The Shining as an Exceptional Horror Movie
Stanley Kubrick a.k.a. "The Master Filmmaker," was born on July 26,
1928 in the Bronx, New York City. By age 13 he had developed passions
for jazz, drumming, chess and photography. In 1951 at 23 years of age,
Kubrick used his savings to finance his first film, a 16-minute
documentary short about boxer Walter Cartier.
On March 7th, 1999, Stanley Kubrick died in his sleep of a heart
attack. He was 70 years old.
The Shining is a typical example of the horror genre because it works
by arousing irrational fear. Stanley Kubrick uses step down imagery to
make the terror in the horror, controlled and not too over whelming
for the audience, to make it seem more believable. The horror is a
paradox because it presents a vision of terror to the audience but the
audience try to fight everything the director is trying to achieve by
telling themselves that, 'it is just a movie, its not real, you can't
scare me.'
The Shining was based on Stephen King's third published novel, which
became a best seller upon its release in 1977. What also makes The
Shining such an exceptional horror movie is the way Stanley Kubrick
keeps the horror hidden from the audience and like most good horror
films, there is always a sense of the supernatural, good vs. evil and
a sense of isolation.
Personally I feel that the Shining is a typical horror film because
it's a situation where the victims are isolated from the outside world
and there is a mad man or something out of the ordinary killing them,
which is true of most horror films like Nightmare on Elm Street, The
Ring, Signs, Jeepers Creeper's 1 and 2 and Dracu...
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...symbolic
value.
This movie is perhaps Stanley Kubrick's greatest work. I feel that
this movie could not have had a better cast, and there is nowhere else
in the world where this movie could have been set.
I feel that Jack Nicholson's performance in The Shining was absolutely
stunning. I also feel that without Jack Nicholson, "The Shining" would
have been just another haunted house film. Jack Nicholson's depiction
of a man teetering on the brink of insanity was brilliant. We watch in
terror as the insanity slowly settles in and exploding fiercely into
this man, transforming him from one who is trying to repair his
fragile family life into a stark raving lunatic bent on destroying
everything he loves. It is truly a magical movie experience. So I feel
that The Shining really is the greatest horror movie ever made.
Stanley Kubrick a.k.a. "The Master Filmmaker," was born on July 26,
1928 in the Bronx, New York City. By age 13 he had developed passions
for jazz, drumming, chess and photography. In 1951 at 23 years of age,
Kubrick used his savings to finance his first film, a 16-minute
documentary short about boxer Walter Cartier.
On March 7th, 1999, Stanley Kubrick died in his sleep of a heart
attack. He was 70 years old.
The Shining is a typical example of the horror genre because it works
by arousing irrational fear. Stanley Kubrick uses step down imagery to
make the terror in the horror, controlled and not too over whelming
for the audience, to make it seem more believable. The horror is a
paradox because it presents a vision of terror to the audience but the
audience try to fight everything the director is trying to achieve by
telling themselves that, 'it is just a movie, its not real, you can't
scare me.'
The Shining was based on Stephen King's third published novel, which
became a best seller upon its release in 1977. What also makes The
Shining such an exceptional horror movie is the way Stanley Kubrick
keeps the horror hidden from the audience and like most good horror
films, there is always a sense of the supernatural, good vs. evil and
a sense of isolation.
Personally I feel that the Shining is a typical horror film because
it's a situation where the victims are isolated from the outside world
and there is a mad man or something out of the ordinary killing them,
which is true of most horror films like Nightmare on Elm Street, The
Ring, Signs, Jeepers Creeper's 1 and 2 and Dracu...
... middle of paper ...
...symbolic
value.
This movie is perhaps Stanley Kubrick's greatest work. I feel that
this movie could not have had a better cast, and there is nowhere else
in the world where this movie could have been set.
I feel that Jack Nicholson's performance in The Shining was absolutely
stunning. I also feel that without Jack Nicholson, "The Shining" would
have been just another haunted house film. Jack Nicholson's depiction
of a man teetering on the brink of insanity was brilliant. We watch in
terror as the insanity slowly settles in and exploding fiercely into
this man, transforming him from one who is trying to repair his
fragile family life into a stark raving lunatic bent on destroying
everything he loves. It is truly a magical movie experience. So I feel
that The Shining really is the greatest horror movie ever made.