YIIIIKES!!! THE SHINING (1980) - FIRST TIME WATCHING - MOVIE REACTION

[@MovieswithMary]

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[@hannahpumpkins4359]

You should watch the movie 'May' - kzbin.info/www/bejne/bIDOgWqAmLqMjKc

[@jdm1066]

Seriously...Now react to "The Wendy Theory" of The Shining to have your mind blown... No other YT Reactor has done it yet either.

[@MetallicOpeth]

couldn't agree more about horror movies that are tense all the way through. the overuse of jumpscares is so cheap and lame

[@jesussalazar1901]

The Shining is one of my favorite horror movies a recommendation for a Halloween movies The Nightmare on Elm Street, Beetlejuice, the Evil Dead trilogy, Scream

[@jesussalazar1901]

If you want to continue The Shining Story see Doctor Sleep 2019 is a sequel to it

[@GD-tt6hl]

"Here's Johnny!" is the thing I like watching reactors react to the most. It's just so interesting how a phrase was once ubiquitous, it was said on television every night for 30 years, has completely disappeared from the pop culture lexicon to anyone under 40. It just shows something can be absolutely world famous one minute and forgotten the next.

[@matthewdunham1689]

Well said alluding to the Johnny Carson "Tonight Show" a staple of American culture for a very long time.

[@rajdixit1605]

I know. It always aggravates me when people think "Heeeeer's Johnny!" came from this movie and not from The Tonight Show

[@davewhitmore1958]

"The Tonight Show" has different hosts and schtick, The Shining is always The Shining . . .

[@richelliott9320]

It hit me when Bob Hope died and a coworker had no idea who he was

[@corvus1970]

@@richelliott9320 Ouch. That's a tough one. "Aw man, Bob Hope died." "Who the hell is that?" "... I'd explain, but apparently it's my time too. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go to the beach and slowly walk out into the waves and vanish, never to be seen again."

[@Stevarooni]

"Mega-serial killer vibes." Oh, that's just Jack Nicholson.

[@matthewdunham1689]

Indeed 🤣

[@GroovingPict]

makes me wonder what Silence Of The Lambs would have been like with Jack instead of Anthony

[@Hayseo]

The word you are looking for is “suspense”. This is a horror movie with exactly one murder and one man frozen to death. What makes it good is the suspense. If you want to watch more suspense movies then Alfred Hitchcock movie will do.

[@Ocrilat]

Definitely. it's not the destination, but the journey.

[@invictussupremus5832]

Hitchcock the absolute master! Wish there were more reactions to his movies on youtube!

[@krautgazer]

In a colloquial sense, yes. However, "suspense" is a very definitive word in storytelling and Alfred Hitchcock himself often explained it by comparing "suspense" with "surprise" and "mystery". A "MYSTERY" is when the main character (or the character we're following in a given moment) doesn't know about something that's happening or has happened, and the audience ALSO doesn't know, so we have to unwrap the mystery together with the character. A "SURPRISE" is when the main character and the audience suddenly KNOWS something that has come up. It could be a plot twist, a jump scare, or just a revelation. The information reveals itself. A "SUSPENSE" is the most complex storytelling device because it happens when the character DOESN'T know an information that the audience KNOWS. We feel the suspense because we're expecting something that WE KNOW ABOUT to happen to the character who DOESN'T KNOW. Therefore, the anticipation for the surprise reveal gets SUSPENDED in the air. Alfred Hitchcock famously used the example of a bomb hidden underneath a table when two people are having a conversation. If the bomb explodes all of a sudden, that's a surprise. If the camera shows the bomb to the audience before it explodes but the characters at the table do not see the bomb, that's a suspense. I would add that if the characters and the audience hear a noise in the room from the device and go investigate, that's a mystery.

[@davidfitnesstech]

Right, this movie doesn't rely on cheap jump scares. This is much more cerebral. One of the many reasons why it's a classic.

[@chrisrus1965]

The jump scare is when it goes black and says "Tuesday ".

[@lethaldose2000]

You gotta recognize Shelley Duvall's amazing acting in this film. In particular, to the parts where she is genuinely afraid, screaming, and utterly hysterical because of the Hotel and especially Jack send he batty. Plus Kubric did her no favors, having the crew and other actors spurn her, so she would feel even more isolated.

[@artman2oo3]

Oh I heard he did much, much more than that to her.

[@hanonondricek411]

Shelly Duvall is the dark-horse champion of this film, giving an absolutely unabashed rare performance of ugly and undignified terror, but her character still manages to fight back to save herself and her son - with the assist from Dick Hallorann showing up at exactly the right time in response to knowing Danny was in danger. More is made of this in the book: Hallorann asks Danny to focus and try to project a thought to him, _(!!!HI, DICK!!!)_ and it hits him so hard Hallorann bites his own lip and makes it bleed. He jokes that if Danny needs help, he should try to call him, "Maybe I'll hear you all the way in Florida!" (which is exactly what happens.) Also of note - in the book Wendy has several broken ribs since Jack is using a wooden mallet instead of an axe (they both have done major damage to each other and one entire chapter is the _slowest ever_ chase scene down a hallway with both of them critically injured - nigh-unfilmable) and she does _not_ have a knife with her in the bathroom. She ends up pawing through the medicine cabinet and arms herself with the one thing she can find: _safety injector razor blades_ holding the bare blade in her fingers, cutting herself also as she slices at Jack's hand as he's reaching through trying to unlock the door.

[@nodak81]

Too bad she's completely lost her mind irl. Ever see her interview on Dr. Phil? I would laugh if it wasn't so sad.

[@AspieMediaBobby]

@@nodak81 Dr. Philip McGraw is a hack and should`ve had his license as a psychologist revoked years ago for the unprofessional,douchebag way he exploits his patients for cheap reality talk show drama on TV!

[@brigidtheirish]

@@artman2oo3 I heard most of that was made up for the 'documentary' of the film that Kubrick himself directed.

[@themiIes]

All Horror and no Comedy make Mary a scared Girl

[@CalciumChief]

18:36 Which is how to NOT make a scary movie. Constantly having stuff pop up in your face going "BOO!" isn't scary, it's just startling. Actual scares from the anticipation, fear of the unknown. Less is more.

[@kapelski104]

I love how they cut so little in this movie and use so wide lenses. It really gives you a sense of the space they're in which makes the hiding and running in the end much tenser.

[@ademozkum2716]

A great monster comedy is Tremors, which I think Mary would actually enjoy. Classic horror includes The Omen (original one), The Exorcist, and The Thing.

[@takewhataway]

She already watched the thing. It's an awesome react video😄

[@periechontology]

Tremors? bleh

[@corvus1970]

Tremors would be an excellent choice.

[@periechontology]

@@corvus1970 Pretty goofy movie but I see it has a cult following.

[@MRxMADHATTER]

Yes Tremors.

[@CaptainDansWanderings]

Apparently Stanley Kubrick handled the filming of the scenes with the little boy in a way that the child never knew he was in a horror movie.

[@dylandelahaie7800]

Wich is surprisingly sweet compared to how he treated all the main adults actors.

[@TornSoul062473]

I'm going to say Tucker and Dale VS Evil, only because it's scary, but really funny. They did a great job in that movie using humor to take the pressure off the horror part. If you're going to watch a horror movie, might as well have a laugh about it as well.

[@3DJapan]

The whole concept of that is hilarious.

[@NathanWert]

I was going to suggest the same movie.

[@throwacnt7603]

Perfect pick.

[@kushstein]

How is it scary? It’s a parody of horror films lol. It’s supposed to be funny, idk any parts that were scary. Some horrific moments but not scary.

[@unyieldingmonotony4453]

OMG YES!. Please watch Tucker and Dale vs Evil. It's amazing.

[@silversnail1413]

The reason Danny doesn't share his visions with his parents is better explained in the book. He knows that talking about it will just upset them and cause them even greater stress, so he keeps it to himself. Danny is very sensitive and empathetic because of his Shining powers and he deliberately tries to avoid upsetting his parents, especially Jack because he's a violent alcoholic who can be very unpredictable.

[@Ocrilat]

Well, I'd avoid using the book to understand points in the film. Considering Danny is 5, is in an abusive alcoholic family dynamic, and Tony told him not to talk about it with his parents is reason(s) enough I think.

[@jmhaces]

Don't remember if the movie mentions it or it's just in the book, but Jack by this point has already hurt Danny in one of his alcoholic rages and that's also why he keeps all that stuff to himself. Jack broke his arm or something like that. It's been years since I read the book or watched the movie, so I'm a bit fuzzy.

[@silversnail1413]

@@Ocrilat "I'd avoid using the book to understand points in the film" I disagree. Some of the things in the film can only be fully understood if you've read the book, like the identity of the woman of the bathtub and the story behind the man in the bear costume that Wendy sees while searching for Danny in the hotel. "Tony" telling Danny not to tell his parents about the things he sees while Shining implies that he is at least subconsciously aware of how dysfunctional his family situation is and that he shouldn't rock the boat.

[@Ocrilat]

@@silversnail1413 Then you fall down the rabbit hole when the film and the book disagree. Later King suggested that 'Tony' was actually 'Future Danny'...which makes no sense in the film. The film and book are different things. Something laid out in the book may, or may not, help in understanding something in the film. It's not authoritative in any way.

[@Ocrilat]

@@jmhaces It's in both film and movie. It hints or suggests that Danny was physically abused by his father, (the arm thing was not the only instance) and his mother more or less made excuses...like a real family of alcoholism, unfortunately.

[@memphistim2001]

I've stayed at "The Overlook". The exteriors are Timberline Lodge on Mt Hood near Portland, Oregon. The interiors are much cosier than the giant soundstages used in the movie. King's inspiration was The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado where he would go to write. It is also featured in his novel Misery.

[@GlassJAw413]

There's a band called Murder by Death that does a few concerts there every year and the band and crowd usually dress up and take a picture like the one in The Shining. I've been wanting to go there for a while.

[@chart6454]

The interiors are loosely based on the Ahwahnee hotel in Yosemite

[@victoryak86]

@@chart6454 I think much of the “ethos” of the film, it’s mood, Native American undertext etc. was drawn from the Awanhee as you said. Quite a bit of the decor in the film was closely replicating it.

[@DeathToTheDictators]

This is arguably the best FILM ever made, nevermind 'horror film'.....the dialogue, the imagery, the 'un-nameable' sense of dread throughout the WHOLE film. A MASTERPIECE. Film/cinema is meant to make you 'feel things', and this is one of the best...i watch it every Halloween for the past 15 years.

[@victoryak86]

I completely agree. I said something similar in another comment. It wasn’t that well received initially but that’s Kubrick. People wanted that fast ball but he was throwing change ups. They got upset because they struck out. That’s Steven King as well. Whining and complaining and making a fool of himself about its “failure” to duplicate his book. Kubrick had other, better things to do than make a cheesy Steven King movie, although he did “like” the book for its storytelling etc. But Kubrick just made something much more eerie and fascinating and mysterious than the book or anything else King has ever been able to conjure up even at his best. So he resented it and proceeded to make that silly remake that was laughable at best. He should have just swallowed his pride and zipped it. Most people now acknowledge the Kubrick film for its greatness which has only a little to do with Steven King.

[@DragonJr]

@@victoryak86 Respectfully and passionately disagree. I find *Stephen King* 's book infinitely more eerie and fascinating in a multitude of ways, and while I MUST agree that this film is iconic, and a production of cinema worthy of mention in the history of the art of film making, and I must also agree that MOST Stephen King movies are mid at best, I must contend that your disrespectful dismissal of King's work does your opinion a degree of discredit. Furthermore, in my own humble opinion, I would add that the book has a depth and dimension that this film utterly fails to understand or capture, and it has always left me with a sense of distasteful, disappointing disdain.

[@victoryak86]

@@DragonJr I feel that your sense of “distasteful, disappointed, disdain” for a film that is widely considered one of the best films by a director who is almost universally considered among the best ever, does your opinion a great deal of discredit as well. Cheers

[@DragonJr]

​@@victoryak86 I suppose if you want to completely disregard my beginning my comment with giving the film its due credit, and merely take issue with my personal preference and final opinion, I cannot dissuade you. But I will say, what "most people think" is hardly the most accurate measure of merit, and quantity does not equal quality. In contrast to your crude comments about zipping pride, equating an author's reaction to his own work's interpretation as whining, calling him a fool and other such unnecessary attacks I can only assume you made in bitter defense of something you enjoy, I merely offered a perspective that differed from that of the masses. You discredit my opinion because it differs from yours, while it was your attitude that did you discredit, and I'd suggest you think on that, but I don't expect it, for loud and lazy critics are dime a dozen these days

[@sophiecooper5678]

The novel's is more ghosts and monsters, but this interpretation I prefer, because it's a mix of everything making Jack Crazy, it's the isolation that's made Jack more susceptible to the ghost's influence, the ghosts are slowly making jack crazy, but he's also a little mentally unstable to begin with. And all of it can be explained away by just being isolated. So you don't quite know if the ghosts even exist or not. It all has a logical explanation of just isolation sickness. So it just works on all levels of interpretation. You either believe the Ghosts are a metaphor or they're real.

[@NoelleMar]

I would say the ONE part that can’t be explained away is him getting out of that room. Which is interesting because it’s just one moment…

[@WEREWOLF707]

Watch Doctor Sleep when you get the chance, it's the sequel to The Shining. Love your channel Mary, always a pleasure to watch your reactions for some of my favorite movies ❤

[@KalKratos]

@@tellmeajoke4645 It's both.

[@sassymonster4627]

It’s a GREAT movie

[@killerpodcasts]

@@tellmeajoke4645 no, it's actually a sequel to the movie. If you had read the novels you would know this. As the shining movie is very different than the book.

[@periechontology]

Bleh

[@kevinerose]

THERE, THERE, AND THERE A WOLF! OVER THERE A MOON!

[@lethaldose2000]

Llyod is a reoccurring character in the hotel. He died here before in the 1920's. His reincarnated soul always finds the hotel. As disturbing as it is, it's his place of rest.

[@J0rdan912]

Evil Dead, Alien, The Shining, The Thing, Terminator, many others... 80s was a true golden era for thrillers and horror movies: unique directing and filming approach, great writing, acting, atmosphere and tension building. Masterpieces.

[@brigidtheirish]

Isn't Evil Dead more of a comedy?

[@J0rdan912]

@@brigidtheirish Definitely a horror, very atmospheric and graphic, with dark comedy elements. I'd say Army of Darkness more comedic and cheesy rather than horror.

[@brigidtheirish]

@@J0rdan912 That must be the one I'm thinking of. "This is my boomstick!"

[@karentargaryen7959]

I always list this movie as my scariest movie. For me, having the person that is suppose to love you the most, turn on you is terrifying. Frankenstein and zombies are not real, so while those movies may be scary to watch, these things are not possible to get you in real life. But having your husband/wife try to kill you, that is possible. So for me, this psychological thriller does it for me. But Mary, October does not need to be all scary. Here are a few "scary" movies that are comedies. Some of my favorites: - What We Do In The Shadows (2014) by Taika Waititi - Shaun Of The Dead (2004) with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost - Young Frankenstein (1974) by Mel Brooks

[@emilywilhite5807]

Totally agree with all those recommendations. Horror and comedy actually blend together so well.

[@kbe2176]

Hope you're going to do the follow up Dr Sleep too, which was considerably better than I expected.

[@mandalore1089]

Yeah, The Shining is the better movie but I actually ended up liking Doctor Sleep more.

[@creaturecore13]

@@mandalore1089 I also liked doctor sleep more. I dont think most agree with that, but i dont know anyone that at least didnt like dr sleep even if they preferred the shinning.

[@GalahadGregory]

The Shining is better made and directed, but Doctor Sleep has the better story, in my opinion. Both great films to watch.

[@andyscott5277]

@@creaturecore13 the ending to Dr. Sleep was changed from the book, and makes absolutely no sense. The Shining is a far superior film in every way.

[@ariochiv]

It is strange considering all the things that happen in this movie that are clearly supernatural (Danny's visions, Danny and the cook's telepathic communication, the wife seeing the ghosts, and ghost Grady letting Jack out of a locked room) that several reactors think there's some logical explanation for how Jack "was always the caretaker" in terms of mental illness and actual history. It's a ghost story!

[@stevetheduck1425]

'Mister Torrance' in the 1921 photograph, the man Delbert Grady is talking to in the men's room is Jack Torrance's grandad. The Shining ability jumps generations, Delbert and Charles Grady, Hallorann and his grandmother, 'Mister' and Jack Torrance.

[@StreetHierarchy]

I think Jack has the shining and has been hiding it all his life...

[@piratetv1]

He drinks to make it go away, he has less than Danny but he has a grand daughter from another relationship that has more shining than even danny does

[@MrMarsFargo]

BRO, THIS IS LITERALLY MY EXACT INTERPRETATION!! Like, I think the power is activated in the onset of mental illness, hence Danny getting it (DID, Toby) Jack getting it (Psychopathic breakdown), and the Mom not getting it until the end (PTSD, Generalized Stress). Hence, the hotel's not haunted at all; they're just all "tuned in to the breadcrumbs," and picking up on its past at different times.

[@piratetv1]

@@MrMarsFargo there's a bunch of other Stephen King characters that have it. It presents as ESP for Jack and Danny, telekinesis and pyrokinesis for Carrie White and Charlie McGee. The kids from It and dreamcatcher have it. Danny sees his visions as an imaginary friend who shows him the future. In Dr sleep, he understands his power a lot better

[@MrMarsFargo]

@@piratetv1 I wonder if that was his early way of setting up the whole “dark tower multiverse” thing; like, that was the original connection.

[@piratetv1]

@@MrMarsFargo i think so

[@artman2oo3]

11:35 It feels so.... yeah... that’s due to Stanley Kubrick’s brilliant directing. He can turn scenes of things otherwise mundane into something that makes you really uneasy.

[@UberDurable]

The green and the red bathrooms are just amazing, overall the interior of the hotel is fascinating!

[@stevetheduck1425]

- and from different times, as well.

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

The book version had a very interesting bit, left out of the movie: Jack, while maintining the boilers, found in the basement a crate filled with old files and news-clippings about the hotel, and all the terrible things that had once happened in it. He got so interested (obsessed) with it, that he decided to change his writing project to a history of the Overlook.

[@tideoftime]

(The photos/clippings, and other references, are noted in the periphery of Jack's work table in the main hall -- if you go back and look at the first moment or so of when Wendy comes in to check on him and he curses her out, the camera angle early on where the audience sees Jack face-on has the book/clippings in the lower corner. A super-subtle nod to that plot point, and one that feeds into the "Jack's Imaginings" theory about what actually happens in the film, among of course all the other theories like "The Wendy Theory", "Danny's Abuse", "Danny's Imaginings", etc, which are called various different names by different analysts.)

[@nobodx]

Jumpscares don't make a good horror movie - The suspense does. Suspense lets you imagination run wild, what might happen, while jumpscares "just" trigger a short adrenalin-rush when your instinct-reactions take over - and only last a few moments.

[@Sandy-dd4le]

To understand the film more, you need to watch it repeatedly . Pay attention to the subtle stuff, the colour shifts, the use of mirrors, the discrepancies in what the characters say, the colossal amount of symmetry , the fact that the hotel layout doesnt make sense, the multiple continuity 'errors' , the use of music and silence. It's all deliberate, and it's meticulously designed to mess with your head on a not altogether conscious level. It's a film you can watch repeatedly and see something new each time. Probably why we're still talking about it decades after release.

[@stevetheduck1425]

Don't forget the many times Jack looks directly into the camera for about a frame. This happens with Wendy just once, as well.

[@Sandy-dd4le]

@@stevetheduck1425 it took me years to notice some of them, I'm still not convinced I've seen them all!

[@lethaldose2000]

Fun fact: These girls are not twins. They are just different actresses that look similar. They did an interview few years ago and explained to all, they are just two girls with same clothes.

[@ScarlettM]

I think they are like 2 years apart. 9 and 7 right?

[@lethaldose2000]

@@ScarlettM I believe so. Good info'

[@Steve_Blackwood]

I’m going to echo the comments recommending both *Doctor Sleep* (superb sequel to The Shining) and *Tucker and Dale vs Evil* (awesome, fun, and unexpected subversion of a standard horror flick). 👍🏻👍🏻

[@dorat.88]

I just realized that when Wendy is talking about Danny's injury she says: Jack didn't have anything to drink for 5 months. So we assume that accident/abuse made Jack stop drinking. But then later he says the shoulder thing happened 3 years ago. So even him hurting his own son didn't change his mind about alcohol. Maybe it's something only Wendy was telling to herself to make it acceptable. I know in the book it's not Danny's accident that makes Jack quit, but they made pretty strong changes in the character for the movie

[@jtoland2333]

That is a great observation. In real life, we edit our memories to our selves and to others.

[@Malo-Hombre71]

The picture ending and Dick dieing were only in the movie, Jack was never there before the hotel was just manipulating him because it wanted Danny to make them stronger. Tony is Danny ' s middle name. He was so powerful psychically ,he was projecting himself in the past and used his middle name to protect his younger self. That's how I understood it when I read the book in 99

[@TornSoul062473]

About the hotel in the movie...that's Timberline Lodge on Mt. Hood in Oregon. At least, what you see on the outside. The interior and the maze were filmed on a studio in London. I've been to Timberline many times. It's a little over an hour from where I live. Fantastic ski lodge.

[@modder1975]

That's cool. But I read that room 237 doesn't exist unfortunately:)

[@jamesbattista1466]

It’s so sad and disappointing that the interior scenes were not in an actual hotel, because it feels extremely like a real place and I want to go there and walk around ☹️

[@jonbell6355]

I think the Shining is one of the best horror movies ever made. Even if you removed all the supernatural parts of the plot you would still be left with an amazing psychological suspense horror. The decline of jack Torrance was played amazingly by Jack Nicolson. A top movie.

[@corneliusquincydavenportic1913]

28:20. It’s because the manager called him Charles in the beginning interview. But the movie subtly changes details to mess with your head. Another example is that the girls that Grady killed were described as having different ages in the beginning too, but then they became twins with the same height and age. And even the interview itself is a strange too, because the office they’re in shows a window to the outside. But from the long take establishing the hotel earlier, it shows that the office is in the middle of the hotel, making it impossible for that window to be there at all since the wall would usually connect to another room. It’s very creepy and I love it.

[@MikeWood]

Poltergeist. I'd recommend that. Same era as The Shining. And it's directed by Steven Spielberg. Maybe the original Ghostbusters too. It's funny /scary so it could be good if you are maxxing out the total fear factor. :)

[@carm3d]

It's directed by Tobe Hooper; though some believe Speilburg was stealth-directing it.

[@rebeccachoice]

Mary has watched both Ghostbusters, but only 1984 is up on the channel. Do check it out though!

[@MsDemeanorsMusings]

From the opening second, the music gives a great sense of foreboding. And it never stops. It's heavy music and feels like it's on top of you, pushing you down for the entirety of it. That's why you didn't take deep breaths, lol. It's suffocating on purpose. I love it!

[@ftumschk]

4:40 Appropriately, the music is the 13th century Gregorian chant "Dies irae" (Day of wrath) from the mass for the dead.

[@chadjenkins4876]

That simple, haunting melody has been used hundreds of times and works so well. One you may recognize is "making christmas" from nightmare before christmas

[@ftumschk]

@@chadjenkins4876 Indeed... or from the "Swing your razor wide, Sweeney" choruses from the _Sweeney Todd_ movie or musical.

[@bobogus7559]

Prior to acting in this movie, Jack Nicholson had actually worked as a firefighter and was very good with an axe. So in the "Here's Johnny!" scene, they had to use an extremely beefy door just so it would stay together long enough, since he made extremely quick work of the flimsy prop door that was designed to cut easily.

[@gumbomudderx7503]

My favorite part of seeing people react to this movie is that scene at the end with the guy in the bear costume going down on the guy in bed. Everyone is always like WTF!? 😂 I’ve never read the book but apparently that’s a hold over from the book and it has plenty of back story to explain it. I don’t know why Kubrick kept just that part in unless he was just trying to shock people.

[@Raine-97]

Yeah, it was probably for the shock value. In the book, that whole storyline scared the absolute crap out of me.

[@PeterMaranci]

I guess furries aren't that new after all!

[@chart6454]

@@PeterMaranci ain’t nothing freaky that ain’t been tried before

[@abcdefh1992]

Kubrick changed so much from the source material that nothing from the book can be used to explain anything in the movie. One of the most common interpretations of the man in the bear costume is that Jack has been sexually abusing Danny for quite some time and this moment is a reflection of that. There's an excellent video by Collative Learning that provides a more in depth analysis of this that I highly recommend.

[@jtoland2333]

Nah, I don't think it was to shock anyone. I think he left it in for the same reason he did a lot of things in this movie; to keep people trying to make sense of a mystery. That, and the fact that life often gives us loose ends and a lot of questions. That's why people are still talking about this movie decades later.

[@robertcornhole5197]

The wild thing is if you go back and pay attention, the Overlook Hotel doesn't make sense in three spatial dimensions. And it's not sloppy editing, Kubrick is showing you something is off with the place, using those long shots. Right off the bat, Jack Torrance goes into Ullman's office and some staff walk around the corridor to the left. Except Ullman's office has a window in it. So WHERE DID THEY GO?

[@BlueeyedRabbit]

The atmosphere of the movie is very unique in my opinion, Stanley Kubrick was a genius in movie making

[@thomast8539]

After a while, you can immediately tell a Kubrick project just by the way he had filmed rooms and the actors in them.

[@trhansen3244]

He made arguably the best SF movie of all times. And the best horror. That's quite a feat. Although we all know Jaws is the best movie overall. And Raiders of the Lost Ark a close second. That would be Spielberg.

[@victoryak86]

@@trhansen3244 we “all” know that? No. But I definitely agree that Jaws is one of the all time great movies. In some ways it’s the almost “perfect” film in terms of plot, characters, tension, etc. it is one of the best.

[@rhwinner]

'The past is never dead. It's not even past' -Faulkner

[@lethaldose2000]

Fun Fact: When Jack Niclson chops through the door it was supposed to be a prop door that can be destroyed easily. However Jack chopped it up too easily. Eventually they had switch to a real door, which he only partially broke apart and created the iconic face though the door image.

[@thomast8539]

Jack had been a volunteer fireman at one point, right? I think I read that somewhere.

[@lethaldose2000]

@@thomast8539 Yep, he was. I wanted to add that info to the comment, but it would makee it too long. Thanks for filling in the gaps.

[@tomyoung9049]

this is old school not modern jumpscare every moment. The suspense never stops, keeping you on edge all the way thru. Many theories about the hidden meanings. The hotel keeps the souls of those that die there, and at the end the energy was 'waking up' showing more and more of everyone who had died there. Jack was in the picture from years before because now he is a part of it too, so he always HAS been the caretaker. 👻 BTW, the actual hotel is called the Stanley, in Colorado if you want to book a room when you have chance to travel, and yes, most people agree it is a VERY haunted hotel.

[@DesMuttYS]

This was Jack Nicholson's most iconic role in his career, with second being The Joker in the 1989 Batman movie. He was one of those actors that often played unlikeable but charming characters. As for suggestions, I would have to ask: are you afraid of clowns? Because there's a movie called Killer Klowns from Outer Space, which is a horror comedy. There are still some scary and gruesome moments in it, but if you don't find clowns scary, the goofiness of their designs take a lot of fear out of the film.

[@usmcrn4418]

The Overlook Hotel is in Colorado.. but the Hotel depicted in the film is at the base of Mt Hood in Oregon.

[@joshgellis3292]

I love you Mary! I love your accent and your euro-nerdiness!

[@southron_d1349]

One of the earliest roles Nicholson played was a waiter in a short-lived TV called Mr Lucky. It was created by Blake Edwards. The setting was meant to be a casino on a ship, but the sponsors had it changed to a restaurant. Any shot of the guests showed them seated for dinner. Unfortunately for Nicholson, he had to wait for longer for his big break. The gentleman in the same episode had a larger role and it was his break it seems. That gentleman was Richard Chamberlain who played the titular role in the popular series "Dr Kildare".

[@SingleTax]

Your putty is all like: "Mommy is scared again."

[@NecropsY1]

yes modern horror movies think horror is just nothing but jump scares - most classic horror relies on atmosphere and story to creep you out - the idea of losing ur mind is often way more scaarry then a bump in the night - ofc this has ghosts too but its very open to interpretation as to whats really going on

[@3DJapan]

The camera work in this is fantastic. We studied it in film school.

[@MrJeepman76]

Great Reaction! Here are some you should add to your list this month: 1. The original Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) 2. The Evil Dead remake (2013) 3. Pet Sematary (1989)

[@Thingfishy]

Have a watch of the excellent Collative Learning’s videos on The Shining, including this theory one on the bear costume scene: kzbin.info/www/bejne/moiVeKV9bL-eZrc

[@Proteus3000]

Great reaction Mari. Would love to see you react to The Sixth Sense.

[@kasheppard503]

The outside shots of the hotel are of Timberline Lodge on Mt Hood, Oregon. The interior was shot on a soundstage. Even the maze was shot somewhere else. (If you look at where Timberline is located, you can see that there’s no way that a massive hedge maze could fit there…lol)

[@buffstraw2969]

"Chopped up his family with an axe, then stacked them neatly." Come on. How "neatly" can you stack mangled body parts? They don't snap together like Lego blocks. Colonel Sanders offers a bucket of chicken parts and they're never "neatly stacked," are they? Just sayin'.

[@mudageki]

I can tell you've never had BBQ...

[@buffstraw2969]

@@mudageki Grady BBQ'd his family? Musta missed that part.😊

[@katcurb2333]

I picture how Brian (dexter) piled his bodies wrapped in a bow that one time lol

[@BlackavarWD]

@@katcurb2333 Binny

[@grunkert]

"Make your own eggs asshole" Haha! Exactly what I was thinking!

[@Fredo_Viola]

You are the perfect audience for this film. I’ve seen the film so many times and live it so much, it’s always great to see other people watching it. Watch Rosemary’s Baby next! It’s, like the Shining, really brilliant storytelling. Also quite funny at times!

[@jamesbattista1466]

Agree!!!! “Rosemary’s Baby!

[@trhansen3244]

I hope you have seen it on 4k, where it looks ten times better than the blu ray.

[@Fredo_Viola]

@@trhansen3244 Oh, I did indeed. Looks incredible! Unfortunately, I hadn't had my LG G1 set up correctly and it kept dimming!!! I look forward to watching it again without that annoyance!

[@stevetheduck1425]

The motif on her dress: yes, a bloody handprint, and it was the woman from the bath-tub, too. The novel covers her in more detail, but she's a denizen of the hotel, sort of a memory of someone who died there... whoooo...

[@Stosszahlansatz]

This is a Stanley Kubrick movie, there is much more to it than just the horror, like any of Kubrick's movies. If ever, you may watch of him: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) and Eyes Wide Shut (1999). BTW, superb reaction, almost as good as the movie itself. :-)

[@renan.art.oliveira]

totally agree!

[@alanholck7995]

IMHO his best movie was 'A Clockwork Orange'. But that's just me

[@norwegianblue2017]

If you ever visit the Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite National Park (California), you will be amazed to see the interior of the hotel looks EXACTLY like this movie. Even more amazing, is that it was not shot on location. The entire movie, including the exterior shots were shot on a sound stage in England. Only the helicopter flight footage in the beginning is actually outside the studio. I saw this movie in the theater when I was twelve years old and thought it was the scariest movie I had ever seen. Still do to this day.

[@marksullivan7766]

love it when you slip into your native language 🤠

[@kilroy987]

I remember when I would watch cartoons on TV after school in the afternoon long ago, and between '77-'80 they played trailers of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and The Shining between the cartoons. And all I could think was, wow, adults are scary, and now I'm even more scared of my aunt. 12:08 Your "Most Terrifying Tuesday" comment really made me laugh.

[@erickliewer4968]

SUGGESTIONS: you've already done The Thing and Alien, so... 1. The Exorcist 2. Jaws 3. The Omen 4. The Mist 5. 30 Days Later 6. In The Mouth Of Madness 7. It 8. A Nightmare On Elm Street ...and the last 2 for fun 9. Beetlejuice 10. The 'Burbs EDIT - Loved the reaction by the way. If you were a comedian, I'd say you had fantastic timing.

[@trhansen3244]

I would add the original Freaky Friday to that list.

[@michaelbastraw1493]

"Most terrifying Tuesday ever." Just wait until next week, Mary, it'll be around again. Best. Leo.

[@buzzkillcb2521]

Dr. Sleep the sequel in my opinion is was underrated. Worth the watch!

[@styot]

Underrated? I've only ever heard people say how awesome it is.

[@TheRscorp]

"The Witch" would be a fantastic October movie to watch. Another scary one that's more psychological like this

[@Raine-97]

I second this! 💯

[@DMichaelAtLarge]

If it's any consolation to you, your on-edge reactions were just the sort of great reaction video that makes it fun to watch. Now, if you dare, you can watch "Doctor Sleep," the sequel novel Stephen King wrote decades later that was made into a film.

[@VotingBlue2024]

Jack: How do you like it? Mary: Tell him you love it! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@thomsevilla4956]

React to "The Mist" 2007... another Stephen King Classic ...

[@Ocrilat]

If you're interested in film, and how to create dread, tension, and suspense, The Shining is the film to watch...and re-watch. Also...this a horror film with no jump scares, no moody lighting, no tight shots so you can't see what's happening, and little violence (compared to modern horror). It's a 40 year old horror film that people are STILL talking about.

[@PaiMei667]

"What we do in the shadows" perfect for maryween

[@davidr1050]

24:55 --- The exteriors were shot at the Timberline Lodge at the base of Mt. Hood in Oregon.. The interiors of the hotel are both shot in and based on The Stanley Hotel in Colorado. The "Gold Room" where Jack meets Lloyd the bartender still looks pretty much the same as it did back then.

[@treetopjones737]

Nothing like a ghost bartender to help you fall off the wagon.

[@CCDzine]

You are in the twenties... '21 to be precise. You have always been the movie reactor.

[@mrtomas0990]

Underrated 🤣

[@JoeCool7835]

24:59 The exterior shots were real; it was the Timberline Hotel in Oregon. The interiors were not; those were on a British soundstage (along with a couple of outdoor shots like in the hedge maze). People didn't have to worry about staying in Room 237 at the Timberline because it doesn't have a Room 237.

[@MisterT50000]

You should watch the documentary Room 237, which is about The Shining fandom. I disagreed with the majority of opinions in the documentary, but I still found it massively entertaining.

[@arthurd6495]

Agreed, very interesting to hear the different interpretations

[@jeffmande4671]

I liked when you said " for some reason it seems creepy when the little boy is riding his bike down the hallway". I think everyone felt that way.

[@paintwhisperer]

stephen king’s “The Mist” somewhat newer and a good watch

[@chrisbiebel6205]

Fun fact: the part of the bald guy who tries to help out was originally supposed to be played by Slim Pickens (He was Taggert in Blazing Saddles and Major Kong in Dr. Strangelove. BTW, you should watch both of those movies. They're both fantastic). Well, Dr. Strangelove was also directed by Kubrick and there was one famous scene that Pickens did that Kubrick literally made him do over 100 takes to "get it right." Pickens said that he'd only take the role in The Shining if Kubrick would agree to never make him do over 100 takes for any scene. Kubrick refused, and Scatman Crothers got the role instead.

[@mcflyfarm]

No beer and TV make Homer something something.

[@piratetv1]

Go crazy?

[@topheavykoolaid]

@@piratetv1 Don’t mind if I do!

[@davidbeach4682]

The physical building used to represent the Overlook was the Stanley Hotel, located in Estes Park, Colorado.

[@memphistim2001]

No, The Stanley was King's inspiration but the exteriors were shot at Timberline Lodge in Oregon.

[@rory_pond1701]

My recommendation is SLITHER directed by James Gunn of Marvel's GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY fame. Lots of humor and gross alien stuff! :)

[@triple7marc]

24:50 It is, but it’s not called the Overlook Hotel and there is no room 237. The book depicted the room as “room 217,” but when Stanley Kubrick made this movie he was asked not to use a real room number so future guests would not be afraid to stay there. Therefore, he used a nonexistent room number.

[@krissiep1317]

I’m so glad I got to “watch” this reaction with you! Good luck on your other movies. Speaking of others, watch The Others with Nicole Kidman in it. Same tension, less gore. 😄

[@olivia-lc5mi]

omg we love a sponsored video!! :D i've been here since 8k and it's been so amazing seeing your channel grow!! loved the reaction btw, the shining is one of my all time faves :)

[@CamCygi]

Suggestions for october: The Mist (2007) - "different" kind of scary [REC] (2007) - most scary Cloverfield (2008) - less scary

[@larrytodaro8460]

The Mist.... I saw in the theater, and that was enough... it's burned in my head and I will never be able to watch it again. As long as Cloverfield is on the list, might as well as 10 Cloverfield Lane.

[@nathan.brazil780]

Rumor has it Steven King wrote this book based on a paranormal experience he had in an actual hotel

[@adrianpilarski4860]

Please watch the limited series (10 episodes) The Haunting of Hill House. Yes it’ll scare the crap out of you but it is so much more than just creepy. I’d also suggest: The Exorcist (the granddaddy of horror movies) The Conjuring The Invisible Man (2020)

[@UncagedSavage]

This is one of the best horror movies..the combination of the themes of psychic phenomena with the ghosts and Jack going nuts is one of a kind. Thank you for the reaction Mary ! Bye the way..you sure are nice on the eyes ! ❤

[@garybrockie6327]

There is an excellent sequel, “Doctor Sleep”. It picks up Danny’s story.

[@LowKeyTired-q7d]

Sound design and direction is incredible in this film ... masterclass film ... incredible ...

[@CrownlessKing88]

If you’re looking for a really weird but cool cult classic scary movie, please watch Phantasm!

[@apatternedhorizon]

Halloran is played by the guy that sang "everybody wants to be a cat" from the Aristocats.

[@JonathanMandrake]

Doctor Sleep is a great sequel to this movie :)

[@chriscombs4246]

A good, light hearted Halloween movie is “Ernest Scared Stupid”. Very funny. Kid friendly. I watch it every year.

[@gasperdn]

Stephen King was inspired to write The Shining when him and his wife stayed at The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado. They showed up and got a room on the last night that the hotel was closing for the winter so they were the only guest in the hotel. The Stanley Hotel is pretty well known for having paranormal activities.

[@loydwilson1026]

A movie that you would enjoy that is not to scary but keeps you guessing is Premonition. Please consider watching it.

[@Uisafan69]

This movie traumatized me when i was a kid .My older cousin force me to watch it and i cant sleep for couple of days this is actually my 1st scary movie i watched too..

[@patticriss2238]

The “explanation” or part two is a must. “Dr. Sleep”. Such a good conclusion to the story.