The Shining Review

Ever experience not feeling really scared until you found yourself out of nowhere
shaking and every fiber of your body get goose bumps and flickers of sweat on your
body starts to build up and it makes you squirm out of your seat?
Stanleys Kubrick 1980s The Shining gives you that. Based from the Stephen Kings
novel of the same name, The Shining is a psychological horror film which ranked as
one of the 11 scariest horror movies of all time or atleast listed as one of the
greatest films according to film critics and experts. It does not only make lose of
your senses but the film also remarks enormous influences on popular culture and
social issues.
The films set in by Jack Torrance, who takes a job at an isolated hotel with his wife
and young son. His young son possesses psychic abilities which enable him to see
the past and the future and also the ghosts who inhabited the hotel. After settling
in, Jack gradually influenced by the hotels past and supernatural presence which he
descends into madness and triggers to murder his wife and son.
The films complexity shown in the wide shots and camera angles, the hauntingly
paced musical design, the production design, and the real-life characterization all
contribute to a deep unease of the story. The literal and metaphorical uncertainty of
the film mazes the audiences and leaves them open to the interpretation and
analysis of the film.
Regards as the film that transcends to its genre, and considered as a cinematic
horror classic, The Shining opens up to its audiences into hallucinations and let most
things up to your interpretation, will creep you to the extent of your consciousness
and keeps you awake for some nights.