The Shining
Coming into this I didn’t have the highest hopes, I’d only seen one other Kubrick film(2001) in which I absolutely hated. But The Shining was a great surprise for me.
To start The Shining is a can’t miss psychological horror film. Probably the greatest horror movie I’ve ever seen. It builds suspense extremely well, and has some very interesting set pieces, like all the bar scenes. This film also shows hallucinations in a way that almost feels real. It shows very effectively the mental state these people fell into.
To make a psychological thriller this good you need great acting performances and Jack Nicholson and Shelly Duval were outstanding. I think these 2 both played people losing their sanity extremely well, the scene where Shelly starts hallucinating was some of the best acting I’ve seen, Same goes for Jack Nicholson.
This is definitely a benchmark film for the horror genre and for film as a whole. Some of the tracking shots in this one are so good, when they’re doing the tour of the hotel, is some of the best cinematography I’ve ever seen.
Yeah this one is must watch, everything here is done so well.