The horror movie you will be forced to watch again and again
Millions of people like to watch horror movies and that is why many such movies are released every year.
But there are very few films that people remember even after a few months.
But The Shining, released in 1980, is still remembered 4 decades later and is considered one of the best horror films of all time.
This film by the famous Hollywood director Stanley Kubrick is not a traditional horror film, but its story is very different, in which ordinary things strike a wave of terror in people.
The story of this film is based on a novel by author Stephen King, but the director changed it a lot.
At the time of its release, it was an average success, but over time, it has attained the status of a classic.
The story of the film
The film revolves around Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson), his wife Wendy (Shelley Douvel) and son Danny (Danny Lloyd).
Jack Torrance gets a winter job tending the Overlook Hotel in Colorado.
The hotel was closed every winter and upon arriving for a job, Jack was told by the hotel manager that the former caretaker had killed his wife and 2 daughters and committed suicide. Refuse to accept.
But Jack ignores this warning.
Jack, an alcoholic in the past, has seriously injured his son, but before taking this job, he has overcome his addiction and wants to write a novel while on the job.
Before leaving the hotel, Danny is told by the hotel's head chef that he has a telepathic ability that he describes as the Shining.
The chef is also told that the hotel is also 'shine' due to its unpleasant past and that he should avoid room 237 at all costs.
After a month of staying at the hotel, Danny sees terrifying visions, including the twin girls who were killed by their father.
On the other hand, Jack's mental state gradually deteriorates and his behavior becomes violent while he also starts having dreams of killing his family.
As such, Jack becomes under the influence of the ghosts in the hotel, especially the ghost of the former caretaker, prompting him to kill his wife and child.
Then what happens in the film and how the viewer is terrorized is related to watching.
The movie ends in such a way that people are forced to watch this movie again and again.
The intricacies of the film's story also make it worth watching again and again as many aspects are not understood the first time.
Some of the behind-the-scenes facts of this film are also quite interesting.
It was the director's first horror film
Stanley Kubrick is known more for science fiction and turned down an offer to direct The Exorcist before The Shining.
But he always wanted to make the scariest movie in the world and that's why he worked on The Shining.
Didn't even read the script written by Stephen King
The director did not even bother to read the screenplay written by Stephen King but instead wrote the screenplay himself along with another writer.
However, he contacted Stephen King on the phone and got answers to various questions.
Stephen King didn't like the movie
In an interview after the film's release, Stephen King said that he was very disappointed with the film, even though he was a big fan of the director.
His biggest objection was the casting of Jack Nicholson.
The room number has been changed
In the novel, the room number is 217 instead of 237, but at the request of the management of the hotel where the film was shot, it was changed to 237, so that future visitors would not avoid staying in room number 217.
The hotel did not have room number 237 but after the movie, the demand for room number 217 increased a lot.
Danny Lloyd's only film
This film made Danny Lloyd very popular but it was the only film of his life.
However, in 2019, he played a brief role in the sequel to The Shining, Dr. Sleep.
An interesting fact is that Danny Lloyd didn't know it was a horror film, he got to know it at the age of 16.
Being listed in the World Records Book of Guinness
In a scene in the film Jack's wife swings a baseball bat to stop her husband, the scene made it into the Guinness Book of Records, as it had 127 hits.
The set of the film was burnt
A fire broke out during the final stages of the shooting, which gutted most of the film's set.
The cause of the fire was not known, but it cost 2.5 million dollars to rebuild it.
The film took many years to make
Director Stanley Kubrick used to take a long time to complete his films, but The Shining is the film that was completed in 5 years.
The ending of the film was changed
We are not mentioning the ending of the film here but it was changed by the director.
In fact, this did not happen during the post-production of the film, but when it was released, the director changed the ending after the first week.
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