Ghostly apparitions of a strikingly menacing nature haunt much of the first half of the film, which gradually evolve into ever more serious physical threats as time progresses. It never ceases to amaze me how The Shining is actually two films in one, both a comedy AND a horror flick. And 'funny' because of Jack Nicholson's outrageous and in many cases ad-libbed onscreen antics. Frightening because of the extraordinarily effective use of long shots to create feelings of isolation, convex lens shots to enhance surrealism, and meticulously scored music to bring tension levels to virtually unbearable levels. I have seen The Shining at least six or seven times, and I still believe it to be simultaneously and paradoxically one of the most frightening and yet funniest films I've ever seen. This movie just scared the life out of me, which is what still happens every time I rent the video for a re-watch.

The sheer terror that I experienced in viewing 'The Shining' was enough to make me go to bed with the lights turned ON every night for an entire summer. When this film first came out in 1980, I remember going to see it on opening night. The only thing that can save Danny and his mother is 'The Shining'. After being convinced by a ghost to 'correct' the family, Jack goes completely insane. The father, Jack Torrance, is underway in a writing project when he slowly slips into insanity as a result of cabin fever and former guests of the ghosts. A man, his son and wife become the winter caretakers of an isolated hotel where Danny, the son, sees disturbing visions of the past using a telepathic gift known as 'The Shining'.

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