The Shining - Torrance and Delbert Grady in the Restroom

[@karlmartin849]

Grady's transition from servant to puppet master is truly terrifying. Best scene in the entire movie imo.

[@londonmaths1557]

so fucking good i watch this scene alot

[@Vashtibucket]

The servants are always the puppet masters lol. Just watch The Crown.

[@periechontology]

This and of course the hallway scene. How peculiar is it for one of the best scenes in a Horror movie to be a CONVERSATION.

[@boisterousbillyclub2772]

You've Alwayss been a yank

[@oldironsides4107]

Grady was the caretaker. He never was a puppeteer. Just worked at the hotel…

[@franciscom.retamal2346]

This scene feels like forever and it's only 3 minutes long

[@BRENDAJASON1]

It’s like a past present thing perhaps like a time travel them meeting each other

[@angelamarchese9464]

I thought that scene was on!y a minute long

[@AUlgen]

It's not even the whole scene

[@leboiboiboi]

XOTWOD

[@fraser_mr2009]

the slow pacing.

[@Freemoney16]

Was I the caretaker ? I dont have any recollection of that at all..

[@ethnicleanserberg7975]

Mr . Grady you WERE the caretaker here .

[@coyotebongwater6833]

Mr. Grady is oh-so shady

[@TSaylor2001]

Delbert Grady mr Grady. I’ve been to the overlook and the July 4th ball in 1921 was a blast:) also you were the caretaker.

[@screamingeagle5776]

yes u were mr grady lol

[@kimmolaine8069]

Yes you were if I may be as bold to say so, sir. You corrected your wife and two daughters.

[@whatdidyousay1455]

Why does Nicholson fit so perfectly into psycho roles?

[@whatdidyousay1455]

***** I think you have a really good point there!

[@thornie123]

Gotta be those pointy ass eyebrows he can make and that psychotic smile he does when he raises em lol

[@doreenhelenekell2937]

Because he has fantasic talent

[@IWDTC]

Dat smile and dem eyes.....

[@jessewhite2879]

His eyebrowns

[@JohnDoe-cp3db]

"Correcting" someone is probably the best euphemism I heard in a movie.

[@wesbervig1272]

Amen, bro. Amen.

[@Angron789]

I creeped an aggressive guy out by telling him I'd seriously enjoy correcting him...

[@painiscupcake5433]

Department of Corrections

[@hisgirl5014]

@@painiscupcake5433 EXCELLENT observation!!!

[@micahnewman]

Corrrrecting, you mean.

[@sillysterstaples4358]

Meanwhile at Target......

[@dcta51]

Sillyster Staples right, that dont look like no 1920s bathroom.

[@eles2147]

......I took such a crap that Mr.Grady wont even dare correcting me.....if I may be so bold sir.

[@wesbervig1272]

Target fired me FOR SIMPLY DOING MY JOB; so yes, Target is a big toilet.

[@wesbervig1272]

Target fired me FOR SIMPLY DOING MY JOB; so yes, Target is a big toilet.

[@dcta51]

Wes Bervig for what.

[@mr.drybones]

"Mr Grady, haven't I seen you somewhere before?" "Oh you must have sir, in 'A Clockwork Orange'...I was Alex's dad."

[@spookypal4199]

drybones and Barry lyndon too sir

[@tabutu1]

Holy fucking shit you learn something new every day.

[@guarachero123321]

Didn't realize! I was listening to him and started to think about A Clockwork Orange.

[@Esotereclectic]

He seems a lot like Mr. Grady while he's seated at the breakfast table, reserved and a bit stern, but seems like an emasculated sad sack when Alex comes home.

[@steved2008]

drybones 😂 genius

[@knottreel]

Very haunting scene, in the way the music echos like distant memories. I also noticed how the freezes in conversation makes this scene even more surreal, like fragments of a dream.

[@luca.1992]

I like how Jack nonchalantly calls out Grady for being a ghost, basically. And he doesn't freak out, but he keeps listening.

[@deanwinward7469]

And the ghost was ready for it

[@StudMacher78]

Cause they’re both insane. And there’s just playing with reality like it doesn’t exist

[@sdftrd]

Phillip Stone. One of the most uinderated actors ever. His transition from Grady the kindly servant to the evil demonic force of the Overlook is so subtle I really didn't see it coming until it was too late.

[@johnking5174]

Philip was a wonderful man. You should watch him in the British legal drama Justice from 1971.

[@Kazilikaya]

He was the evil demonic force all along….He was just pretending to be a kindly servant.

[@charliezz6746]

He was a great actor I think in real life he had a Yorkshire northern accent he was from that part of the country and in clockwork orange I think he speaks with his natural accent yet here he speaks in a very formal posh English accent.

[@Filimaua13]

This scene is genius, since Jack is the reincarnation of Grady he's basically "talking" to his former self. Grady being a ghost has no recollection on his life and gruesome fate hence why he's surprised by Jack's statement on killing his family. But the hotel soon possesses Grady as a "puppet" and talks him into killing his own family. Being located on an indian burial ground, the hotel is a structure of history. A prison. Anyone killed in there is trapped there and becomes a part of the hotel's history. Anyone who has the shining can see visions of things that have happened there and will happen. Which is why Danny is considered a threat to the hotel, and must be 'corrected.'

[@ryanh311]

Reuben Filimaua I've always wanted to understand this aspect.. how do you know they are both the same person?

[@ryanh311]

SuperNoone89 I dunno. I think the Delbert/Charles Grady thing plays more of a role..

[@xkopp375]

Not sure that I agree with everything you wrote, but a brilliant analysis nonetheless. Made me think about the whole scene again. Thank you Reuben!

[@eles2147]

Amazing how he doesnt break the "wall"

[@THECARS7879]

Reuben Filimaua yeah well written and all but I don't know if I agree with the reincarnation of the other.

[@ashleigh25011]

Mr.Grady, you were the care taker here.

[@teorfles]

I sorry tener que disentir con usted señor,but you are care taker,usted siempre a sido el vigilante,I know sr. I was always spin here

[@MontagZoso]

Yes, we saw him say that. Why repeat it as your comment?

[@mr.drybones]

It's not you were. It's you WERE.

[@dencamp6685]

I don;t that N word he said

[@spocken22]

Fascinating scene. "Strange sir. I don't have any recollection of that all."

[@Checkmate1138]

Funny how a lot of the characters in this film happen to "not remember" key aspects of their lives.

[@balboatarandino]

It's all forgotten now

[@sn0m0ns]

I love the awkward stares and pauses in dialog. The 20's dialect from Grady's character makes his evil tones that much more unsettling! I corrrrrreeected her sir... with the roll of the tongue

[@monkeyboy4746]

I know the "stars" of this movie are what got people into the theater to begin with, but the supporting cast really sends this movie to the moon.

[@charliezz6746]

Yes the minor roles too including Lloyd the bartender with that stare no blinking and somewhat dead sinister smile as Jack bad mouths his wife to him.

[@monkeyboy4746]

@@charliezz6746 Yes, Joe "More human than human" Turkel.

[@charliezz6746]

@@monkeyboy4746 Yes and hes still alive today I think hes 95 this year incredible guy.

[@RaoulDuke77]

If I may be so bold sir...

[@douglasdahlstrom949]

If I may be so bald sir...

[@popcornmovies1912]

Don't make me have to.. Corrrect you.. Sir...

[@aestheticaltwat]

Would it be so bold of me to ask... For a kish?

[@br41nb0x7]

I love how Jack's swagger turns to uncertainty then terror. "You've always been the caretaker..."

[@杉村敏子]

This scene is strange. How Grady turns the tables!!

[@66secularist]

His tone of voice changes also as the tables turn.

[@BigGreezyJake]

I think you may be on to something... What if this is actually the point where Grady “swaps” with Torrance... that’s why jack is in the picture at the end and Grady is not... they have essentially swapped places

[@thahoule7924]

@@BigGreezyJake its not. its just that at the beginning, its grady himself ( a ghost, who has no memor of his gruesome fate and actions) and somewhere in the middle, the hotel takes over him, or at least influences his memory so he can remember what has happened and describe it to jack

[@gordons-alive4940]

You've always been the caretaker!

[@MC-yq6us]

They’re swapping and Jack was always going to come to the hotel and try to kill his kids as was Grady, Jack takes over the permanent position at the hotel and does in the hedge maze,

[@sellingacoerwa8318]

Phillip Stone's (Grady) slow shift out of deferential server to suggesting he murder his wife and child in this full scene (not fully shown here) is a masterpiece of acting

[@gianclaudiopalazzolo5156]

He was absolutely top notch! (Loved in Barry Lyndon, too)

[@thebel89]

Dislikers must be "corrected"

[@ashleigh25011]

LOL good one. I agree.

[@rottenronnieful]

Exactly.

[@thebel89]

***** Well the Grady only "corrected" 3 dislikers, 4 is much worse :D

[@raylamp972]

***** GODDAMMIT THAT'S WHAT I MEAN , ALL THESE FUCKN' SPEEDBUMP'S. 👣

[@Nikohere]

Haha yess

[@steelhere5519]

At 2:06, Jack tossed Delbert's rag aside as an expression to say - I know who you are so stop pretending.

[@ethanbanta4714]

One of my favorite parts.

[@ghanasoul]

Ha! I love that part. His face cracks me up too.

[@hippiecheezburger5457]

I love how in most every Kubrick films he lets the shots go on and drag out in this eerie and subtle way. It becomes a hypnotic almost subliminal way to scare the audience and it’s why the shining was always so creepy, you can feel the isolation

[@jarablue]

Kubrick was the best.

[@timmaulden3640]

This scene is truly frightening. Grady goes from humble servant to frikkin' the Devil incarnate....probably the same way he did when he "corrected" his family.

[@Marxistnazi]

To me it makes the scenes awkward, in a good way

[@ovik2k389]

The hierarchical transition in this scene is astounding

[@accuwrist]

Agreed. Phillip Stone escalates his sinister intentions at the perfect pace

[@ForeverAeon]

Jack is actually looking at himself in the mirror the whole time.

[@jacktorrance9688]

How did he open the pantry door where he was locked in?

[@localcactus781]

@@jacktorrance9688 the ghosts of the hotel helped a man who's fate was suppose to become the caretaker it's a cycle of knew and old it's manipulation beneath it all, so truly we will never know

[@benjarvis7485]

I know that long shot of him looking supposedly at Grady looks like he is just spaced out looking in the mirror. My thoughts always were he had the shine too and this was all in his head or whatever

[@66kaisersoza]

If you look at all the scenes hes talking to these people there are mirrors present. Here, at the bar, room 237..

[@takeoffvision2211]

@@66kaisersoza He already saw the lady before the mirror.

[@ked4]

1:48 It's All Forgotten Now playing out in the big ballroom with the echo is perfect for the scene

[@MusicDude86]

+ked4 Never knew what song was playing in the background. Thank you :-)

[@FistOfMichallin]

Philip Stone - one of the top underrated actors in my list. He put the 'act' in acting.

[@Cinematic2005]

This bathroom looks like a target bathroom

[@MontagZoso]

Movie came out over 30 years ago. Kubrick was way ahead of Target, lol.

[@albertoguerra3995]

Wow great job stealing someone else's comment

[@MrSoup-zs4rd]

You can see that Jack was expecting Grady to back down somehow. He stands confident at 2:29 but from the moment Grady 'differs' with him, Jack shrinks back with every breath. By 2:57 he looks scared of Grady.

[@dangermike5429]

grady's wife and daughters disliked this video !!

[@gaylordmcgillicuddy8745]

They should be corrected.

[@RoosterMontgomery]

So did Dick Halloran.

[@BuddyFantastic]

Probably Stephen King, too.

[@patrickdunham1878]

BuddyFantastic I doubt that.

Patrick Dunham Why? He HATED this adaptation (and still does to this day).

[@daveeast4272]

Love how they emphasize the colors in this movie, so much symbolism

[@gregguralnik2512]

This movie NEVER gets old. Stanly Kubrick had amazing talent.

[@jacktrppr1]

The art direction is this film is genius.

[@Nominay]

I love how he looks so satisfied and proud of himself at 2:04 - 2:09.

[@grelm1322]

No he looks like he's about to lose it lol

[@StudMacher78]

He found the killer

[@Paul-os1fr]

This is one of the most well acted scenes I've seen in any movie.

[@marvinacklin792]

Wow, what an amazing scene…both actors stunning, JN is stunning.

[@dmv3373]

one of my favorite movies and a truly well done horror movie. scares you with witty dialogue, great acting and music that makes you uncomfortable and builds tension. slow, dark, and ominous build up to every scary/creepy moment

[@followingtheroe1952]

Usually in shot compositon, when two characters talk, the shots will always be composed so that each character stays on the same side of the shot, the camera is kept within a certain radius of the initial shot. Here that rule is broken and when the camera cuts to the other side of the bathroom, where Torrance was initially on the left half of the shot, he will jump to the right. The effect is very uncanny but also subconscious, implying visually that he and Grady are the same person. If you were to take stills of one shot from one half of the room and one from the other and play them back and forth very fast you would get an effect of Torrance blending into Grady, much like the visual effect of a Pokemon evolution. Later on in the scene the shots are composed so that Torrence is facing grady in front of a mirror, but it appears that Torrance is looking into the mirror, with Grady looking back.

[@futuropasado]

Stanley kubrick.

[@SMG2fanatic]

Shut up nerd

[@DtrueFearless]

Thanks for make my homework easier.

[@kingv911]

Since I was a kid this scene always creeped me out the most. The stillness, the lightning, and when Grady starts talking about his daughters and family with the underlying menace...fantastic.

[@THECARS7879]

Yea it's a really strange bizarre scene and really strange dialog. "Mr Grady you were the caretaker here" You are the caretaker, you've always been the caretaker, because I've always been here

[@eamonwright7488]

Damn, that bathroom is beautiful! I'd give anything to toot a line of booger sugar off that beautiful red counter. If I may be so bold, sir.

[@eles2147]

lol

[@brentsobie3977]

I like you Lloyd, you're the best damn tooter from here to Portland Oregon.

[@Neildo430ci]

If you like tootin, there's some really good shit beyond them stalls, some would say it's straight from URANUS.

[@declanquinn1227]

Shay Wilkerson Booger Sugar 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@johnsassoon7115]

So funny mr Wilkerson, if, you don’t mind me saying sir😂

[@Cooldrummer]

This is just a legendary scene. Just great acting all around.

[@neilfurby555]

Definitive "atmospheric" filmmaking. If this does not make you tingle, nothing will!

[@alexscott730]

Holy FACK what a monumental scean....Even more mind blowing if you imagine Jack standing in that bathroom talking to himself having gone completely off the deep end by now.

[@MilosRS_96]

My favorite movie of all times,i can watch it over and over again

[@timeisaflatcircle]

“That’s strange, Sir. I don’t seem to have any recollection of that at all” - That’s the type of thing one doesn’t forget, Mr. Grady.

[@supermad31]

This scene is perfect in every possible way, the colors, the lighting, the music in the background, the cinematography, the scrept, the British accent and the great great acting.

[@strangerthingshorrorfanbas6977]

I love how a friendly and happy butler can turn into a serious and threatening person that stares in my soul

[@JavierGonzalez-lp3ke]

The moments when Jack Nicholson changes the tone of his voice from friendly to straightforward devious, it becomes an instantly different scene altogether. Impressive acting to say the least..

[@attache675]

Watching this scene so many times and realizing how perfect Al Bowlly’s song coming into the background of a haunting revelation while the lyrics come out “it’s all forgotten now, the trouble and the pain.”

[@1ELEGZER]

he went from a nice guy to a creepy guy 2:50

[@jesterha3310]

Aren't all nice guys creepy

[@Esotereclectic]

Not a guy you'd want to mess around with!

[@plumbingstuffinoregon2471]

That's a cool bathroom!

[@sethbangard5194]

Perfect for shiting and nervously using the urinals

[@plumbingstuffinoregon2471]

Seth Bangard Why would the urinals make you nervous? Those ones have deviders.

[@sethbangard5194]

@@plumbingstuffinoregon2471I meant regular ones without the dividers

[@Neildo430ci]

@@sethbangard5194 - you never been to a sports game.

[@j.clementec.m.1558]

The restroom at target?

[@onehungrypanda316]

It's almost as if Jack once pulls his card Delbert immediately takes on a whole different persona, from lighthearted,polite and attentive to a Dark,mysterious, and serious persona and flips the cards right back on Jack.

[@user-uq4gr5nl5o]

For me, the creepiest quote is "Perhaps, they need a good... talking to, if you don't mind my saying, sir. Perhaps... a bit more." The calm and apparently innocent way in which he suggests to Jack what he should do, is the creepiest thing to me.

[@patrickdunham1878]

Probably the best "horror" scene of all time.

[@msxmurda2385]

I don’t know why, but this scene freaks me the hell out - probably the only film which is actually frightening.

[@kylethefloridaman]

I agree it shows how crazy we all can become when suffering from cabin fever. Underrated movie.

[@garret_thorne]

A friend of mine pointed this out to me... ever notice Jack never looks Grady in the face? He keeps his eyes on himself in the mirror through the whole scene. It's as if he's talking to himself through the whole scene. Brilliantly done.

[@charliezz6746]

Hes definitely talking to Grady the hotel has supernatural elements but the way its filmed is clever in the first Bar Lloyd scene after Jack first takes a sip or his drink it almost looks as though Lloyd is starring up into the wall whilst talking at Jack.

[@danhair]

This scene, maybe it's the music, but it really reminds me of the first Bioshock game. Also I really like this scene, it's pretty awesome.

[@Loyalguardian6000]

I can see why you would think that Dan.

[@theproblematicgentleman8776]

Quite true, putting old music from the 1930 or 1950 in movies or games on modern times truly gives a phenomenal feeling.

[@spindalis79]

The problematic gentleman Both "Midnight the Stars and You" and "It's All Forgotten Now" as sung my Al Bowlly are both from 1934.

[@greywalker505]

Then I’m not the only one who thought Grady should have used “that” phrase to tell Jack to kill his family?

[@7Yearsmarty]

Kubrick could nail a bioshock movie

[@profplum5]

Both actors are perfect in this scene

[@K.Straughan]

Glad this film is still getting more popular still. Horror Classic.

[@THECARS7879]

Now it's in the library of Congress, the haters are probably livid including Stephen King, he couldn't direct a movie if his life depended on it. King hated that this film could stand alone

[@StuartRW64]

I like how the camera breaks the 180 degree rule and crosses the line of action. It visually communicates that Jack and Grady are interchangeable.

[@wtcvidman]

Yeah, I know (referring to the correction you made). But Jack is in such a daze here that he doesn't realize that there are 2 Gradys and in this scene he assumes that Delbert is Charles. Charles is definitely a reincarnation of Delbert since Jack says he recognizes him from the photo that Ullman showed him earlier in this scene, but the photo he saw earlier was Charles. So they must look exactly the same like Jack & his ancestor. Yet another thing Jack "overlooked" while in the Overlook hotel.

[@armandrodriguez8501]

Just 2 guys talking in the bathroom and it's a devastating scene. Far better than all the jump scare scenes of today.

[@saxonsteve]

This scene is phenomenal! Acting is great!!!! And it’s so creepy!!!

[@Ronald6141]

Philip Stone was equally powerful in two other Kubrick films; Alex's cowed father in "A Clockwork Orange" and Graham, Lady Lyndon's attorney in "Barry Lyndon".

[@eamonwright7488]

Damn, never noticed that! Great eyes man

[@ivankaramasov]

The Shining is a sublime and wonderful movie. The best horror move of all time, but also so much more.

[@stevecook180]

I'll just sit my Bourbon and avocado down.. Always luv when Jack clears his throat before an important question..

[@MonicaRodriguez-uj3di]

I like the way he talks 😊👏👏👍

[@wtcvidman]

So with that said, I interpret this scene as Jack talking to 2 Gradys. If you remember the interview scene, Mr. Ullman talked about how Charles Grady killed his wife & 2 daughters in 1970. The Grady here is Delbert Grady, not Charles Grady, and based on the ballroom & the guests, Delbert was alive in the 1920's. So like Jack Torrance, Delbert was also reincarnated as Charles Grady. I think the curse keeps reincarnating those associated with it until their bloodline is ended.

[@juulcarolaquant525]

My thoughts exactly!

[@wtcvidman]

@Juul Carola Quant Yeah my theory is as the scene in the bathroom begins, Jack is talking to Delbert Grady from the 1920's. We don't know if Delbert killed his family like Charlies did, but if he did, the Delbert Jack was talking to seems to be from a time before he did such a thing. It's likely he didn't kill them because if he did, Charles would've never been born. My guess is since the hotel was cursed due to being built on an Indian burial ground, the goal of the curse was to wipe out the bloodlines of the generation who built the hotel and worked in & for it. So therefore, those who didn't kill their family, thus allowing their bloodline to continue, were cursed to be reincarnated until they did and their bloodline was eradicated. But anyway, notice how peaceful & humble he is in the 1st part of the when his back is turned and we see mostly Jack's face. He even seems older and his appearance seems different. Then when the camera changes and Jack is being "interrogated" my theory says he's talking to Charlies Grady who seems younger and much more sinister & aggressive. Delbert from the 1920's did not have any recollection of killing his family and it makes sense why he thought Jack was always the caretaker because he served under him and has no recollection of any other caretaker at the hotel. But when the pendulum swings, Charles has no problem remembering how he "corrected" his wife and daughters in the 1970's, which Mr. Ullman himself confirmed at the beginning of the film. And he urges Jack to take the same path that he himself did in the 70's. So the Torrance of the 1920's must have been reincarnated as Jack because he didn't kill his family (or left some members alive) which makes sense because if he was successful, Jack & Danny would've never existed. So Jack was cursed to be reincarnated until he killed his family which is why he was drawn to the hotel and brought his family with him and fell under the "spell" of the hotel and its ghosts, causing him to go insane. Charles & Delbert would be the same soul/spirit, but the curse of the hotel would have them appear as 2 (with the whole duality theme of the film) & allow them to remember their lives seperately in its manipulation of Jack. It's brilliant actually because it uses the innocence of Delbert to draw Jack in and make him think he was always the caretaker and then does a bait & switch when it activates the memories of Charles to draw Jack in further to commit murder so it could finally claim Jack.

[@juulcarolaquant525]

@@wtcvidman Very intriguing! I always felt like the Overlook itself was the master of evil, who speaks through former killer Grady to the next killer, Jack into telling him to "correct" his kid and wife, like he probably was told to do. I guess that's what makes the Shining such a different film in the genre of horror: it leaves room for your own interpretation.

[@wtcvidman]

@@juulcarolaquant525 Yeah there are a lot of interesting interpretations I've come across. I'm glad Kubrick took the freedoms he did to make the film different from the novel.

[@wtcvidman]

Also Ullman said Charles Grady's children were 8 & 10, yet the girls in the hallway were twins (definitely not 2 years apart). So I guess they too were reincarnated as twins and someone from Delbert's family survived to have spawned Charles. Similarly, I think Danny was also reincarnated & that Tony (Danny's "friend") is the part of Danny's soul that remembers what happened in his previous life & is protecting him from having the same fate again.

[@panagiotisdedes7975]

wtcvidman wow. Nice theory

[@jvgreendarmok]

Either Ullman or the actor may have misspoken and meant to say the kids were "about 8 or 10" years old.

[@aww773]

That is a magnificent bathroom. I would not mind taking a number two in there if you don't mind me saying so sir

[@Hot80s]

that clip never gets old.

[@bubbaXzone]

a wilful boy indeed, a rather naughty boy if i may be so bold sir.

[@samsschool3639]

a willful booooeeeeyyii

[@gliddofglood]

:)

[@DovZeev]

"I should know sir. I've ALWAYS been here,": the cold realization that Grady is the darkness that inhabits The Overlook, and maybe mankind.

[@StudMacher78]

1:40 gotta love Jacks last slip of sanity in this scene

[@matchbox555]

That bathroom is perfect for this scene.

[@alejandro1963able]

There´s something about the twenties that apparently make that decade one of the best for ghosts, at least in movies

[@tomtcf76]

I like the fact that if you really look closely at Nicholson, he isnt looking directly at Philip Stone who plays Grady. Hes consistantly looking in the mirror. It make sit all the more alarming and despite the fact that Grady is standing there it shows that Jack really is imagining him there. Great film making.

[@charliezz6746]

He has already lost the plot by this point of the film but that doesn't mean Grady and the other spirits aren't still there remember room 237 he clearly sees a woman in a bath tub before we see her in the mirror.

[@WilliamKroupaJr.]

Classic! Thanks for sharing!

[@ChillyWonk124GD]

Grady at this point represents the "presence " in the hotel as when he says he has always been here.

[@cuse445]

That's "Home (When the Shadows Fall 1931) by Henry Hall creepily playing in the background!

[@7Yearsmarty]

Cuse #44 no, it’s it’s all forgotten now

[@vitus.verdegast]

One of the most spellbinding scenes in all of cinema.

[@tonyarmijo9519]

Say what you want. But this is one of the most terrifying scenes from the movie.

[@ThePartisan13]

I love how freaked out Jack Nicholson is in this scene

[@bringyourownsnake980]

Uploads of this scene always cut right before Philip Stone's face of pure malevolence. For me, the most chilling image in the movie & one thing this movie has no lack of is chilling images.

[@edwardbliss8931]

Here's my take on this scene. The contrast of the restroom, going from posh to bright red, is that Jack is actually now physically in the present. And because he's staring at the mirror the entire time, there is no Grady at all, rather he's just talking to himself

[@TheBlackLodger]

Edward Bliss Actually the director confirmed in an interview that the ghosts really do haunt the hotel and not just the minds of the Torrances.

[@videocircus]

How the freak do you interpret the true meaning of who Jack Torrance actually is? This one scene is probably the most important scene in the entire movie as to what may tell the viewer what is actually going on, and yet Kubric is cleaver enough to leave it unanswered and to our imaginations to figure out. Grady says he has alwasy been there and that Mr. Torrance has "Always" been the Care Taker. Where does Danny fit into this? Is Mr. Torrance a Spirit in physical form from the get go?

[@scottlage8131]

This reminds me of exchanges between me and my schitzophrenic father. He said I was the caretaker, but he was the caretaker all along

[@skindianu]

Did he ever say, " As you are, so I was. As I am, so you will be"?

[@usmcvet8940]

Notice the background ball room music, the same music we hear at the end with the photograph showing Jack Torrence in the ballroom. I believe this is the "exchange" of souls between Grady and Torrence

[@fatguysarewhales]

I believe that the twin girls are a symbol for the twin doors of room 237 (where Jack and Danny's deepest fears lie). They are not, however, Charles' twins, simply because at the beginning they were said to be 8 and 10 years old. I think that the two girls were reincarnated to coax Danny into room 237, and were the just one of the Overlook's patrons reincarnated to represent something else.

[@thesharmat9956]

This video is excellent, if I may be so bold, sir.

[@normanby100]

Interesting contrast between Jack's Californian drawl and Grady's West Riding of Yorkshire accent.

[@Laakerii]

This scene is scarier than modern horror films all together.

[@deanwinward7469]

This scene is is shan moder horror films

[@elizabethfarrell9650]

Truly enjoyed watching it.

[@fluorosco]

Watch the inclinations of Grady's and Torrences bodies changing ever so slowly as Grady assumes command...

[@kingofstupid5275]

Some people say Jack Nicholsons portrayal of Jack Torrance was cheesy or over the top, but as someone who's legitimately watched someone completely lose their mind in a similar way, it's honestly pretty realistic

[@lacrossewonders9340]

“Mr Grady, you WERE the caretaker here”

[@costanostra211]

The music makes it better in the background.

[@joemancini327]

"Mr Grady, haven't I seen you somewhere before?" "Why yes, I was in that God awful Indiana Jones movie the second one I believe."

[@YondasEso]

Charles Grady went mad and began to lose touch with his own identity. He started to call himself Delbert Grady. When he murdered his family it created a ripple of chaotic evil that jack torrance has been pulled into. So when he hears the name Delbert instead of Charles, he is not confused for a moment

[@adams.2407]

YOU are the caretaker. You have always been the caretaker. I should know, I have always been here. Best. Line. Ever

[@launch4]

The bit I love most is that first minute where they're both kind of upbeat, until we find out the butler's name is the same(ish) as the guy who killed his family, and then they keep on with the upbeat conversation while this kind of simmers in the background.

[@andraw47]

Is that people clapping that I hear at 0:03?