The Shining DVD

Advantages: Brilliantly written, fantastic acting, classic horror film
Disadvantages: None that spring to mind

...jump and tingle!! The Cast * Jack Nicholson as Jack Torrance * Shelley Duvall as Winifred "Wendy" Torrance * Danny Lloyd as Daniel "Danny" Torrance * Scatman Crothers as Dick Hallorann * Barry Nelson as Stuart Ullman * Philip Stone as Delbert Grady * Joe Turkel as Lloyd the Bartender * Anne Jackson as Doctor * Tony Burton as Larry Durkin * Barry Dennen as Bill Watson * Lisa Burns as Grady Twin number 1 * Louise Burns as Grady Twin ...
...ballroom Based on a the novel written by Stephen King, produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick, 115 minutes running time and certificate 18. First released in 1980 and digitally remastered for DVD in 2001. What Its About Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) goes for an interview at the overlook hotel, for the job of live in caretaker for the winter months while the hotel is closed, he gets the job and the film starts with ... Read review

Advantages: Mad axe wielding maniacs.
Disadvantages: Probably, yet I'm blind to them.

...a film and directed by the late and great Stanley Kubrick? *The Film. Jack Torrance is a writer; facing a bit of a mental block at the moment, and suffering from a cash flow problem. Wendy is his wife; she's not too pretty, has a penchant for lank hair and opening her eyes too wide. Danny is their son; he talks to his imaginary friend who lives in his finger. Jack gets a break, and is hired as a winter caretaker for the gargantuan Overlook hotel, ...
...off; Wendy hoping to spend the next five months in tranquil solitude, Jack aspiring to write his long awaited novel in such peaceful surroundings. They arrive and are shown around the vast and splendid hotel. Wendy gets a long and intricate tour of the kitchen, checking out the storage and refrigeration systems (remember that, it might be important). The cook takes a shining (no pun intended) to Danny, and shares a few psychic moments with him, warning ... Read review

Advantages: Jack Nicholson is fantastic as a maniac!
Disadvantages: The acting can be a little 'forced'

Adapted from the book of the same title written by stephen king, this is a classis film directed by Stanley Kubrick (Eyes Wide Shut). This is the first adaptation of the Shining, as it was adapted as a tv mini-series in the 1990s. I got this from my local shop for £5 in their discount box and remembered watching it years ago and decided to get it to see if it was as good as I remembered. I was not disappointed! DVD Info ~~~~~~~ Region - 2 PAL ...
...Produced/Directed by Stanley Kubrick The Film ~~~~~~~ Jack Torrance (Nicholson), is a recovering alcoholic and writer who accepts a job as caretaker in the Overlook Hotel for the winter. The hotel itself is completely closed for the winter but still requires a caretaker to look after the general bits and bobs and the heating system etc. Jack goes there with his wife Wendy and son Danny (also known as Doc). The hotel itself is a very grand building, ... Read review

Advantages: Jack Nicholson at his very best...and worst!!!
Disadvantages: Just a tiny bit slow to start with

...bit creepy and unstable at the best of times. Even in comedy roles he always gives the impression that the characters he plays could always "FREAKOUT!!!" at the flick of a switch. I truly believe that there is this little bit of madness that resides in our old friend Jack and I believe that Stanley Kubrick detected this when he cast Nicholson for the role of Jack Torrence, the unstable and ever maddening caretaker of the Overlook Hotel. Its a pity ...
...and haunted dwelling. Picture the scene...haunted hotel, a history of madness linked to cabin fever and a former caretaker slaughtering his own family with an axe. I'm not being funny but If I was interviewing someone for a caretakers position, knowing the history of the hotel and that the only people who would keep our Jack company were a bulging eyed wife and a creepy floppy haired kid intent on talking to his own finger, I would somehow pass ... Read review

Advantages: one of the best horror films ever
Disadvantages: None

...made, scripted and acted and the only motivation I ever have to go and see them is to see what film they ripped off this time. The only truly original horror films are the old Dracula and Frankenstein movies of the thirties, they set the template and since then every other scary film has been a copy or a copy of a copy(which is even worse), whilst the original stalk n slash is a 60s film called Peeping Tom. Then we come to the totally insane, blood ...
...worse and worse, and although The Evil Dead is now a cult film it really is appallingly badly made. The only horror films that I have ever been scared by are Event Horizon and Shining. Shining was made before the recent glut of teen slashers and comes from the book by Stephen King, which is his scariest apart from IT. Shining, originally called The Shining was made in 1980 by the late, great Stanley Kubrick, who could proudly say he’d never ... Read review