The Shining

The Shining is a perfect example of how horror movies don’t need cheap jump scares to be absolutely frightening. The part I enjoyed the most was how the Overlook hotel does not invent evil ; it mirrors Jack’s own psychological deterioration and simply amplifies it, allowing his darkest impulses to surface such as his resentment against his wife and his frustration with his failing career.  Perhaps that is why many people are unsettled with The Shining: it reveals that the capacity for evil may already exist within us. Kubrick never misses