The scenery in this film at the
beginning is spectacular and along with the music really sets the scene of a
start of a horror movie.
Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson)
gets the job of looking after The Overlook hotel, in the middle of nowhere
during the winter months. He is going to be the ‘Caretaker’ and how hard can
that be?
The scenes setting up the horror story
are good solid ones, Hallorann (Scatman Crothers) calls Jack’s son Danny (Danny
Lloyd) Doc, which is his nickname his mum Wendy (Shelley Duvall) and Dad, Jack
sometimes calls him. Hallorann has noticed the Danny has a gift, Hallorann
calls ‘The Shining’. The gift enables Danny to see and interact with the
paranormal, and he should stay out of room 237, but he doesn’t of course.
Throughout the film we see Jack
changing, it is like the hotel or someone is taking over him. He seemed such a
nice family man at the start of the film, and Wendy, his wife thinks; it is
because he is just a frustrated writer.
The lighting, makeup and atmosphere,
gives Jack an air of menace, this is well done for the horror element of the
film.
The casting of this film is
excellent, Jack Nicholson plays the part of a menacing Jack Torrance
exceptionally well. It is also brave, because in making this film, they had to
cast such a young actor in the role of Danny, however, he plays the part well
and naturally. The only part I would change, is the mother. I would make her
stronger, like she is portrayed in the book, by Stephan King, this film is
based on.
The special effects, along with
the music, are extremely well done and makes for a great horror film.
The script helps as well, and in
this one, once you are the caretaker, you have always been the caretaker, and
you can never leave The Overlook Hotel.
A photo never lies, does it?
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