Hi sweetie…you know what l really love watching these reaction videos? I absolutely love how you automatically BELIEVE the child. So many issues happen with children who grow up not being believed, being told to stop imagining things or not to look for attention. They grow up not trusting their own judgement and not trusting others with things they need to confide. Children just feel devalued, and their little hearts break. I truly love and value your protectiveness and compassion. Edit: l also have to say…You look amazing, like Donna Summer or Sade! And you shine with or without makeup. 🤗
The reason Jack went psycho and gone after his wife and son was when he was at the bar he said this “I’d sell my soul for a glass of beer”. The devil accepted his offer and sent Lloyd
@@williamostertag8363i think the main difference between drunk Jack and sober Jack is that he was losing his mind the whole time, but sober Jack wakes up from the nightmare about his dead family crying and terrified. But drunk Jack doesn’t care.
Something else about that scene: Jack states that he has cash. But when he looks in his wallet, it's mysteriously empty. The bartender says "Your credit's fine, Mr. Torrance". But when he comes back to the bar later, he pulls cash out of his wallet. It's almost like the hotel was making him not see his cash, so that he'd instead have to use "credit" (aka his soul) to pay for that first drink.
I enjoy your reactions - They are very genuine and honest takes. You allow the movie to take you on the journey while staying observant and empathetic to the characters and their motivations. You appear to be pausing the movie when writing notes, or sharing observations, or asking questions along the way, so you don't miss anything important that might happen at that time.
Jack Nicholson was born for this role. It is a very menacing performance. He's nice to everyone else but abusive and dominant over his wife. Shelly Duvall gave a great performance as well. You can understand how she felt afraid of her husband when he got deranged. Danny and Dick Haloran both had the Shining but Danny's gift was stronger than his.
Looking good as always, this movie is definitely a psychological terror. It keeps you jumping and guessing even til the close. There are many theories about the hotel capturing souls, or was somehow related to the manager mentioning the hotel was built on an indian burial ground.
I highly recommend the films "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1975) and "Anger Management" (2003). Both with Jack Nicolson. Some drama and a lot of humor. Are good films
Bravo again. One of my favorite horror stories. There were a lot of them like The Omen (Gregory Peck), Carrie, or for frustration When A Stranger Calls
Please please please. Watch “Dr Sleep” the sequel to the shining. Danny’s all grown up It goes in to a whole lot of detail as to what “The Shining “ is. It’s also a great movie.
It's important to note that it's *mostly* a sequel to the novel, not this film, though if you go into it understanding that you don't have to have read the novel to follow what's happening.
Classic movie. Best part...when you turned around thinking someone was behind you lol... You should go to this hotel and spend a weekend there. It's The Stanley Hotel near Denver Colorado.
KSO there are societies, blogs and clubs of The Shining discussing all the signs, easter eggs and conspiracy theories of this film to THIS day! There is even a documentary called ROOM 237 #facinating
The Shining is quite the rabbit hole. Many people have offered explanations, but I don't know what King himself says about the meaning behind the story. King did claim to have his own paranormal experience at the Stanley Hotel. Which of course is the Overlook in the movie. Many people, both guests and staff have claimed to have experienced things there. Though, certainly nothing like what the movie portrays. King was trying to get sales after all. Benign happenings are not big at the box office. Loved your reaction. Have some herbal tea or maybe a cordial to relieve some stress dear. Peace!
I just love you my queen!! Make up looks on point!! Ok, you gotta look up The Wendy Theory. Rob Navarro. It's a far fetched theory, but it makes the unexplainable things of the Shining make sense!
01/15/2022: I just watched your reaction to the 1980 film 'The Shining' by Stanley Kubrick. Stephen King who wrote the book 'The Shining', he' did not like the movie at all. Stephen King felt that Stanley Kubrick left out too much from his book which is true and leaves out too much explanation as well, even though it is still a good movie. It was maybe around the mid 80's that I read Stephen King's book 'The Shining' and it did explained a lot why the hotel was haunted due to the fact a lot of bad things happened. From what I can remember, reading the book a lot of murders by mobsters, debauchery (like the scene with the man lying in the bed and the other man in the bear costume performing oral sex, which that was not really shown), and I do believe many suicides as well as many different ownerships of the hotel in the past. In the 90's Stephen King decided to redo 'The Shining', a TV mini series based on his book which explains a lot more, and not as graphic with all the blood. Plus in the book and the TV mini series, the cook does not die, he actually rescued Wendy and Danny by escaping from the hotel. Jack gets stuck in the boiler room (where he found many newspapers with articles in the book and during the movie of all the bad things that happened there) to prevent from overheating, and some of the ghosts are trying to get him to stop from the boiler room from overheating, exploding and destroying the hotel. It happens anyways. Good reaction K.S.O. If you have not watched the trilogy of Lord of the Rings (the extended versions, do at least 3 parts for each film), That would be fantastic. Thanks!
I've been to the hotel, The Stanley, in Estes Park Colorado. I did not go in.!! I took lots of pictures but. Nope, not going in. You always look great K.
That scene with the dog costumed man, and the other man that Wendy saw goes like this:The dog man, known as Roger who was "servicing", a man named Horace Derwent.In the book Jack is concerned about who is the owner of the hotel.He is obsessed to find out and calls the Stuart Ullman the one who hires him at the beginning, and threatens to expose him if he doesn't give him the information he wants for his new book idea about the hotel. The owner is Horace Derwent with a very damning reputation.He was the owner of the hotel a long ago but many horrific occurrences forced him out of public view. Horace had a brief rendezvous with Roger, it says Horace "was AC/DC and never went back for seconds on his DC side".King is basically saying that our dog has had its day.The costume originates from an old vision of the past that keeps merging in the timeline where the costumed Roger is jumping around howling and basically humiliating himself in front of celebrators. We learned Horace asked Roger to attend the ball in the dog costume.The point of this was cruelty.He had power over Roger and was using it to exploit him, showing his dominance. In the book it explains it but hard to understand if you haven't read it.
Haunted hotel, reincarnation and revenge for sure. I think 1921 Jack became a ghost from his past life there and haunted Grady into murdering his family. Now the ghost of Grady is back to take revenge and haunt Jack into killing his family. How many times this battle has been going on I don't know, but this time the family got away.
Now you should watch the sequel DOCTOR SLEEP. The hotel itself collects souls and it asks people to do terrible things to prove themselves while seemingly offering them eternity. All those figures are part of its soul collection.
See documentary Room 237 about the Shining Movie. Between what the author Stephen King put in the book and the Symbolism Stanley Kubrick put in the movie. It is about betrayal of the Native American Indian, the Kennedy Assassination, and the Fake Moon Landing. It is also about the evil of a Hotel that consumes people. They commit evil/muder and the hotel grants them immortality. The movie hints the previous caretaker not only murdered his girls... he also molested them and his wife was in on it. What the movie leaves to the imagination is even more scary than the movie itself.
Why do you think that they say Charles Grady at 4:35, but call him Delbert Grady at 25:25? I never see anyone mention that. And knowing how obsessive Kubrick was for details, it seems unlikely it was 'Overlooked'. 😉
There's no shortage of theories on what it all means, but I tend to agree with the ones that focus on the hotel being haunted. I don't see this as a story involving reincarnation. For one thing, if he's always been the caretaker, why is he at that formal ball in 1921 dressed like the guests? Does it make sense that the winter caretaker parties with the wealthy guests? I think what does make sense is that when someone dies there and becomes a ghost there(ie Grady, the girls, the woman in 237), they are ALWAYS there. I think that's what Grady meant, because that's what happens at the end. Jack will always be there and that explains why he's in the picture. Hallorann said that people with the shining can see the traces left behind in that hotel. Obviously by traces he meant ghosts. This implies the shining powers the ghosts in some way. Danny's shining ability is very powerful, this would explain why the hotel wants Jack to kill him there. The hotel would absorb Danny and his power. Danny has enough power to call Hallorann even though Hallorann was halfway across the country.
he was looking centralized in that photo, right up at the front.. called the caretaker.. that means the keeper.. a lot of talk about loving the hotel and wanting to stay forever.. you know who else is called caretakers? cemetary guys.. protectors of the dead... woooooooooooo wiggles brows
K.S.O., the hotel is an evil entity that absorbs the souls of the people that die there, making it supernaturally stronger. It especially wanted Danny's soul because his E.S.P. is so strong. So, it was manipulating Jack as a way to get Danny. The photo at the end was showing how Jack's soul was trapped there, just as Grady and his family were.
Yup, remember the blayk caretaker told the boy (dead tired, their names escape me) that some places/locations can get "the shining" too. they are special areas where they imprint positive/negative energy and absorb souls that die there. The souls, stuck there, can attempt to possess and re-infect others to try to "relive" their lost lives. good explanation rocca
I think the true narrative is that the Hotel consumes Jack's soul and in doing so it creates a history for Jack in that he was always the caretaker... It sort of steals Jack's past and creates the Hotel's own version which is now true in the Hotel... It sort of ignores rules of how time works.
the party goers are also souls that the hotel has 'claimed'. At the end it was all 'waking up' so Wendy could see it all as it tried to get them all but only caught Jack.
I saw somewhere on UA-cam a conversation with the man who played Danny when he was 5. He said he was protected during filming, and didn't even know he was in a horror film. He didn't suffer any trauma, and is now a biology teacher.
Basically, if you die in the hotel, you become a part of the hotel. So when grady killed himself, he became a waiter and had no recollection of what happened. So when Jack died there, he became part of it. If you watch Doctor Sleep, you get to see more of it.
You got it correct. Jack reincarnates to come back to the cursed hotel to reenact the same horror over and over again because as the manager had stated to them that place the hotel was built on was a sacred Indian burial ground, which the construction workers had to defend from the Indians trying to stop them from building it. But the hotel doesn't just rely on Jack coming back, it has many people that come back to repeat their crimes of horror and terror.
*K.S.O.* Joe is Right: The reason why He was in the pic....His Body Died @ The Hotel...All of the Spirits that died @ the area took over,became a Gestalt Entity...Gave "Jack" the ability to be reincarnated,to start The Violence All over again... But in this One,he failed.
There is a sequel to this movie called "Doctor Sleep," which Is about Danny as a grown-up, struggling to come to terms with what happened to him at the Overlook Hotel. Would love to see you react to it as well! Nice job here, and you look lovely as ever. :)
The sequel is a good movie very well told from an intriguing well crafted story based on the dumbest premise imaginable of what a Shining sequel would be. King must had been on strong painkillers when he came up with that.
@@deckofcards87 On it's own it's a good movie, certaily a very well crafted movie. but it doesn't compare to The Shining. Doctor Sleep is a more conventional movie. Funny enougfh, the book The Shining is a very conventional story, quite pulpy, it was the movie that has that strange artistic mood.
The book goes into more detail about all the deaths that have happened in the hotel which left a major stain on it. The director tormented Shelley Duvall because he wanted her to be highly emotional at all times and even instructed the crew to never comfort her when she was upset, she said in a recent interview that she had days where she was crying for 24 hours and this movie is what a lot of people think caused her mental health issues that she still suffers from today. He would make them film scenes over and over like the stair scene that was filmed 125 times, the boy who played Danny didn’t know they were making a scary movie because he was shielded from all the scary stuff. There is a conspiracy theory that Kubrick helped the U.S government fake the moon landing and theorists point out somethings in this movie that they think Kubrick put in to confirm that he didn direct the moon landing like Danny’s Apollo 11 sweater and a few other things, there is a documentary about it on UA-cam.
Her mental health has nothing to do with this movie. If it would be the case she would have mental issues not long after she appeared in this movie not forty years later.
People always say how amazing Jack Nicholson is (which he is), but Shelley Duvall is truly amazing. Stanley Kubrick had her so worked up that she was truly depressed and panicked during these scenes. I read that she even started losing her hair.
I agree. She sells the terror just as equally as Jack. They are perfect contrasts and this film would not be as effective without both performances. I hate when people criticize Shelley's performance. Lord knows she went through a lot for it.
Oh, I would suggest that you watch the movie "Misery". But I would HIGHLY recommend that you read the book of the same name first! Written by Stephen King. Sometimes movies don't match up to books, but the movie was equally as good as the book, for different reasons; largely due to the performances; in particular, Kathy Bates, who play the disturbed character, Annie Wilkes.
The guy in the pig costume (I think it's actually a bear costume) was part of a gay couple who was humiliated at a new year's costume party and killed himself. The woman in 237 was an actress (I think) who killed herself in the bathtub. There's a lot more explanation in the book. Don't worry if you don't understand this movie - people have been trying to figure it out for decades and there are MANY different theories. Oh, and like many others have said, watch Doctor Sleep!
Now I want an African Auntie!!! Would love to see you react to Doctor Sleep, which is a more recent sequel to The Shining. This was the 1st Stephen King novel I ever read. In the book, the cook doesn't die, and Danny and Wendy go to his place in FL to heal mentally and live.
You're certainly asking all the right questions, my dear. Like many of Kubrick films, the answers are for the individual viewer to appreciate. Best. Leo.
The Hotel happened. You've been always here. I'm glad to see a Kubrick reaction with a lot of emotion. For the other aspects of the film, the cinematography is just stunning. And the very early steadicam shots of Danny just wheeling around! And I can't leave the sound design without a mention, Kubrick knew just what to aim for and went for it, no matter what anybody thinks😃.
To me, this is the second most terrifying film of all time. I love it how, as you get more and more scared, you lose the Canadian side of your accent! Plus, I echo those who recommend Doctor Sleep. Keep up the good work!
Thanks, Kemi! 😱 I love this one so much. I hope you'll do the sequel, DOCTOR SLEEP (2019) someday. It's so good. #SCENEcrlyKSO #StanleyKubrick #TheShining
Oh sweet lovely ❤️ lady, don’t watch this! …….I guess it’s too late as I’m typing this on a reaction. 🤗 I tried… enjoy 😊 The pig/bear? I don’t know the answer. No one does. Stanley Kubrick was a wackohodoodle! Good 🎥 🍿 movie 👍🤗
I’m picky with first time reactors of horror movies because I feel like people lie for views but I subscribed to you because I can see it’s genuinely your first time watching! Love the genuine first time reactions and looking forward to more!
Hi SCENE'crly, KSO . *A Little Fun Fact: The boy that was Danny Torrance was Danny Lloyd . He mentioned in an interview after the filming that he took the role in the film to buy himself a bicycle . He is a farmer , a school teacher , and has four children .
BTW, Jack was not only going crazy, but the hotel itself was haunted. He wasn't just seeing things in his head, those were actual displaced spirits he was seeing, just like Danny was able to see the two dead girls because he was able to "shine".
This movie can go as deep as you want it to! The more you think about it and watch it the more you can get out it. Every word in the script and every scene is important. That's one of the reasons it's my favorite of all time. Thanks for this :). It was a great reaction.
I remember hearing that most of the interior shots in this film were recorded with a wide-angle lens. Movies typically avoid doing this because it puts too much on screen and can distract from the subject of the shot, but the director used it in this to make the whole hotel feel even bigger and more empty, and the characters more isolated and small.
I always thought that the hotel sucked him in and made him a part of it and its history. Not that he was actually there in the 20s but after he died he became a part of its past, present and future. That is why he was in the pic. Remember, they were seeing the ghosts of the past and i think he joined them as the ultimate and last caretaker. Probably wrong, but that is my take!
The man and the bear costume scene is actually supposed to represent sexual abuse that Danny experiences from his father Jack. There are multiple things through out the film that point this out.
@@carlossaraiva8213 We could debate, I suppose. When Regan started messing around with things like the Ouija Board (and other things, expanded on in the book), that wasn't a sensible thing to do - especially since she was a vulnerable spirit. Most people would have made her put it away permanently.
Danny's power basically threw gasoline on the fire of the hotel's evil. The fact that it unlocked itself suggests it wouldn't have taken No for an answer.
@@hungfao the characters in The Exorcist act like they are in the real world where the Ouji board is a mere game and not a gateway to the spirits like in real life. In fact the reason the mother barely reacts is because she thinks the daughter is pulling a trick. In the Exorcist the characters always act like people would accordingly. In the movie the ONLY character of importance that as any knowledge the supernatural exists is Father Merrin. The rest act like normal joes in the normal world.
@@carlossaraiva8213 In the book, the suggestion that Regan was somehow faking it was more defined....at first. It became apparent that maybe she wasn't when her behavior became more extreme. An underlying message of the film is the erosion of the spiritual. This message is referred to by the character's behavior throughout the film but it gets missed by many viewers. This is also more defined in the book. True, Merrin knew exactly what was going on. Karras thought he was losing his faith and was powerless until he found it again. Regan and her mom were essentially faithless. In the movie, despite everything that went on, Mom still gives the religious medallion back to Dyer. She turns her back on it again. This suggests a possible sequel but, as we now know, the sequel was terrible.
Another fun fact: this is practically the only role that the actor who played Danny Torrance (Danny Lloyd) every played in. He had a small cameo in the sequel to this movie, "Doctor Sleep" (2019), but that's basically it.
Some little known trivia: 1. The title "The Shining" came from the chorus to the John Lennon song "Instant Karma" ("We All Shine On") 2. The director Stanley Kubrick wanted to keep Jack Nicholson in a "constantly aggravated state", so he (Nicholson) was fed nothing but cheese sandwiches, which he hates, for three weeks. 3. Both Stanley Kubrick and Jack Nicholson have praised Shelley Duvall (Wendy)'s work in the movie, calling it the hardest performance they had ever seen an actress take on. 4. Stanley Kubrick originally wanted Slim Pickens to play the part of Dick Halloran, but Pickens wanted nothing to do with Kubrick after work- ing with him on "Dr. Strangelove". 5. Kubrick originally considered Robert DeNiro and Robin Williams for the role of Jack Torrance, but decided DeNiro wasn't psychotic enough after watching him in "Taxi Driver" and decided Williams was too psychotic after watching him in "Mork & Mindy" 6. The line "Heeeere's Johnny" was improvised by Jack Nicholson and almost didn't make it in the movie. Stanley Kubrick had left the United States and living in England and had never seen "The Tonight Show, Starring Johnny Carson" and didn't know what "Here's Johnny" meant.
To be honest, I'm only sitting through this because it's your reaction video, and you did a great job! This movie never did much for me, I always felt it was overblown, except for ONE scene. The old hag coming out of the bathtub. That's as creepy as it gets, for ANY horror film. But the rest.....meh. Either way, I enjoyed your reaction to it. Keep up the great work!
So few standard 'horror' tropes! Kubrick uses just lighting and sound effects, and tremendous acting to do a slow burn. I don't think the ending photograph was actually intended to further the plot, but simply confirmed that there were supernatural elements at work. It provides a great center for discussion. (That and Jack getting out of the locker.) Loved your reaction, and intelligent questions.
Great reaction video! Danny Lloyd, who played Danny, never knew what kind of movie he was in. He was told it was a drama, and later on saw the movie when he was 17! I never read it, but the ghosts from the book include the lady in the bathtub (who killed herself) and the two men (the owner Horace Derwent and his lover dressed as a dog). Also if you notice some naming oddities: Jack Nicholson plays Jack, Danny Lloyd plays Danny, there's Lloyd the bartender, and Jack's drink of choice is Jack Daniels!
So is Grady and all the people in the ball room and the dude in a bear suit and the man in front of him and the woman in the bathtub. Of you read and I suggest anyone including the reacter of this video to read the book that explains who the woman in the bathtub is and the man in a bear suit .
Thank you for this reaction. There are two excellent documentaries on YT about this film: Eye Scream and The Myth of the Madman. Stanley Kubrick's daughter also shot a behind the scenes of the making of the film, which you can see on YT.
As far as not understanding the parents' behavior, well, it was the 1970s in the USA. Dad was enjoying PTSD from Vietnam, while Mom was "expanding her mind" with grass or other substances. No airbags in cars yet, barely any seat belts. Parents smoked around their kids, and left the kids with complete strangers for stretches at a time. Stephen King could concoct this story because it would've been considered fine to leave a 5-year-old up in an isolated place with no telephone access for 5 months. "The Shining" is like an old black-and-while film from Hollywood's "Golden Age": your mind has to work overtime to suspend disbelief and accept an unfamiliar world.
If you want to hear an extremely interesting discussion on this film, I would suggest the episode about The Shining on Random Number Generator Horror Podcast Number 9.
I believe that the film is subjectively open to interpretations based on the deliberate continuity errors and misleading set design of the hotel’s interior and exterior by Kubrick to trick the audience. If you observe the scenes throughout carefully it has various elements of a dysfunctional family related to trauma,alcoholism,abuse,lust,denial and violence projected by the visuals created within the characters minds. In addition another fascinating factor about the direction is the foreshadowing of scenes through symbolisms and props as if they are setting the tone for the upcoming events like jack playing with the ball in the lobby and colorado lounge as axe swinging and murder of Dick Hallorann. My interpretation is the chain of violence throughout history shown in the film.
Best ever assessment of Nicholson's acting prowess: "His eyebrows scare me". I agree.
Hi sweetie…you know what l really love watching these reaction videos? I absolutely love how you automatically BELIEVE the child. So many issues happen with children who grow up not being believed, being told to stop imagining things or not to look for attention. They grow up not trusting their own judgement and not trusting others with things they need to confide. Children just feel devalued, and their little hearts break. I truly love and value your protectiveness and compassion.
Edit: l also have to say…You look amazing, like Donna Summer or Sade! And you shine with or without makeup. 🤗
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The reason Jack went psycho and gone after his wife and son was when he was at the bar he said this “I’d sell my soul for a glass of beer”. The devil accepted his offer and sent Lloyd
He seemed like he was going crazy before that though.
@@williamostertag8363i think the main difference between drunk Jack and sober Jack is that he was losing his mind the whole time, but sober Jack wakes up from the nightmare about his dead family crying and terrified.
But drunk Jack doesn’t care.
Right before the bartender appaires, Jack says that he would sell his soul for a drink, well I think someone took him up on that offer.
Something else about that scene: Jack states that he has cash. But when he looks in his wallet, it's mysteriously empty. The bartender says "Your credit's fine, Mr. Torrance". But when he comes back to the bar later, he pulls cash out of his wallet. It's almost like the hotel was making him not see his cash, so that he'd instead have to use "credit" (aka his soul) to pay for that first drink.
You aren't wrong about Jack Nicholson's eyebrows. They're essentially their own evil character and it makes him feel evil in Anything he acts in,lol
I enjoy your reactions - They are very genuine and honest takes. You allow the movie to take you on the journey while staying observant and empathetic to the characters and their motivations. You appear to be pausing the movie when writing notes, or sharing observations, or asking questions along the way, so you don't miss anything important that might happen at that time.
Jack Nicholson was born for this role. It is a very menacing performance. He's nice to everyone else but abusive and dominant over his wife. Shelly Duvall gave a great performance as well. You can understand how she felt afraid of her husband when he got deranged. Danny and Dick Haloran both had the Shining but Danny's gift was stronger than his.
Jack Nicholson's eyebrows have been scaring everyone for years.
Looking good as always, this movie is definitely a psychological terror. It keeps you jumping and guessing even til the close. There are many theories about the hotel capturing souls, or was somehow related to the manager mentioning the hotel was built on an indian burial ground.
"I corrrrected them" Me and my bros use that line on each other all the time lol
I highly recommend the films "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1975) and "Anger Management" (2003).
Both with Jack Nicolson. Some drama and a lot of humor. Are good films
I'd also toss in "Five Easy Pieces" with Nicolson, it has one of the great restaurant scenes of all time.
Bravo again. One of my favorite horror stories. There were a lot of them like The Omen (Gregory Peck), Carrie, or for frustration When A Stranger Calls
Notice the bears eyes on Danny's bedspead when the doctor is analyzing him. They are actually the dials above the elevators at the Overlook hotel.😯
Please please please. Watch “Dr Sleep” the sequel to the shining. Danny’s all grown up
It goes in to a whole lot of detail as to what
“The Shining “ is.
It’s also a great movie.
I second, third, and fourth this emotion. Dr. Sleep is so good.
It's important to note that it's *mostly* a sequel to the novel, not this film, though if you go into it understanding that you don't have to have read the novel to follow what's happening.
Classic movie.
Best part...when you turned around thinking someone was behind you lol...
You should go to this hotel and spend a weekend there. It's The Stanley Hotel near Denver Colorado.
KSO there are societies, blogs and clubs of The Shining discussing all the signs, easter eggs and conspiracy theories of this film to THIS day! There is even a documentary called ROOM 237 #facinating
The Shining is quite the rabbit hole. Many people have offered explanations, but I don't know what King himself says about the meaning behind the story. King did claim to have his own paranormal experience at the Stanley Hotel. Which of course is the Overlook in the movie. Many people, both guests and staff have claimed to have experienced things there. Though, certainly nothing like what the movie portrays. King was trying to get sales after all. Benign happenings are not big at the box office. Loved your reaction. Have some herbal tea or maybe a cordial to relieve some stress dear. Peace!
"Girl, there is a time for this nonsense, to cry. Just get out of this hotel." ha
😂😂 look at K.S.O smizing them eyes!
I just love you my queen!! Make up looks on point!! Ok, you gotta look up The Wendy Theory. Rob Navarro. It's a far fetched theory, but it makes the unexplainable things of the Shining make sense!
I love Rob Ager's analysis of this movie on his page "Collative Learning"
01/15/2022: I just watched your reaction to the 1980 film 'The Shining' by Stanley Kubrick. Stephen King who wrote the book 'The Shining', he' did not like the movie at all. Stephen King felt that Stanley Kubrick left out too much from his book which is true and leaves out too much explanation as well, even though it is still a good movie. It was maybe around the mid 80's that I read Stephen King's book 'The Shining' and it did explained a lot why the hotel was haunted due to the fact a lot of bad things happened. From what I can remember, reading the book a lot of murders by mobsters, debauchery (like the scene with the man lying in the bed and the other man in the bear costume performing oral sex, which that was not really shown), and I do believe many suicides as well as many different ownerships of the hotel in the past. In the 90's Stephen King decided to redo 'The Shining', a TV mini series based on his book which explains a lot more, and not as graphic with all the blood. Plus in the book and the TV mini series, the cook does not die, he actually rescued Wendy and Danny by escaping from the hotel. Jack gets stuck in the boiler room (where he found many newspapers with articles in the book and during the movie of all the bad things that happened there) to prevent from overheating, and some of the ghosts are trying to get him to stop from the boiler room from overheating, exploding and destroying the hotel. It happens anyways. Good reaction K.S.O. If you have not watched the trilogy of Lord of the Rings (the extended versions, do at least 3 parts for each film), That would be fantastic. Thanks!
I've been to the hotel, The Stanley, in Estes Park Colorado. I did not go in.!! I took lots of pictures but. Nope, not going in.
You always look great K.
Oh wow! GOOD - DONT GO IN! THNKS HUNNI
Since Danny SHINES so bright, I bet if his family had moved to Derry, Maine instead, he would instead be seeing a certain scary clown and balloons!
He’s always been the caretaker
We all need an African auntie ❤
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That scene with the dog costumed man, and the other man that Wendy saw goes like this:The dog man, known as Roger who was "servicing", a man named Horace Derwent.In the book Jack is concerned about who is the owner of the hotel.He is obsessed to find out and calls the Stuart Ullman the one who hires him at the beginning, and threatens to expose him if he doesn't give him the information he wants for his new book idea about the hotel.
The owner is Horace Derwent with a very damning reputation.He was the owner of the hotel a long ago but many horrific occurrences forced him out of public view.
Horace had a brief rendezvous with Roger, it says Horace "was AC/DC and never went back for seconds on his DC side".King is basically saying that our dog has had its day.The costume originates from an old vision of the past that keeps merging in the timeline where the costumed Roger is jumping around howling and basically humiliating himself in front of celebrators.
We learned Horace asked Roger to attend the ball in the dog costume.The point of this was cruelty.He had power over Roger and was using it to exploit him, showing his dominance.
In the book it explains it but hard to understand if you haven't read it.
You're killing it as usual.
Haunted hotel, reincarnation and revenge for sure. I think 1921 Jack became a ghost from his past life there and haunted Grady into murdering his family. Now the ghost of Grady is back to take revenge and haunt Jack into killing his family. How many times this battle has been going on I don't know, but this time the family got away.
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Yes I hope she reacts to that one soon.
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I hope you mean the original from 1974.
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Now you should watch the sequel DOCTOR SLEEP. The hotel itself collects souls and it asks people to do terrible things to prove themselves while seemingly offering them eternity. All those figures are part of its soul collection.
Love this movie! The book is even better if you ask me.
As always, love your reactions :D
Peace!
33:01 Where’s Johnny?!
See documentary Room 237 about the Shining Movie. Between what the author Stephen King put in the book and the Symbolism Stanley Kubrick put in the movie. It is about betrayal of the Native American Indian, the Kennedy Assassination, and the Fake Moon Landing. It is also about the evil of a Hotel that consumes people. They commit evil/muder and the hotel grants them immortality. The movie hints the previous caretaker not only murdered his girls... he also molested them and his wife was in on it. What the movie leaves to the imagination is even more scary than the movie itself.
I'm stressed out for you regarding this movie. But your makeup looks wonderful!
Why do you think that they say Charles Grady at 4:35, but call him Delbert Grady at 25:25? I never see anyone mention that. And knowing how obsessive Kubrick was for details, it seems unlikely it was 'Overlooked'. 😉
I did... I asked that on the full-length. It was weird
@@ScenecrlyK.S.O. Grady is also a repeat ghost; Delbert is a name rarely used in recent decades, even in the 1970s it was old.
That was fun, Kemi! Thanks!
There's no shortage of theories on what it all means, but I tend to agree with the ones that focus on the hotel being haunted. I don't see this as a story involving reincarnation. For one thing, if he's always been the caretaker, why is he at that formal ball in 1921 dressed like the guests? Does it make sense that the winter caretaker parties with the wealthy guests? I think what does make sense is that when someone dies there and becomes a ghost there(ie Grady, the girls, the woman in 237), they are ALWAYS there. I think that's what Grady meant, because that's what happens at the end. Jack will always be there and that explains why he's in the picture. Hallorann said that people with the shining can see the traces left behind in that hotel. Obviously by traces he meant ghosts. This implies the shining powers the ghosts in some way. Danny's shining ability is very powerful, this would explain why the hotel wants Jack to kill him there. The hotel would absorb Danny and his power. Danny has enough power to call Hallorann even though Hallorann was halfway across the country.
he was looking centralized in that photo, right up at the front.. called the caretaker.. that means the keeper.. a lot of talk about loving the hotel and wanting to stay forever.. you know who else is called caretakers? cemetary guys.. protectors of the dead... woooooooooooo wiggles brows
The Possessed Hotel Of Hell 😅
HEEEEERE'S JOHNNY!! 💀
You ask good questions for this horror movie.
Seem to pick up a lot on just first viewing.
You re a gloriously beautiful woman.
“Don’t scare me”
You are watching the Shining….
K.S.O., the hotel is an evil entity that absorbs the souls of the people that die there, making it supernaturally stronger. It especially wanted Danny's soul because his E.S.P. is so strong. So, it was manipulating Jack as a way to get Danny. The photo at the end was showing how Jack's soul was trapped there, just as Grady and his family were.
Yup, remember the blayk caretaker told the boy (dead tired, their names escape me) that some places/locations can get "the shining" too. they are special areas where they imprint positive/negative energy and absorb souls that die there. The souls, stuck there, can attempt to possess and re-infect others to try to "relive" their lost lives. good explanation rocca
@@unclebounce1495 blayk??
@@RaduRadonys Spend a few hours, you'll figure it out. lol
One theory of a plethora. Plausible, but by no means concrete. Kubrick was a master, and there are a number of intentional discrepancies.
Nice job. This was so entertaining. Your commentary has me dying. “Sister Wendy you have a drivers license come 👏🏾on 👏🏾let’s 👏🏾go👏🏾.” 😂 😂
When Jack went nuts and Shelly Duvall had a baseball bat she wasn't acting scared, she was legit scared
I think the true narrative is that the Hotel consumes Jack's soul and in doing so it creates a history for Jack in that he was always the caretaker... It sort of steals Jack's past and creates the Hotel's own version which is now true in the Hotel... It sort of ignores rules of how time works.
What he said.
@@pheerstringer Ditto
the party goers are also souls that the hotel has 'claimed'. At the end it was all 'waking up' so Wendy could see it all as it tried to get them all but only caught Jack.
The hotel is a nexus between realities like the Marsden House in Salem's Lot.
I saw somewhere on UA-cam a conversation with the man who played Danny when he was 5. He said he was protected during filming, and didn't even know he was in a horror film. He didn't suffer any trauma, and is now a biology teacher.
Stanley Kubrick was very protective of Danny Lloyd.
Basically, if you die in the hotel, you become a part of the hotel. So when grady killed himself, he became a waiter and had no recollection of what happened. So when Jack died there, he became part of it. If you watch Doctor Sleep, you get to see more of it.
You got it correct. Jack reincarnates to come back to the cursed hotel to reenact the same horror over and over again because as the manager had stated to them that place the hotel was built on was a sacred Indian burial ground, which the construction workers had to defend from the Indians trying to stop them from building it. But the hotel doesn't just rely on Jack coming back, it has many people that come back to repeat their crimes of horror and terror.
*K.S.O.* Joe is Right: The reason why He was in the pic....His Body Died @ The Hotel...All of the Spirits that died @ the area took over,became a Gestalt Entity...Gave "Jack" the ability to be reincarnated,to start The Violence All over again... But in this One,he failed.
There is a sequel to this movie called "Doctor Sleep," which Is about Danny as a grown-up, struggling to come to terms with what happened to him at the Overlook Hotel. Would love to see you react to it as well! Nice job here, and you look lovely as ever. :)
The sequel is a good movie very well told from an intriguing well crafted story based on the dumbest premise imaginable of what a Shining sequel would be. King must had been on strong painkillers when he came up with that.
I was disappointed with Doctor Sleep. It was pointless and didn't have any of the tension of Kubrick's film.
I will have to check it out, never heard of it. Thanks!
@@deckofcards87 On it's own it's a good movie, certaily a very well crafted movie. but it doesn't compare to The Shining. Doctor Sleep is a more conventional movie. Funny enougfh, the book The Shining is a very conventional story, quite pulpy, it was the movie that has that strange artistic mood.
I never knew there was a sequel...... WOW.
The book goes into more detail about all the deaths that have happened in the hotel which left a major stain on it.
The director tormented Shelley Duvall because he wanted her to be highly emotional at all times and even instructed the crew to never comfort her when she was upset, she said in a recent interview that she had days where she was crying for 24 hours and this movie is what a lot of people think caused her mental health issues that she still suffers from today.
He would make them film scenes over and over like the stair scene that was filmed 125 times, the boy who played Danny didn’t know they were making a scary movie because he was shielded from all the scary stuff.
There is a conspiracy theory that Kubrick helped the U.S government fake the moon landing and theorists point out somethings in this movie that they think Kubrick put in to confirm that he didn direct the moon landing like Danny’s Apollo 11 sweater and a few other things, there is a documentary about it on UA-cam.
Her mental health has nothing to do with this movie. If it would be the case she would have mental issues not long after she appeared in this movie not forty years later.
People always say how amazing Jack Nicholson is (which he is), but Shelley Duvall is truly amazing. Stanley Kubrick had her so worked up that she was truly depressed and panicked during these scenes. I read that she even started losing her hair.
I agree. She sells the terror just as equally as Jack. They are perfect contrasts and this film would not be as effective without both performances. I hate when people criticize Shelley's performance. Lord knows she went through a lot for it.
Stanley Kubrick and Jack Nicholson both said her performance was the hardest and most impressive work they had ever seen an actress do.
Oh, I would suggest that you watch the movie "Misery". But I would HIGHLY recommend that you read the book of the same name first! Written by Stephen King. Sometimes movies don't match up to books, but the movie was equally as good as the book, for different reasons; largely due to the performances; in particular, Kathy Bates, who play the disturbed character, Annie Wilkes.
"I hope there's no blood"
Maybe you better not take the elevator.
Best reactor line.....:Sister, you have a driver's license. Just get your son and go." LOL
The guy in the pig costume (I think it's actually a bear costume) was part of a gay couple who was humiliated at a new year's costume party and killed himself. The woman in 237 was an actress (I think) who killed herself in the bathtub. There's a lot more explanation in the book. Don't worry if you don't understand this movie - people have been trying to figure it out for decades and there are MANY different theories. Oh, and like many others have said, watch Doctor Sleep!
Thank you for explaining that! I appreciate it.. the questions - I have so many
Now I want an African Auntie!!! Would love to see you react to Doctor Sleep, which is a more recent sequel to The Shining. This was the 1st Stephen King novel I ever read. In the book, the cook doesn't die, and Danny and Wendy go to his place in FL to heal mentally and live.
We could all do with a bit of African Auntie's wisdom!
You're certainly asking all the right questions, my dear. Like many of Kubrick films, the answers are for the individual viewer to appreciate. Best. Leo.
Love the eye makeup you look amazing queen!
Thank you so much!!
@@ScenecrlyK.S.O. you look flawless
The make-up is a bit over the top when her hair is slicked back. With her hair out, I think it would be wonderfull. Would like to see the pictures.
The Hotel happened. You've been always here.
I'm glad to see a Kubrick reaction with a lot of emotion. For the other aspects of the film, the cinematography is just stunning. And the very early steadicam shots of Danny just wheeling around! And I can't leave the sound design without a mention, Kubrick knew just what to aim for and went for it, no matter what anybody thinks😃.
To me, this is the second most terrifying film of all time. I love it how, as you get more and more scared, you lose the Canadian side of your accent! Plus, I echo those who recommend Doctor Sleep. Keep up the good work!
I think Tony is (pre-Doctor Sleep era) Danny in the future projecting back in time (using the shining) to himself to warn his younger self.
YES! And Danny's middle name is Anthony (Tony)
Thanks, Kemi! 😱 I love this one so much. I hope you'll do the sequel, DOCTOR SLEEP (2019) someday. It's so good. #SCENEcrlyKSO #StanleyKubrick #TheShining
You have to watch doctor sleep too. Good movie
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Oh sweet lovely ❤️ lady, don’t watch this! …….I guess it’s too late as I’m typing this on a reaction. 🤗 I tried… enjoy 😊
The pig/bear? I don’t know the answer. No one does. Stanley Kubrick was a wackohodoodle! Good 🎥 🍿 movie 👍🤗
I’m picky with first time reactors of horror movies because I feel like people lie for views but I subscribed to you because I can see it’s genuinely your first time watching! Love the genuine first time reactions and looking forward to more!
Book is better. Steven King didn't like what Kubric changed for the movie
The sequel Dr. Sleep is the story of Danny afterwards and as an adult, it's also great!
Be sure to watch the director's cut.
You look fantastic!
Hi SCENE'crly, KSO . *A Little Fun Fact: The boy that was Danny Torrance was Danny Lloyd . He mentioned in an interview after the filming that he took the role in the film to buy himself a bicycle . He is a farmer , a school teacher , and has four children .
BTW, Jack was not only going crazy, but the hotel itself was haunted. He wasn't just seeing things in his head, those were actual displaced spirits he was seeing, just like Danny was able to see the two dead girls because he was able to "shine".
This movie can go as deep as you want it to! The more you think about it and watch it the more you can get out it. Every word in the script and every scene is important. That's one of the reasons it's my favorite of all time.
Thanks for this :). It was a great reaction.
Now just waiting for you to watch the exorcist.😊😊
I remember hearing that most of the interior shots in this film were recorded with a wide-angle lens. Movies typically avoid doing this because it puts too much on screen and can distract from the subject of the shot, but the director used it in this to make the whole hotel feel even bigger and more empty, and the characters more isolated and small.
I always thought that the hotel sucked him in and made him a part of it and its history. Not that he was actually there in the 20s but after he died he became a part of its past, present and future. That is why he was in the pic. Remember, they were seeing the ghosts of the past and i think he joined them as the ultimate and last caretaker. Probably wrong, but that is my take!
The two Jack's are the same person. The Jack of this mie is a reincarnation of the Jack of the 1920's.
The man and the bear costume scene is actually supposed to represent sexual abuse that Danny experiences from his father Jack. There are multiple things through out the film that point this out.
Great job. And excellent editing. You put in crucial parts.
I wish you continued success.
Thank you very much!
If people just went around minding their own business instead of doing things like going into room 237, we'd never have far fewer horror films.
The Exorcist is a movie where everybody keeps doing the sensible thing yet things keep tutning to shit.
@@carlossaraiva8213 We could debate, I suppose. When Regan started messing around with things like the Ouija Board (and other things, expanded on in the book), that wasn't a sensible thing to do - especially since she was a vulnerable spirit. Most people would have made her put it away permanently.
Danny's power basically threw gasoline on the fire of the hotel's evil. The fact that it unlocked itself suggests it wouldn't have taken No for an answer.
@@hungfao the characters in The Exorcist act like they are in the real world where the Ouji board is a mere game and not a gateway to the spirits like in real life. In fact the reason the mother barely reacts is because she thinks the daughter is pulling a trick. In the Exorcist the characters always act like people would accordingly. In the movie the ONLY character of importance that as any knowledge the supernatural exists is Father Merrin. The rest act like normal joes in the normal world.
@@carlossaraiva8213 In the book, the suggestion that Regan was somehow faking it was more defined....at first. It became apparent that maybe she wasn't when her behavior became more extreme. An underlying message of the film is the erosion of the spiritual. This message is referred to by the character's behavior throughout the film but it gets missed by many viewers. This is also more defined in the book. True, Merrin knew exactly what was going on. Karras thought he was losing his faith and was powerless until he found it again. Regan and her mom were essentially faithless. In the movie, despite everything that went on, Mom still gives the religious medallion back to Dyer. She turns her back on it again. This suggests a possible sequel but, as we now know, the sequel was terrible.
your makeup and colors look amazing today! xo
Another fun fact: this is practically the only role that the actor who played Danny Torrance (Danny Lloyd) every played in. He had a small cameo in the sequel to this movie, "Doctor Sleep" (2019), but that's basically it.
Some little known trivia:
1. The title "The Shining" came from the chorus to the John Lennon song "Instant Karma" ("We All Shine On")
2. The director Stanley Kubrick wanted to keep Jack Nicholson in a "constantly aggravated state", so he (Nicholson) was fed nothing but
cheese sandwiches, which he hates, for three weeks.
3. Both Stanley Kubrick and Jack Nicholson have praised Shelley Duvall (Wendy)'s work in the movie, calling it the hardest performance they
had ever seen an actress take on.
4. Stanley Kubrick originally wanted Slim Pickens to play the part of Dick Halloran, but Pickens wanted nothing to do with Kubrick after work-
ing with him on "Dr. Strangelove".
5. Kubrick originally considered Robert DeNiro and Robin Williams for the role of Jack Torrance, but decided DeNiro wasn't psychotic
enough after watching him in "Taxi Driver" and decided Williams was too psychotic after watching him in "Mork & Mindy"
6. The line "Heeeere's Johnny" was improvised by Jack Nicholson and almost didn't make it in the movie. Stanley Kubrick had left the United
States and living in England and had never seen "The Tonight Show, Starring Johnny Carson" and didn't know what "Here's Johnny"
meant.
I'm sure many who watch it don't get the Here's Johnny remark.
@@starrynight1657 Yeah, we're old. Lol.
@@seanmackey8552 I'm not sure how famous that show was outside of America either.
To be honest, I'm only sitting through this because it's your reaction video, and you did a great job! This movie never did much for me, I always felt it was overblown, except for ONE scene. The old hag coming out of the bathtub. That's as creepy as it gets, for ANY horror film. But the rest.....meh. Either way, I enjoyed your reaction to it. Keep up the great work!
So few standard 'horror' tropes! Kubrick uses just lighting and sound effects, and tremendous acting to do a slow burn. I don't think the ending photograph was actually intended to further the plot, but simply confirmed that there were supernatural elements at work. It provides a great center for discussion. (That and Jack getting out of the locker.)
Loved your reaction, and intelligent questions.
4:55 It _is_ a story … by Stephen King. 😉
Great reaction video!
Danny Lloyd, who played Danny, never knew what kind of movie he was in. He was told it was a drama, and later on saw the movie when he was 17!
I never read it, but the ghosts from the book include the lady in the bathtub (who killed herself) and the two men (the owner Horace Derwent and his lover dressed as a dog).
Also if you notice some naming oddities: Jack Nicholson plays Jack, Danny Lloyd plays Danny, there's Lloyd the bartender, and Jack's drink of choice is Jack Daniels!
The ending means simply jack has become part of the hotel his soul trapped forever
So is Grady and all the people in the ball room and the dude in a bear suit and the man in front of him and the woman in the bathtub. Of you read and I suggest anyone including the reacter of this video to read the book that explains who the woman in the bathtub is and the man in a bear suit .
"Sista Wendy"...🤣🤣🤣🤣
check out flowers in the attic
And yes you did a wonderful job on the smokey seductive eye
Thank you for this reaction. There are two excellent documentaries on YT about this film: Eye Scream and The Myth of the Madman. Stanley Kubrick's daughter also shot a behind the scenes of the making of the film, which you can see on YT.
As far as not understanding the parents' behavior, well, it was the 1970s in the USA. Dad was enjoying PTSD from Vietnam, while Mom was "expanding her mind" with grass or other substances. No airbags in cars yet, barely any seat belts. Parents smoked around their kids, and left the kids with complete strangers for stretches at a time. Stephen King could concoct this story because it would've been considered fine to leave a 5-year-old up in an isolated place with no telephone access for 5 months. "The Shining" is like an old black-and-while film from Hollywood's "Golden Age": your mind has to work overtime to suspend disbelief and accept an unfamiliar world.
Looking fabulous!
Thank you!!
If you want to hear an extremely interesting discussion on this film, I would suggest the episode about The Shining on Random Number Generator Horror Podcast Number 9.
Your makeup is awesome!!!
Personally I'm not a fan of make up. If anything, a clean natural look is best. Don't be upset, we all have different tastes.
This is going to be great!
I believe that the film is subjectively open to interpretations based on the deliberate continuity errors and misleading set design of the hotel’s interior and exterior by Kubrick to trick the audience. If you observe the scenes throughout carefully it has various elements of a dysfunctional family related to trauma,alcoholism,abuse,lust,denial and violence projected by the visuals created within the characters minds. In addition another fascinating factor about the direction is the foreshadowing of scenes through symbolisms and props as if they are setting the tone for the upcoming events like jack playing with the ball in the lobby and colorado lounge as axe swinging and murder of Dick Hallorann. My interpretation is the chain of violence throughout history shown in the film.