One of the greatest horror movies of all time. Also, Jack Nicholson should have won an Oscar for that performance.

"Here's Johnny!" Fun Fact: The door that Jack Nicholson chops through with the axe near the end of the film was real. Stanley Kubrick originally shot this scene with a fake door, but Jack Nicholson, who had worked as a volunteer fire marshal and a firefighter in the California Air National Guard, tore through it too quickly. Now, the absolute scariest moment of this film to me is when Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) wife Wendy Torrance (Shelley Duvall) realizes that he's just been writing the same sentence over and over and over from the very beginning, and then he's RIGHT THERE! Shelley Duvall who has the most wonderful eyes and who's so underrated, her reactions throughout the film are unfortunately largely genuine as Stanley Kubrick terrorised the poor woman relentlessly. Also, big shout out to Danny "Doc" Torrance (Danny Lloyd) for being the smartest person ever in a horror film with that walking-backwards-in-snow trick.

You have to understand Jack is acting that way because the spirit of the hotel is taking him over.

The picture is to symbolize the hotel "absorbing" Jack and now he is trapped there. Danny's "shine" was extremely powerful, which gave more "omph" to the ghosts of the Overlook, allowing them to manefest in a stronger fashion than they usually can. "Tony" is actually future Danny. HIs name is Daniel Anthony Torrence. His shine is so strong that he can see what's going to happen. His younger self can't process it but the older one can and saves himself.

Jack Nicholson is considered to be one of the greatest actors of all time. Another great film of his is " One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" , which swept the Oscars in 76, including best actor for Jack.

The hotel itself was a spirit. It ate people and souls and everyone who died there was trapped there forever, both as an individual spirit and a collective spirit adding to the strength of the hotel. That's why the hotel wanted Danny so much - his 'shining' aka spiritual gifts were very strong and the hotel wanted him and his power. Great reaction.

“Here’s Johnny” is one of the most famous catch phrases in television history from the Johnny Carson show intro during 60s/70s/80s.

At the 58:11 mark. I had to go back and watch this just to see and hear the agony that came out of both Jordan and Amber when Hallorann got killed. Amber went from sheer torment to sheer anger in a blink. Jordon just looked like he was sick to his stomach. I love the way you both throw yourselves into these reveiws. The movies are made so much bette by it.

The scariest part of “all work and no play. . .” Isn’t that he has been writing it, but that he has been writing it for a long time. He has been insane for a lot longer than we realize

Best horror movie ever. Didn't rely on jump scares and special effects. Just damn good acting.

Just when you think that Jack is losing his mind and this is all a delusion, ya gotta ask yourself, who opened the pantry door?

The acting, the framing, the atmosphere, the sound design, every aspect of filmmaking is shown to perfection in this film. This and The Exorcist will stand the tests of time no matter what. Masterpiece

The scariest thing about the "All work and no play makes Jack A dull boy" is not that it's telling Wendy that Jack is going crazy. Nope it's telling her Jack has been crazy for a long time.

Yes, the hotel was completely haunted, and the spirits especially wanted Danny, and were driving Jack crazy in order to get him. At the end, Jack was absorbed into the hotel, just like all of the other spirits. The director Stanley Kubrick likes having ambiguous endings, but that's what is goin on. Jack Nicholson is a tremendous actor, and this movie gave him all the opportunity to do what he does. I hope you see more of him on the channel.

Between what King intended when he wrote the novel and what Kubrick imagined and the cast and director brought to the screen are two different visions. There are a lot of interpretations, but one thing I liked was to learn the little kid never even knew it was a horror movie until years later.

In the dubbed German version, they translated Jack typed lines with _''Don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today.'''_

The hotel absorbs people who have the shining. Danny’s dad has a little bit of it which is why he saw those things. Danny’s shining is very powerful because he could even tell the future with his shining. Danny’s mom was able to see the ghosts of the hotel in the end as Jack was fully absorbed and they were beginning to absorb Danny which would make the hotel even more powerful.

Danny Lloyd was so young, and since it was his first acting job, Stanley Kubrick was highly protective of the child. During the shooting of the movie, Lloyd was under the impression that the film he was making was a drama, not a horror movie. In fact, when Wendy carries Danny away while shouting at Jack in the Colorado Lounge, she is actually carrying a life-size dummy, so Lloyd would not have to be in the scene. He only realized the truth several years later, when he was shown a heavily edited version of the film. He did not see the uncut version of the film until he was seventeen, eleven years after he had made it. IMDB

Amber, you are amazing. You picked up so many more little but significant parts to that movie than I did in probably the first 5 times I watched it. And there is no one out there reacting to music who does it better. The way you explain the details in a song whether you are referring to the instruments or the lyrics or the feelings you just make me feel what you feel. Thank you for that. Jay, you rock. Your kids must think you are the best dad in the world.

Fun fact. The carpet in the hallways when Danny is riding his tricycle was used in Toy Story at Sids house, the carpet pattern is the same. Also in Toy story 4 when they go into the antique store the song playing is Midnight the stars and you which is also in The Shining in the ballroom scene and at the end when zooming in on the picture. The director of the Toy Story movies was a huge fan of The Shining!

The Bathroom scene is one of the finest pieces of Cinema. The way the balance of power shifts from Jack to Grady is truly sublime.

Fun fact Stephen King stayed at the historic (and haunted) hotel in Estes Park, Colorado called the Stanley Hotel that inspired him to write The Shining. The hotel also has a haunted room and has a very rich history that was also considered THE getaway spot for the elite around the turn of the century. 🙂

"Here's Johnny" One of the best lines of the movie

Fun fact Jack Nicholson was a firefighter before his acting career took off so when he was swinging that axe to bust through the doors he had such a strong and accurate swing that he busted through the doors much quicker and easier than they wanted him to, they had to go through numerous doors before he finally got the right amount of swings in before actually busting through them.

The guy that plays Dick Hallorann is the same guy that sings "Everybody wants to be a Cat" in Aristocats. One of my favorites as a kid.

I can't believe how far you've both come. I remember you were frightened of Ghostbusters and you've survived The Shining! 🤣

All exterior shots of the Hotel are filmed in Oregon at the Timberline Lodge on Mt. Hood. It is a beautiful resort!

Indian burial ground for 2 tribes and the isolation made Jack slip into madness. The ghosts of the Overlook basically made Jack one of them and he's there forever now. Jack was already having mental health issues and this pushed him over the edge. You guys should read the book its SO much better detail ❤️

Hands down you two have THE BEST reaction to this movie! A lot of viewers don't like Wendy and dismiss Shelley Duvall's acting, but I've always thought this was a tremendous performance from her. Your empathy picked up on the fear a real woman and mother might feel in her situation and you were right there with her rooting for her. OMG guys! Great reaction. There is a part two to this. Now you gotta check out Doctor Sleep.

“How do ya like it?” 😈📝😱🪓 The sense of dread is unrelenting & Jack’s performance was *SUPERB!*

The hotel is actually real with lots of real hauntings. The hotel is built on a mountain that has quartz crystals in it so it’s a theory since quartz is a memory crystal it houses spiritual memory. Basically like an everlasting recording of spiritual imprints. Interesting stuff.

I love how danny jump starts his track by pushing the wheel

Jack Nicholson in one flew over the cuckoo nest is a classic!!

One of my favorite actors! Everything he’s been in great performance. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,Ironweed, Hoffa, The Witches of Eastwick,China Town, Five Easy Pieces,Wolf,Terms of Endearment,As Good as it Gets,Batman, Something’s Gotta Give,A Few Good Men,The Bucket List

lol @how quickly Amber stopped laughing at 17:55

Jack Nicholson is one of the all-time greats. The whole cast is great really. The boy, Shelly Duvall, and the inimitable Scatman Crothers. Amber: "I really dislike him." That's the genius of Jack Nicholson. Great reaction to this iconic movie! For next Halloween, you must do the Exorcist, if you haven't already. Also Poltergeist. Also, the movie Magic with a young Anthony Hopkins is another great movie with a fabulous actor going crazy.

Another brilliant movie starring Jack Nicholson is "ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOOS NEST" not a horror but just a masterpiece of film

Guys, it's the hotel. It's the hotel that has claimed another soul. Brilliant reaction to this utter classic, thank you.

The exteriors were shot at Timberline Lodge in Oregon, on Mount Hood. Been there many times. The interior was filmed at a hotel in Colorado.

Re-watching this I realized I *had* to comment on the moment Amber said "What is she doing?" when the mom was on the phone switchboard. Yes, my young friends, THAT was how phones worked at a place like that. An operator would actually switch phone lines to connect calls to different places, rooms, outside, long distance, etc. 🙂 Good times!

Jack Nicholson's face is everything in this movie. He actually plays the devil in Witches of Eastwick.

My impression was that Jack's insomnia did get to him, but the hotel was also definitely haunted. I feel like the spirits used his fragile mental state against him. It's kinda genius because it leaves the audience constantly wondering what's in Jack's mind and what's the hotel haunting. Classic horror with excellent performances!

During the scenes where little Danny’s on the tricycle, the intention was for the viewer to be on the edge of his seat during every corner the camera followed him to; as if something’s going to be there and “jumpscare” us… that’s the anticipation for what happened when the twins showed up 😅😅 Edit: speaking of horrors, you guys HAVE to watch “The Exorcist” as the next horror one

Amber said, "That movie was nuts". Yes indeed.

The hotel itself is a demonic entity that feeds on pain, suffering and death. It's explained in the book that Jack also had the shine when he was a boy but gradually grew out of it and rationalised it away. As for Mr Halloran, in the book Danny tries to warn him with the shine but the hotel - which has begun to wake up as Jack feeds it with Danny and Wendy's terror (hence why Wendy begins to see the ghosts of the hotel too towards the end) - stops him.

I read this book when it came out and I was working in a little shop by myself. This book messed me up for months. Then when the movie came out I stupidly watched that too. Way too intense for me. Now I'm watching it with you guys. Guess we'll all be leaving lots of lights on for a while. Take care, my friends.

Stanley Kubrick July 26, 1928 - March 7, 1999) was an American film director, screenwriter, producer, and photographer. Widely considered one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, his films were nearly all adaptations of novels or short stories, spanning a number of genres and gaining recognition for their intense attention to detail, innovative cinematography, extensive set design, and dark humor.

Your reactions are so empathetic, keen, funny and charming. I really enjoyed watching you both experience this incredible movie for the first time.

My understanding of "The Shining" is that the hotel - or, really, the entity/spirits that inhabit the hotel - absorb the souls/power of those who die there. Although Jack had a little bit of the shining (which is why he was able to see the spirits, interact with them, and have his brain whispered into by the hotel), Danny (who inherited the power from his father) was particularly powerful with it and the hotel wanted him to die there so it could absorb and use his power. At first, you see the spirits scouting him out (when he first sees the little girls, they're watching him, then, after they see him see them, they look at each other and turn and walk away). Then it invites him in ("Come play with us, Danny, forever and ever and ever..."). He nopes out though, so then the hotel tries to trap him in by luring him into Room 237 and attempting to strangle him. He gets away, so then the hotel pushes harder on Jack - someone in the physical world - to get him to kill Danny because Danny is too strong for the spirits to do it. The movie uses that high-pitched tone whenever the shining power is in use. We hear it first when Tony is showing Danny why he doesn't want to go to the hotel (the first premonition of the blood elevator, the first vision of the little girls, and Danny screaming). We hear it next when Danny is hearing Dick ask him telepathically if he likes ice cream. We hear it pretty much any time Danny is sensing (or about to sense something). BUT we also hear a quieter version of the same sound in that scene where Jack is just standing and staring creepily at nothing for a long time. The sound is quieter because his power is not as strong as Danny's but, at that moment, the hotel is whispering into his brain, working to corrupt him. Jack seeing the spirits, the party, the alcohol, and all that is not just his imagination. It's the same as Danny seeing the little girls. Jack also has the shining (though he probably doesn't know it), so he's able to see the spirits that infest the hotel. He's weaker than Danny, though, and damaged: He's got an alcohol problem, he writing career is not successful, he's not happy in his marriage, he's got anger issues, etc. so he's more malleable than Danny. He's easier prey for the hotel. Like I said, the spirits get trapped or absorbed by the hotel but I sometimes wonder if there's meant to be a larger, more evil entity that's behind it all (and just using the spirits as tools, messengers, or masks as it does its work). I think it's interesting that the bartender, Lloyd, and the full bar only appear right after Jack says, "I'd give my god-damned soul for just a glass of beer." The second he says that, Lloyd appears, the full bar appears, and the hotel (something demonic?) takes him up on his offer. Later, when Jack is at the big party and tries to pay for his drink, Lloyd says "Your money's no good here" (maybe because he already paid with his soul?) and that it's "Orders from the house." When Jack then says that he likes to know who's buying his drinks, Lloyd says, "It's not a matter that concerns you, Mr. Torrance. At least not at this point." Also, let's be real: If anybody looks like they could be the devil, Lloyd sure does. And I don't think he ever blinks in his scenes. Super creepy! Tony, iirc, is Danny's middle name. I don't think Tony is meant to be a separate entity but is just, as Amber said, a personification of Danny's shining power, an identity to protect Danny from the more difficult, traumatic things. Kind of a split personality situation. I don't think Wendy has the shining power. At that point in the story, she's trying to take Danny and escape from the hotel. As Grady insinuated when Jack was locked in the pantry, the hotel feels that Jack is bungling the job he's been given and has gotten bested by Wendy (who Grady mentions is stronger than they'd anticipated). The hotel is losing faith in him to do the job. So, while Jack is off chasing Danny into the maze, the hotel steps in and exerts it's power more overtly to distract/stop Wendy. Basically, whether it's burning more of its power to make things appear to her or it's just because Wendy is so emotionally ragged that she's more mentally vulnerable at that moment, the hotel is able to manifest to her. A lot people say that Dick flies and drives all that way just to take an axe to the chest and accomplish nothing but I'd counter that the sound of him driving the snowcat up the drive is what saved Wendy. Jack was chopping his way into the bathroom and she had nowhere to go. When he heard the tractor, he left her there to go take care of Dick, giving her the opportunity to escape from the bathroom. If he hadn't arrived, she'd be dead and - best case scenario, assuming Jack still froze to death in the maze - Danny would've been alone in the hotel for months. Does he know how to cook? Run the heating? Fix the radio? I'm guessing no. And would the hotel keep attacking him? Probably. Dick didn't last long at the hotel but his arrival provided the distraction that saved Wendy and Danny. BTW, I met Scatman Crothers IRL once when I was about Danny's age and my dad took me to a celebrity golf tournament. Scatman sang me a little song, did a little dance, and joked around to make me laugh. Lovely dude and I always remember that interaction fondly. Much better than the interaction I had with Bob Hope at the same tournament. I stepped up and asked him for an autograph but he was apparently mad about the shot he'd just whiffed and ignored me, got in his golf cart (which I was standing in front of), and jammed on the accelerator. My dad had to pull me out of the way. As for Jack being in the photo at the end: I always interpreted that as the hotel absorbing his soul when he died. Like, I'd imagine he wasn't in the photo earlier but appeared in it after he died (kind of a "Twilight Zone"/creepy pasta type of ending). However, Stanley Kubrick - director of the movie and infamous for not talking too much about the mysteries in it - said in an interview that Jack being in the photo insinuated a reincarnation situation. This is also hinted at by the fact that the previous caretaker they talk about who axe-murdered his family ten years earlier was named Charles Grady but the butler Jack meets in the bathroom at the 1921 party identifies himself as Delbert Grady. So, in the same way our current Jack might be a reincarnation of a previous Jack, the more recent Charles Grady might've been a reincarnation of a 1920s Delbert. Grady's line, "You've always been the caretaker" is still a little weird, even in light of the reincarnation thing. I tend to take it as the entity that's manipulating these people to do these horrific things has taken them over to some extent. So, like, Jack hasn't always been the caretaker, but the thing that's driving him mad and controlling him to some degree has always been the caretaker. Like, there's a continuity of evil in the hotel separate from the identities of the people that it wears/rides. In that same way, I feel like Delbert is both a spirit trapped in the hotel AND a mask that the hotel wears to communicate its orders to Jack. I think it's also worth noting that the hotel works to corrupt Jack - or let him choose to corrupt himself - in different ways. He increasingly chooses anger when dealing with his wife, he drinks alcohol despite his promise not to, and he chooses to cheat on his wife by making out with the woman in 237. I always interpret the fact that she turns into the dead hag and begins witch-laughing at him as the hotel mocking him for being so easily corrupted and giving in to his temptation. Whatever the full truth is, it's a great, masterfully made movie and I'm glad you guys liked it. I think it really says something that one of the scariest, most effective horror movies is one in which only two people die (and one of them is the villain) and - not counting the elevator - you see very little blood and gore. Unlike slasher movies and whatnot, it doesn't rely on gory kills and violence, it instead uses sound, cinematography, and pacing to play with (and subvert) your expectations and build an increasing level of suspense and dread until you're literally getting jump-scared by a title card that says "TUESDAY."

This movie is very intense, very thought provoking, and frightening 🎃

The 1921 silent film titled The Phantom Carriage was the inspiration for how the scene with the axe and chopping a hole in the door was set up.

The lights on thing was funny AF. LoL the look on he's face when he saw the little girls. Lmao

I just wanted to say, I love your reactions, but I think the horror ones are the most fun just because you're both such clearly nice people who don't usually go in for dark or scary things like that, and so it's a really "pure" reaction done in good faith. It makes the ride so much fun, to get to watch you guys experience such classic quality horror films for the first time. I've enjoyed your music reactions for a while now, but your movie reactions are quickly becoming my favorite. Keep it up! And Happy Halloween! :)

Jay & Amber this was the best reaction I have ever seen. Amber was livid when Skatman’s character died!! 😂😂

Stanley Kubrick was a master. There are entire shows dedicated to explaining this film all the way down to his use of color. Still my favorite horror movie of all time and still as visually stimulating as it was when I first saw it in the 80s.

This is one of the best horror movies of all time. It’s been extremely influential from the look to the acting. It made me want to study film and I’m sure it’s inspired many careers. Everything about it is top notch. Great video!

I think what is great about 'The Shining' is how it doesn't need a great deal of gore to create the sense of dread. It works on a subliminal level.

Jack Nicholson is a heavy hitter. Some of the best movies. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest , A Few Good Men, Easy Rider, Chinatown , Batman (1989). So many more.

I've never figured this movie out, but it's truly eerie. Imagine seeing it in the theater. The jolt we felt when Danny turns the corner and the two girls are there. Like electricity up the spine and through the guts. One of the greatest jump scares in cinema history. Watching you two being so tense made me tense, even though I knew every minute. Watching with you was a lot of fun. Thanks.

I love your innocence and love of others, the world needs more of you two!

A classic Jack Nicholson move is "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest". It was the movie that basically made Nicholson's career because his acting was so spot on and compelling, as was the entire cast really. And the actor that went up to rescue the boy in this film, was also in Cuckoo's nest, and was fantastic. The best depiction of a mental hospital anyone had ever seen up to that point. The entire movie takes place in a mental institution, well with a few exceptions. The movie has a lot of spirit, some comedy and drama, some ups and downs. I don't want to be a spoiler. It probably did more good than Geraldo Rivera's documentary to expose the authoritarian abuses of the mental health system. But at the same time, you didn't feel there was a good side or a bad side. It was a system where people were trying to do good. It was clean and professional. But also maddening from certain perspectives. And whenever people are locked up there are abuses and petty power games. Some people have a bit too much power over others, and they get used to it and think they are Gods, And that is where abuses of justice can happen. I don't want to spoil it. I'm doing a terrible job of selling it lol. Databyter

So many scary scenes. The guy in the dog costume and the old woman in the bathtub freak me out, but I think the absolute scariest moment for me is right after the "all work and no play" reveal, where Jack is slowly approaching Wendy and shouting abuse at her. It's so tense.

This might be the best reaction video I've ever seen. Your reactions are so sincere and heart-warming, they make me re-live the first time I watched this incredible movie. The Shining is a masterpiece and people have been trying to figure it out forever. My interpretation is that it's like Spike Jonze' film Adaptation, where the movie morphs into the script that the writer in the movie is writing. I'd love to see your reaction to other Kubrick films!

I absolute love how emotionally invested you two get into the characters in the movies you watch.

I'm a lightweight but I did watch this many many years ago and haven't watched it since, until now. You guys did great!! For a good fun movie, 9 to 5 starring Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin. A good fun movie!! It will have you laughing!!

Your reactions to this are EVERYTHING I feel every dang time I watch this movie! I love Amber's "Take his whole hand!!" And just the white hot anger/frustration at Jack. It took me many years before I could see a Nicholson movie and not just see his Shining character. Unfortunately, I saw this before I had a chance to see One Flew Over Cuckoo's Nest. At least I could've had a more decent character I could see him in first, LOL. I think the ghosts were real because the ghost unlocked the pantry door for him. And I think Tony was like a protective character (in a way like a split personality) where they develop a stronger alter ego that protects the boy.

Thanks for the reaction guys. It's nice to see others watch movies & enjoy their reaction. Cheers!

The scene where Wendy sees the person in the bear costume in the hotel room, it's heavily implied that was a hooker and the man on the bed was her customer. They were of course, ghosts at that point. I remember in the book that Wendy had some psychic ability also, but maybe to a lesser degree than her husband or Danny. That last part where she was running through the hotel in a panic and seeing all those things, was Wendy finally awakening to her ability and seeing the spirits all around.

I read the book numerous times before I saw the movie. A lot of people were critical of the flick because the book was so good (many rank it amongst the best horror novels of all time). I know now we were too harsh because Kubrick could only pack in so much in a two-hour movie to keep it concise and yet action-packed. Seeing your reaction because you didn't know the story going in is priceless and really helps show that this is a true classic just by your sheer enjoyment and seeing you get creeped out. Great reaction.

You guys are my favorite couple who does reactions! Genuine, wholesome, real people. 🤠

@55:40 Jack Nicholson has a crazy face, when he tells his wife "I don't want to hurt you, I just want to bash your brains in" always gives me chills.

You haven't watched a scary movie until you watch William Peter Blattys "The Exorcist" That movie affected me on a primal level that no other horror movie has, it's pure untapped horror...a real classic.

That was a great frickin' reaction and you edited it for KZfaq perfectly. This movie has "Easter eggs" all over the place, but briefly the Overlook Hotel is an entity that feeds on violence. Even the name Overlook the director utilizes in the visuals like when Jack looks down on the model of the maze yet somehow sees Wendy and Danny within it or how the camera personifies the hotel's malignant spiirit following Danny through hallways and seemingly leading him to the two slaughtered daughters standing at the end of it. It's funny early in the reaction when Danny is riding his Big Wheel over carpets and floor, Amber said, "He could ride through that place for ever and ever," and I was like Amber's totally on a subliminal wavelength because that phrase "for ever and ever" you all are going to hear soon and it makes sense because the Overlook is like the past and present intertwining forever.

Jack Nicholson is one of my favorite actors. He is incredible. Greetings from México!

Some interpretations of the ending photo is that the Jack us viewers saw was a reincarnation of another Jack back in 1921. Others think the ending means that Jack's spirit was consumed by the hotel and he now exists amongst all the other ghosts trapped in it.

I love this channel. I feel like I know you guys. Such natural and unforced reactions. I love watching movies that I love with you. My best friend and I went to see “The Shining” in 1980 in the theater when we were 15. We still laugh about it. We were terrified. 😊❤️

I think one of the reasons it's so terrifying and unnerving is because it gives you hints at what's causing all the madness but never tells you. Creates stories and theories ever after. Really gets under your skin. A true classic. You guys are great, best of luck with the channel! 🤘

Individually you are both brilliant, together you are spectacular. Love your movie and music channels, better entertainment than TV at the moment

What a great reaction, you two were so in to the movie! Loved it. Love the movie too. Thanks for watching and posting.

The Exorcist is consistently voted as the scariest movie ever made, but if that is too much for Jay to handle, three good horror-comedies to react to would be Young Frankenstein, Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, and Shaun of the Dead.

Doctor Sleep is a very good follow up to this, not made until a few years ago. Shows Danny grown up and all the problems he has because of what happened to him. Explains a lot more about what's going on with the Shining and with the hotel. Not as much of a psychological horror but still very sinister.

Ranks as one of the best horror movies ever made. Stanley Kubrick great director-known for doing over a 100 takes just for one scene. Movie adapted from the book of the same name by Stephan King. You two nailed it. It was deja vu and reliving it all over again. After the movie you realize all the clues were there as you two went back and realized there was more meaning in the dialogue. This is one of my go to’s every Halloween week and even now it still creeps me out, the music, all of it.

This is my second favorite horror movie of all time, second only to The Exorcist. Yes, RIP Hallorann. He had one job at the end, and that was to supply the getaway vehicle.

Having the advantage of having read the book really helps fill in some of the gaps. The hotel itself was evil, due to the fact of where it had been built. There was a history of suicides and murders. Crimes of passion as well as a few mob hits. Far more than just the previous caretaker. Also, Danny’s full name was Daniel Anthony Torrence. “Tony” was Danny’s older self from the future trying to help him survive.

What makes this movie one of the best thrillers is the imagery that sticks with you forever and ever and ever. I saw this movie in the theatre and those twins + Jack Nicholson's facial expressions have popped into my head randomly for all those years - still do.

The hotel letting him out is the scariest part of the movie for me. If you pay attention, the hotel bargains with Jack the father. The hotel doesn’t want to be overlooked so it causes the mentally weakest person, the father in this case to attack his family. The hotel is a phenomenon in itself but add the shine that Danny has, the obvious ignorance of the mother, and the obvious underlying abusive history that the father has, it’s a recipe for disaster.

The hotel was filled with ghosts. I think he was seeing and interacting with them the whole time. Grady had a different first name in the story that Ullman told Jack in the interview and the ghosts only address Jack as Mr. Torrence. Maybe a reincarnation type of thing, I'm not sure, but it helps to explain the photo at the end. Best horror movie ever.

The Hotel is filled with bad events, and lots of bad ghosts. The book explains a lot more, and its a more in depth story than you realize. Look it up if you can. Excellent story when you understand more. Great reaction the both of you!

Love the reaction. The picture at the end is a "ghost" picture of all the souls trapped within the hotel. A good follow-up to this is Doctor Sleep which centers on Danny as an older man and delves deeper into the Shining.

hey to answer your question yes it was the isolation and yes it was the hotel. if you notice some scenes like the bathroom scene it has a heartbeat. implying the hotel is just as alive as the entities that walked those same halls.

The most terrifying movie I've ever watched was the Simpson's. It will give you nightmares.

You guys are just the sweetest, most wholesome folks ever, and I almost don't want ya'll to watch any more horror movies for all the stress it puts you two through 😂💙 That being said, I thought ya'll might take a little comfort in knowing that Mr. Hallorann survived in the book and saved them. In this version I take comfort still in knowing that he brought them the vehicle they needed in order to get away and survive, so his death wasn't entirely meaningless. He still saved them in my opinion. As for the hotel and everything that Jack saw - my understanding is that the hotel, (as Mr. Hallorann said), had the shining as well in a way, and it was FEEDING off of Danny. I do think his dad also had some small Shining ability too which is what made him a target, but Danny had a whole lot MORE shining in him, and the hotel was growing stronger the longer Danny was there. This is why at the end Wendy could finally see everything as well because the hotel was strong enough to actually manifest those things to everyone. The sequel to this movie (Doctor Sleep), explains it a little more, but I do NOT suggest you guys watch that movie. There a couple truly horrific scenes that you both would hate. But, if you guys are looking for something more lighthearted to watch, if ya'll haven't seen it yet then please give Stardust a try sometimes. It's a sort of spiritual successor to Princess Bride, I feel like, and it's one of my favorite fantasy movies of all time.

Would love to see you react to some older (older) psychological thrillers like “Rear Window” (1954), “Gaslight” (1944), and “Rosemary’s Baby” (1968).

Jack Nicholson is really a great actor. He shows that in "Batman"(1989) with 80's dreamgirl Kim Basinger and Michael Keaton too. Jack Nicholson plays the "Joker" in a fantastic way, so intensiv. "Die with a smile". The Soundtrack "Batdance" is made by prince. The music video to that is also fantastic. I recommend you both for your channels.

A great reaction, but I can't help but laugh to your reaction to the opening credits. Every other reviewer was instantly creeped out by the haunting music, laced with ethereal screams, and you two are all "oh, it looks so beautiful." How were you not creeped out by the score? love your reaction videos, both of film and music. Stay cool.

Tony had to completely take over. Tony is the kid’s “Shining” or actual good spirit inside of Danny. It was NOT Jack’s imagination. There are evil spirits in that hotel. Your next movie should be, “Dr. Sleep”. It is the conclusion of this story and how Danny had to lock up those spirits now that he is all grown up.

One of the best horror storytellers and one of the best filmmakers decided to make a movie. King's horror isn't just gore, it's the buildup of characters you care about when they are hurt, or sometimes the creeping horror of knowing what is going to be happen and then having to wait forever in anticipation.

Nicholson absolutely kills it in this one.

The exterior shots of the resort are from Timberline Lodge on Mt. Hood in Oregon. The internal shots are likely sets.

If it makes you feel any better Hallorann didn't die in the book. This was a fantastic reaction and probably the best editing I've seen of The Shining. Now we are so used to CGI but when they filmed the elevator blood scene, that really happened. They filled that up with (fake) blood and really only had one chance to get it right. I saw an interview where they said Kubrick couldn't even watch until it they were done filming it because he was so nervous it might not work. Jay, you made me laugh so hard throughout this. Amber I love you mom-heart so much. Really fun, thanks guys!