suspect that is a safe way of interpreting this film. Jack has struggled with alcohol and not feeling important. He longs to be wealthy and successful, the life of the party. And in the hotel, he is. His credit is good. He name is known. And he is thoroughly delusional, and causes his family to be delusional (to a lessor extent), too. In this context, the end photo is simply part of his delusion. Caretakers don't attend black tie ballroom parties. He is one of them, front and center. Exactly where he wants to be... forever.

[@GavinEllis-p9l]

I loved watching this movie for a second time tonight, love the video, big fan!!! Love your theories on this film!

[@kanecross]

I literally watched this today for the first time, great timing that you brought this video out!

[@Kiraiko44]

I really wish everyone would read this book. (going to mention some minor spoilers in this but nothing related to the plot you wouldn't already know if you haven't watched the movie) It adds so much to the hotel's history and character, and Jack's, that the movie just could never really portray without being exposition heavy. I almost view them as different stories now, and IMO the book's is superior. The hotel feels so sinister and like a living entity preying on the Torrances, using Jack as a tool and weapon against the rest of his family through his own repressed Shining and exploiting his trauma to turn him against them. All the while it's actual target is Danny, who's Shine is still bright and untarnished by years of trauma, repression, and alcoholism. It will gladly eat all of them though, just like it's eaten so many others over the years.

[@Kiraiko44]

@@lindsayejoy I basically grew up watching the movie and always loved it, I still do! And I also avoided the book for a long time despite having read quite a few other books by King and really loving them. I had heard the book was very different and was afraid it'd somehow ruin the movie or something. It doesn't, but I can see why King wasn't a fan of that portrayal because it's very very different and really took out a lot of the guts of the story. But the movie is still a cinematic master piece and IMO it's still a very good horror movie, it can be viewed from so many angles like some people think there's nothing supernatural going on and Jack is just crazy and drives Wendy insane too. That's the cool thing about the movie, how ambiguous it is (along with Kubrick's amazing cinematography). But with the book, there's no question about what's going on, King does a great job making you feel like you're the one Overlooking this family as it's hunted by a monster in the mountains.

[@matsujonen]

Everyone forgets that Wendy had she Shine just like Danny and Jack

[@Kiraiko44]

@@matsujonen Doc saying he thinks all moms have a little Shine doesn't mean Wendy has the Shining. It means she has a connection with her son

[@LobsterMobster25]

Kubrick's adaptation actually is a whole different story on it's own in a way, King's book is supernatural while Kubrick's film is more of a psychological type horror.

[@leonielson7138]

It would have been especially interesting if Wendy's maiden name had been Grady, meaning that Danny was the cross of the two families the Overlook Hotel was 'feeding on'.

[@watermelonlalala]

One boy escaped from Delbert Grady, and Danny is the reincarnation of that boy. I was thinking Delbert's name should have been "Tony". But now that I invented this son, I think Tony isn't Danny's future self, it's his past self, that escaped from the Overlook in the twenties.

[@leokimvideo]

A lot of clues on the posters on the wall, Kubrick is always teasing the audience at every opportunity

[@CaptainJirk]

My favorite part is where Danny is just standing up in the back seat. No nonsense carseat. Don't wreck and it won't be a problem.

[@Ghkijb6465]

I remember reading about a theory of Buddhist reincarnation that focused on the soul being more of a "scent" or "perfume" that travels to the next life rather than a fully formed consciousness. I believe it was developed out of the incongruity in Buddhist theory that denied the existence of an external soul, but then said that one was reborn. I wonder if that's what Kubrick was mentioning with the "burnt toast." Like how the smell of burnt toast lingers in the air, that's what his soul is doing.

[@andreweisen3465]

You should make shirts of your face cropped over Jack Nicholson's peaking through the broken door lol

[@PrimetimeD]

The Key and Peele skit spoofing this had me rolling.

[@nebusnevermore]

But you didn't mention the note that Jack is holding in his hand in the photo!

[@theterminaldave]

milk eggs spaghetti sauce dish liquid toilet paper axe zucchini tomatoes coffee

[@JackTorrance333]

Nobody ever mentions that detail.

[@holstorrsceadus1990]

The guy explaining Grady specifically says "...I think about eight and ten..." which implies that he doesn't have all the details down pat. Kubrick doesn't make mistakes.

[@ollieox9181]

Just to be difficult, I wonder: if Jack was just the caretaker - not the hotel manager or Master of Ceremonies - why would he have a prominent place in that final photograph? You'd think he'd be lost in the background. I've seen the Wendy Theory. She's the bad guy. She abused Danny. She's the manipulator. Dubious evidence of it though - doesn't hold water. The theory that makes sense is that Jack shines - he's the one who gave Danny the talent - but Wendy doesn't. So the hotel can affect Jack and Danny but not Wendy. Danny's shine is very powerful but Jack's is not - he is barely aware of it, if at all. That's why the hotel wants Jack to kill Danny. Wendy is an afterthought. Now, if this is true, how is it that Wendy finally does see the dark spirits at the end - the pig man and guy in the bedroom and the bloodied servant - when she cannot shine?

[@Captain-Cosmo]

What does the photo actually depict? Jack at a July 4 black tie party among the super wealthy and happy guests of the Overlook. What does Jack want? Exactly what's in the photo. We don't need supernatural elements for the film to work. We're just seeing in the photo what Jack must imagined for himself many times before. Nothing in the film is exactly as we see. It's all about what is in the minds of the people.

[@sharonroller8849]

Jack repeats over and over 😢

[@Mattnoble80]

It is a thrilling film that I have loved since childhood, even my mom was afraid it would give me nightmares but it only made my thoughts bigger.

[@davidagiel8130]

With these types of movies and shows it's like Bob from twin peaks, it's the shadow self, that's what drove them to kill their families.

[@HorrorHermitofHell]

YOOO, was just coming here to say some Twin Peaks lodge dimensions! 😊

[@ianj4389]

My assumption was that the photo was of all the people who died or were killed in the hotel. That it retains their souls.

[@BraveBob13]

One thing I've wondered about the movie is why all the ghosts seem to be only from that 1920's era. Wasnt the hotel built around 1910 in the story? The Shining has always been my favorite movie ever since it traumatized me at 8 when I probably shouldn't have watched it lmao.

[@animalsrcute5762]

I absolutely love both of your Shining breakdowns. My husband just got me the box set of BBC's Luther. Originally only got as far as season 2. Now I am starting over with the box set and because of the new movie on Netflix. I would super love to see your take and break down on the show please please please 🙏👏‼️😁🤩

[@frank_scalise]

Just finished reading "Billy Summers," a portion of which takes place in the mountains of Colorado. The Overlook (and a creepy hedge animal painting) make a cameo. It's really the only supernatural element to what is otherwise a crime novel.

[@Vkiller711]

Thats pretty awesome

[@becorations1]

This was King’s least favorite screenplay of any of his books. He wanted it to appear that the hotel drove a man mad, but Jack had just been in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. He worried people would see him as already being crazy and not get the full effect.

[@flackjacket3dits]

The best movies are the ones that leave you wondering, and this movie still has us all pondering possibilities 40 years later. A masterpiece

[@jasonbuilt2last]

Like Brady before him, once jack died there he became a spirit forever stuck in a time loop like Grady. That whole conversation between jack and Grady. “You WERE the caregiver here. I’m sorry to differ with you sir, but you’ve always been the caretaker . See, I’ve always been here” so when jack dies, he becomes tied to the hotel. That was my idea of it

[@betsyab121]

I am not sure I buy the reincarnation theory. It is interesting, but my theory is that, as you said, Jack also has the "shining." Maybe fhe hotel emits a kind of pull on people with that talent. The hotel insidiously wears the life force from the caretaker. Persuades the caretakers to kill and add the innocent blood to its lineage. People like Halloran, who have the shining but are good-hearted and kind, can resist the hotel. Even Danny at the end of Dr. Sleep, resisted the pull and sacrificed himself to save Abra, was not bound to the hotel after death because of his good deed. But those that succumb to the evil are bound to the hotel for eternity. It's just a theory!

[@HorrorHermitofHell]

Okay so if the photo is from 1921 and the hotel was finished being built ON TOP OF THE GHOSTS OF THE NATIVE LAND basically, was this July 4th( Independence Day!!) Celebration when the ghosts of the land said " excuse us, we'll be giving you a hefty moral bill for removing the essence and spirits of us." Just had to point it out, not sure if anyone else has the same idea or if that was covered in Doctor Sleep

[@BryanJRichter]

I think that we never see what the living Jack Torrance looks like. We see the main individual ghost that the hotel is using to possess Jack throughout the entire film, and there is a picture of that ghost while he was alive there from 1921. We never see Jack far away from the hotel, only Danny and Wendy in Denver at the beginning, and the thought also makes me more comfortable with how psycho Jack seems from the very start of the movie as compared to the book. So, essentially, we are watching a ghost the entire time.

[@pabloa2228]

The song that plays in the background is Midnight and the Stars and you. It’s sung by Al Bowlly. Who coincidentally died during the bombings of WW2 in London. When the bomb went off the door from his apartment slammed into him while he was sleeping killing him instantly. When he was found people said it looked like he just fell asleep and never woke up.

[@batgurrl]

Love your analysis and I love this movie even though it just barely represents the actual novel which I read before i saw the movie. Jack was great, but the novel portrayed him as starting normally but hotel drove him crazy or possessed him. In the movie he seemed pretty unhinged to start😏Didn’t Grady tell him he has always been the caretaker there. That’s how I interpreted it. Truly Haunting image, regardless

[@chadgrov]

Kubrick did us all a favour. A portrayal closer to the book would’ve been harder to pull off for all involved AND the fact that from the very start you feel something slightly off about Jack Torrance, this gives an immediate uneasy air about the film. Think if he played it exactly like the book it wouldn’t have been as good at all. If you don’t believe me watch Stephen King’s own attempt to do the Shining on film in 2001. It is embarrassingly bad

[@batgurrl]

@@chadgrov i saw it and it wasn’t directed by anyone well known and it was NETWORK TV, the home of mediocre made for TV movies, for the most part. He produced it, didn’t direct it

[@chadgrov]

@@batgurrl Produced it means two things, financial and actual production of the end product. He likely did both. And it was his idea and his baby. So it falls on his shoulders. point being is that Kubrick made the right call.

[@batgurrl]

@@chadgrov when a picture wins best movie at the Oscars the Producer gets the award and says thank you. Sometimes they invite the director and writer to join them. Some also invite the cast to the stage for the photo op

[@peteywheatstraws4909]

​@@batgurrl Like Harvey Weinstein? Didn't he get a lot of credit for Turentino's films?

[@opaque4742]

Here is my take: Kubrick is a legendary director who took a great writer's novel and adapted it to the screen. We are all human, but if Kubrick left something in the final cut of The Shining, it was on purpose. If Stanley did, in fact, rewrite King's story for his purposes, so be it. I have read The Shining, I have seen King's TV version, and in my opinion, Kubrick's version is the best creation involving the Torrance family at the Overlook Hotel. Everything he does has a purpose: He made sure Shelley Duvall would cry to excess on the set, so when she did a take it felt real. He also made Jack's insanity break more believable by having the character seem just a bit off BEFORE his slip into madness. It's most real when it is portrayed that way. There's a hint of a crack before someone snaps. the story he told was self-contained and focused on the most human elements in order to draw in viewers. Kubrick's methods can be questioned, his movies can be debated, but he is a master of his craft. This is by far my favorite Stephen King story put to film. Maybe that's fitting because I do not like any of the others much and King himself hates this adaptation. We can say King got his wish when he directed his own version of The Shining, but the final product TV version isn't in the same galaxy as the 1980 film. As for the ending, I think I go with the hotel as the sinister force that entraps its guests who die on the property. It can be ambiguous and still be effective. For me it's spelled out enough so we can draw our conclusions without head-scratching. True art has a bit of a different meaning to everyone who takes it in and this film is high art. A masterpiece.

[@ArthurShedsJackson]

This is my all-time favorite horror film. The ending is absolute brilliance. Part supernatural, part reality. Jack's insanity is a real possibility in real life where most horror films are steeped in supernatural characters which I find silly, comical and predictable (like the "Exorcist") since there's zero evidence of the supernatural of any kind ever.

[@Senor0Droolcup]

Absolutely brilliant analysis. Thank you so much for the hard work making this video. Whether the theory is correct or not is immaterial compared to the beauty of the idea.

[@SilasBarmon-mw1zd]

I think it means that he's in Hell....like the Hotel is basically hell in disguise and jack appears in the photo after he dies because that's where his soul went

[@ericfigueroa5956]

If the photo represents all the souls that died at the overlook, why isn’t Dick Hollerhan in the photo? He died in the hotel as well

[@brianmaple4516]

The hotel is Blockbuster Video and Jack is looking for Mallrats…. He’s doomed to spend eternity there and he’s losing his mind whilst doing it.

[@joeharris2659]

Given the theme of alcoholism in the film, I’ve always thought it was interesting that no one in the photo is drinking alcohol. I’m not an expert in US history but this would be explained logically by the fact the photo’s from the prohibition era 1920-33), but it certainly gives the party image an uncanny vibe. Nice to see a caretaker getting to hold centre stage in a swish black-tie/tuxedo event photo in any case… most institutions wouldn’t be that non-hierarchical!

[@lettybastien4624]

No drinks on the dance floor, silly.

[@joeharris2659]

@@lettybastien4624 No dancing on the dance floor either though, it seems…

[@imwithname843]

I am Shining forever.

[@i.p.knightley6970]

Red Rum was the Navajo chief's horse. It was reincarnated for Grand National victories beating Cacoethes and the Twins Baps Of Met. The owner of Red Rum is Nick Jackolson. He's always been the owner.

[@IndigobluBeauty]

The Shining is on right now on one pf my cable channels lol

[@williamcrowe2576]

Practically any place in a horror movie can and will have a violent past that influences the characters; Camp Crystal Lake was the site of a Native American massacre, the house in Amityville was the site of a mass murder, etc.

[@damc8415]

A separate video discusses how the supposedly true “Amityville Horror” and several other modern, “true” ghost stories were all invented by a well-known hoax artist who was known for shamelessly profiting from the public’s gullibility.

[@DavidDatura]

They spoofed that last frame of the movie in an episode of Community. Which is still a great show, I watch on repeat. Just so funny, meta and well written 😏

[@dizzletwizzle1836]

I recently found out Kubrick is a Greek playwright enthusiast. I have to rewatch his films because the layers just got thicker for me.

[@margaretpalmer6538]

I think the end was perfect……as was the whole movie.

[@anttivirolainen8223]

I personally perceive Stanley Kubrick's The Shining above all as a narrative about how the past, especially the horrors experienced in the past, are always present. Not everyone constantly perceives them, but they are still there. This applies to both nations and individuals. History often influences today's politics as much or even more than the present. The photograph seen at the end symbolizes to me that through his death, Jack became part of the endless chain of ghosts, the chain of horrors, at the Overlook Hotel. The horrors experienced in the past (such as the treatment of Native Americans in the case of the movie) have always been present and are inherently ahistorical. Through his death, Jack became a part of that mass of terrible events that has only grown over time. The timeframe doesn't matter; a certain "cloud of horror" has just covered the hotel from its establishment as well as in the 1920s all the way to the 1970s, or even the 2020s.

[@ThatBaseballGuy13]

You should go in depth about how the hotel and movie destroyed Shelly Duvall’s life

[@cleigh113]

well, Kubrick was extremely hard on her, that is a fact...

[@Alex-cw3rz]

I think something else about that picture other people haven't mentioned is that, this means maybe the next time a caretaker is influenced by the hotel, Jack's ghost will be the one to talk to them.

[@ndogg20]

One of the creepiest moments after the shot of the group photo happens after the credits roll. During the final credits 1920s ballroom music is played, and as the music ends, you can hear applause from a live audience, as the applause settles down, you can still hear the audience mummering and chatting incoherently for another minute. I remember sitting in the theater feeling creeped out. Over the years I've come to believe this was intentional, that the chattering was supposed to be the ghosts of the Overlook Golden Ballroom.

[@chadgrov]

Fun fact: that final black and white photo at the end is actually a real photograph from 1923 and they basically just swapped Jack in for the guy who was originally in the picture. gives it more realism instead of using a bunch of extras and having to get them all into wardrobe and makeup

[@metroidfighter90]

The best theory for why Jack is in the photo I've come across is this. It's not that Jack was 'absorbed' into the hotel so much as he 'returned' to the hotel. Jack is the reincarnation of one of the ghosts from the hotel. The hotel regularly sends out members of its ghosts to be reborn and bring victims to the hotel in a never-ending cycle that repeats itself. Jack being a reincarnation of one of the ghosts from the Overlook is probably why Danny was born with the shining in the first place. The twins tried to burn the hotel down which would imply they too knew the hotel was haunted. They likely possessed the shining as well due to their father Grady being another of the hotel's reincarnated ghosts. The more victims the hotel claims that possess the shining, the more influence on the physical world the hotel gains.

[@addictstatic]

This is a massive Theory Time. Because originally the king universe is all essentially connected and their are nexus points and major players like Carrie and firestarter and the deadzone in the tapestry of the overarching dark tower mythos. To summarized and spoil the series it is the cyclical story of Roland and his quest for the dark tower yet once he obtains the tower the fields in front of the door welcome him and ask him of his journey reading his guilt. At the very top Roland is faced with a coffin shaped door with his name on it and he emerges in the scene at the start of the first book. That being said would the whole king verse resetting Jack as well as all the other characters would be on the same course.....

[@avengemybreath3084]

It’s gonna be really hard to find a caretaker next season.

[@NeverLetOff]

Could this role be played by anyone else but Jack Nicolson?

[@daisyblossomflowerchild9702]

Not in my opinion. Nicholson was perfect in this role. Terrifying! :)

[@heavyspoilers]

Nah he nailed it

[@JC-jt3ug]

I reckon Jim Carey I watch this film and just think they were both so expressive

[@zeidenmedia]

No.

[@MP-tw4fc]

Nick Jackleson might give him a run for his money

[@robertmcginty4146]

I just finished a D&D adventure based on The Shining that i came up with. The party went looking for this picture early on, and of course saw themselves in it, holding specific items they needed to find. They took the picture with them, and it was almost like the photo in Back To The Future. Every time they long rested, one of them got a little more blurry, so they knew they had ro move forward quickly. They had to perform a ritual to travel back in time, and then posed for the picture when they arrived. The final fight happened at the stroke of midnight after they finished a skills challenge. Grady emerged from the red bathroom and became a monster, fueled by the evil.

[@firstlast9846]

*In terms of “The Shine” ability* you can see a few characters in Stephen King’s books are alluded to have the same ability.. and low-key in the book “The Mist” the father *appears* to have some odd sixth sense.

[@kodak49]

Yeah, same in the Stand (phenomenal book btw.) It is speculated that those who survived Captain Tripps (the flu pandemic) all have the Shine

[@josephconsoli4128]

As a record collector it drives me crazy that the song was from 1934, but it shows the band in 1921. Music had an entirely different sound then. It was such an easy detail to get right! Grrrrrrrrr.... The movie is a classic, yet it was Nicholson who stole the show. Few could've conjured up as much creep factor as Jack.

[@Captain-Cosmo]

If we don't take what we see literally, but rather as each person's delusions, then we could forgive Jack for not knowing the difference between a song from the 20s and one from the 30s, just like getting Grady's name wrong, or any other the other "inconsistencies" easily explained by unreliable perceptions.

[@josephconsoli4128]

@@Captain-Cosmo Interesting slant on it.

[@Captain-Cosmo]

@@josephconsoli4128 As a former musican of numerous big bands, I'm embarassed I didn't catch it like you did! It's difficult to know what was intentional and what was accidental. If it was a lesser director, such inconsistencies could be easily dismissed. But Kubrick was, well, Kubrick. Supposedly, a Scatman Crothers scene holds the record for the most takes (140+, if I recall). And Shelly Duvall was genuinely traumatized by his demands. Plus, the film was shot over nearly a full year! On the other hand, Kubrick was still human, and even Nicholson stopped bothering memorizing the script because it was changed daily. I surmise that the film is enigmatic not from any dearth of ideas but rather the excess of them. I suspect, too, that Kubrick rather enjoyed some of the ambiguities and false leads, even (or especially) when they might have been unintended or happenstance. Whatever the case, few films have invited such endless observation and study. And where many filmmakers might shudder at having their films scrutinized frame by frame, I suspect that Kubrick might actually have an almost-perverted sense of pleasure knowing that.

[@josephconsoli4128]

@@Captain-Cosmo Interesting. Yes, like with Linda Blair in the Exorcist, Shelly was literally abused on the set. As far as the song, the early '30's had an "orthophonic" sound that was simply better than true early '20's tinny acoustical sound. Kubrick likely knew this and felt 95% of the audience wouldn't. I didn't even notice it back when the movie came out.

[@cedricjoshuapayne]

Why would a lowly caretaker be at the 4th of July ball in a full tux? The photo represents The Overlook capturing Jack's soul, just as it wanted to do with Danny.

[@thesting6820]

First of all, the caretaker is not lowly, but at the center of the photo because he was that important. Jack had been captured since 1921 because he has always been the caretaker. You're right about Danny. He got away and the twins did not.

[@BrokenhornKT]

How about this!! The Hotel was built over top of a Indian Grave Yard, Who's to say those Reasonable were Cursed and if they Ever came back to the Area again, the Curse would put them in a endless Loup of A Revenge for Such a Sin and Disrespect to the Grave yard.

[@williammiller3052]

Potential meaning to the date of the photo. 1921 was during prohibition, the period where alcohol was made illegal in the U.S. by the 18th Amendment. Meaning, that party would have been fueled by illegal alcohol the hotel (organization not hotel itself (in theory)) was actively distributing. Alcohol is a running theme in the story, specifically the prohibition of alcohol for Jack. This would be a potential neat little tie in. Just a theory.

[@thesting6820]

Thank you. This is a great point. But, don't forget that Jack literally sells his soul to the bartender for alcohol.

[@williammiller3052]

@@thesting6820 If only he had those two 20's and two 10's in his wallet.

[@thesting6820]

Ha. Right, but the bartender, Lloyd (the devil) did not want to accept money. I think it was because the exchange had already been made. Jack had already offered his soul, and Lloyd had provided the alcohol. Notice that when Jack says that he would sell his soul for beer, Lloyd promptly shows up ready to make that deal - a straightforward Faustian bargain. About the two 20’s and two 10’s in his pocket: why was Jack worried that it was going to be there till April? Tax season perhaps. After all, the gold room is a reference to something. Perhaps there is a connection.

[@genlob]

I love The Shining, could watch it forever and ever.

[@gowtham7231]

You have made me watch the movie again and it didn't disappoint

[@mikechicago6200]

The shining is one of the best horror film of all timea and though kubrik was a dick to both Shelly and Scatman it became an iconic classic

[@thesting6820]

Here it is: In that last photo Jack Torrance is there and it is dated 1921. Jack, prominently positioned in the center, which suggests that he was someone much more important than anyone else in the photo, signifies that he is the CARETAKER. Because the photo was dated 1921, it also suggests that he was always the caretaker, as was suggested to him by Delbert Grady.

[@TheTillmanSneakerReview]

It's not that deep. The final shot shows everybody taken by the hotel. The hotel isn't a place but a living entity.

[@Professor_Fate]

Occam's Razor would dictate that the Overlook's manager simply made a mistake regarding Grady's name and girls' ages. After all, he's recounting something that happened not to him or under his watch, but to his predecessor, and years ago at that.

[@derp.crapcrackers]

Jack Nicholson is such a good joker. Ps if ya can't tell I absolutely love batman

[@sandybiltz2476]

Let's not psychoanalysis this film!!! Takes all the fun out of it! Let's just enjoy the fun & fear of loving to be scared while being safe!!!

[@antimatta8714]

It's a classic.👍

[@spacemissing]

Many people (dis)credit the hotel --- the building itself --- as being evil. Buildings cannot be either evil or good. That does not preclude or prevent them from being fully taken over by evil forces, though, and that is plainly what happened at the Overlook early in its history. The inconsistencies are potentially the result of illusions and dreams, along with manipulations by various evil entities.

[@ClaireCopeland-n6y]

The scariest damn movie since the down of time. Saw this as a ten yearold. Was terrified by it all through the years and still wont watch it alone

[@deadmanrunning6670]

Doctor Sleep is a must watch film if you like The Shining. It could very well have been a stand-alone movie, but they did an excellent job tying it in back to the Overlook Hotel in grand fashion.

[@BIGSTANK1983]

I know all about this movie and book but have never seen it or read the book. I think it's time to finally see and read it.