The Shining -Great Terror Stuff From The Maestro..

I am not a fan of Hollywood horror films. Mostly crowded with cheap Asian remakes and creepy stuffs they do not encourage me much to spend any time. But The Shining is different. First it is from the house of the Master director Stanley Kubrick so it is supposed to be great and yes it is really great stuff. It is rumoured that Stephen King was not happy with film that Kubrick portrait in fact he did come up with a own version of the same film but none the less The Shining is a brilliant effort.
Jack Torrence moves to Overlook hotel as a caretaker and he takes his wiife and children to keep him company. The hotel is closed and all the staffs slowly departs and what remain are is the Caretaker family in a deserted ice ridden hotel. Jack tormented by his inner demons slowly changes himself in the freaky hotel and what happens then pretty much fills the story. The story seems very simple and dated but the treatment sets it apart. It is less of a Ghost story and more of a Psychological thriller and I just loved it for that.

Jack Nicholson as Jack Torrence scared the shit out of me. He did repeat himself in such kind of roles but to be honest he is best when it comes to portray creepy mental roles. Danny Lloyd in the role of Danny was the real surprise, the kid gave a brilliant performance and man he looked so cute on Screen. But the real problem comes from Shelley Duvall, she is incredibly bad in the role of Wendy. She kept hamming through out the film and I feel she was terribly miscast .
All in all The shining is a very good horror film, In fact this is by far the best horror film I have ever seen.

I am going 8 out of 10 for The Shining, the spooky horror film really haunted me .