This is the key scene in the whole film. Everything else can be explained as Jack's insane hallucinations, but who unlocks the pantry door? it adds so much to the film.

Grady: "Some of the ghouls and I are a little concerned that the project isn't moving as much as planned." Jack: "Can't murder now, eating."

"I and others" is probably the scariest line in the film.

According to Kubrick in an interview, the moment Grady lets Jack out is when the audience is supposed to understand that supernatural elements are at work here. He also mentions a story where a paranoid poker player accuses someone of cheating, and in the end you find out they really were cheating, and he used that concept in The Shining. Just because Jack's going crazy doesn't mean nothing supernatural is happening.

I like how Jack wakes up and calls for Wendy like he's gained his sanity back but when grady is the one who answers he seems to slip right back into insanity

"... Your wife appears to be stronger than we imagined, Mr. Torrance. Somewhat more... resourceful."

Can't murder now. eating.

he could of survived in that pantry for the whole winter honestly.

The door opening by itself is quite a revealing scene in the movie which finally tells us that Jack was not hallucinating and was in fact being recruited by hotel's demons all along.

Kubricks work is just so damn good. I have never, NEVER, watched another horror movie that made me truly stop to think what its all about.

"Who unlocks the door?" The hotel did. As Mr. Hallorann said, some places shine like people. Jack literally sold his soul for a drink and the hotel did the rest. Once he made that connection and once he went into Room 237, the hotel became "alive."

The damn ghost let him out... creepy as hell.

"You give your word on that, do you Mr. Torrence?" Man, Grady means business... he sure sounds threatning when he says that

The hotel releases Jack. The hotel is the monster and it wants Danny. The hotel tricks Jack into believing Wendy and Danny are against him. All the ghosts you see in The Shining exist because of the hotels power. In the book, the hotel is characterized as the bad guy, not the ghosts or even Jack.

The incredible acting on display here yet again. Grady sounds nothing like he did in the bathroom scene before. He now sounds unmerciful, demonic and calculating trying to get inside Jacks head. I love it

*I always thought that this scene could have been made even more scary if when Grady asks; ‘You give your word?’, Jack just nods and doesn’t say anything. Then Grady would say ‘Very well’. That way it would tell us that the house and ghosts are watching him the whole time, even in a confined pantry*

i never understood how perishable items would last from October till May. Btw, I love the sound of the wind howling all through hotel. It shows how isolated the family is.

When we first meet Grady he is a servant and very deferential to Jack. But gradually the tables are turned and Grady becomes the boss whom Jack is eager to please.

Hmm. Chili would be good tonight.

"No need to rub it in, Mr. Grady" I know! I hate it when people rub it in. Makes me want to kill!

Amazing performance by "Mr. Grady".

That expression at 3:17 that Jack has is like a convict who hears he is getting out of jail free without questions. lol

The howling wind... The sound of the unlocking door... I get CHILLS

The Simpsons Halloween parody of this is so funny, Homer: "Can't kill now, I'm eating" Moe: "Oh for heavens sakes!" Suddenly a whole group of monsters takes Homer and pulls him out of the pantry.

You've got to admire the dedication of Philip Stone who literally became a hotel for a year to make this scene work.

Jack looks so precious and cute when he’s sleeping lol

He's eatting Oreo.

RIP Shelly Duvall.... this movie wouldn't feel right without her

I just like the pantry items.

The Shining is a masterpiece, the only movie you can watch several times and come to a different conclusion every time, a clsssic.

Even short clips like this of 'The Shining' I can watch repeatedly. I love Kubrick's use of the slow-zoom and tracking shot in this bit, and his compositions throughout the whole film (emphasizing how small the characters are inside and outside the hotel) really suck you into this nightmare-world.

Grady mentioned "others" in this scene; Lloyd, Derwent, Mrs. Massey (237), the "bear" man, the Grady twins, the "manager", the hotel's own character and not seen but mentioned; Grady's wife possibly. The bulk of the Overlook's spirit manifestations. Equally eerie is the constant howling winds outside the hotel throughout the film.

Just noticed he'd been snacking on the Oreos a bit there...

The eerie wind in the background 😮

Grady's voice sounds more like Lloyd from the bar than the waiter in this scene.

Good lord, this movie. Every second is like cold witchy fingers scraping down your spine.....There has rarely been a movie like it and I doubt in this dum-dum generation of high speed all action, there ever will be. The Shining was, is, and will forever be truly a standalone film.

What's the matter, Joker? Locked in a food pantry because your wife got the better of you in a creepy hotel?

"Uh, look, some of the ghouls and I are a little concerned that the project isn't moving forward." "Can't murder now, eating." "Oh for crying out loud." [A whole bunch of movie monsters come in and drag him outside] "Noooooo!"

0:32 Jack was eating some nice Oreos

The hotel is the main antagonist or rather some unknown entity that is trapped inside the hotel and controls the ghosts.

Moe-Homer it's Moe, ah look some of the ghouls and I are thinking the project is not going according to plan​. Homer- Can't murder now, eating. Moe- Ah for crying out loud.

In my weird up-bringing when I was 12 or so, I had initially thought the elevators were hydraulic and leaking Dexron transmission fluid which has a dark red color when new.

The Simpson's take on this scene will never leave my mind.

I laugh at all the comments here trying to explain away the door opening from Jack hallucinating being put into the pantry and doing it by telekinesis. Clearly these people never read 'The Shining' and are confused by Kubrick's adaptation. As they should be, considering that Kubrick took a ghost story about a hotel wanting Danny's power and made it out to be an alcoholic suffering from cabin fever and having a mental breakdown. The ghosts of The Overlook are behind everything and Jack is a pawn who in his weakness gets taken over by the ghosts to get to Danny.

0:00-0:10 that's how I feel when I get home on a cloudy day. Nothing like a good nap while hearing the wind outside.

I honestly wasn't aware that Oreos have been around since at least 1980.

Even as he's going crazy, Jack still has some Oreos for a snack.

The Shining Pantry Scene, brought to you by Tang.

There's an opened jar of peanuts next to Jack along with other types of snacks. This kinda makes me laugh thinking he had something to eat while in this insane mindset then went to sleep haha

There is something so creepy about being alone in the depths of a hotel pantry with no one around you talking to yourself. It’s so material and manila, makes me shiver.

Looks like Jack was enjoying himself while being locked away. The only thing missing is beer and women.

The ghosts could manifest themselves into physical forms, right? since the lady in room 237 strangled Danny. So could Grady have done that here?

Such a wonderfully done horror film.

>> Knock on this door again and I'll be coming after you Grady, for interrupting my nap time!

3:08 You can hear the door being unlocked by someone, presumably Delbert Grady. This was right after Jack give Grady his word that he would deal with his wife and son.

Aside from this compelling scene, I can't help but recall the food in this scene when I shop at Costco.

Grady sounds very different here than he did in the bathroom scene.

The thing that was always creepy to me is not only was he talking to this supernatural thing, but it unlocks the door, it actually let's him out.

I wonder if those oreos are still there, haunting the overlook and lamenting it was never eaten.

Unlike the aliens in Signs, the ghosts in The Shining have no trouble with pantry doors.

The greatest horror film ever made. Not sure there is anything even close.

Reminding anyone of Trevor Phillips?

In the book, there's a bottle of gin and a glass waiting for him outside the pantry when he gets out.

When she was dragging his ass into the pantry reminded me a few times being drunk out of my kind and mumbling that was hilarious lol

I saw this at the cinema when it first came out. I must have been 7 years old. King and Kubrik. What a combination.

Musical allusion: the incipit of Beethoven's 5th, with fate knocking on the door (4 knocks, repeated)! Love it!!

Theres far more to this film then just jack talking to "hallucinations". Clearly there were always supernatural elements to this from so many other parts. Im not sure why people are surprised by it.

One of the scariest scenes in the movie, because how can this be explained? Either there are real, tangible ghosts lurking about, or the hotel itself is some kind of living, functioning embodiment of evil.

"can't murder now, eating"

I love The Shining! It’s one of my favourite films, and this scene, apart from the axe scene, is my favourite!

I think Danny unlocked it while he was asleep. Jack heard Mr Grady in his head and imagined the door being unlocked which when he physically tried the door it opened. The scene following this is Danny in a catatonic state repeating redrum over and over meaning that Danny knew what was going to happen directly because he knew the door was now open and that his father was coming for them both.

I love the "it wasn't demons, it was his mind". As if one makers more sense the the other

No the scariest part in my opinion is the part when the naked woman attacks danny

My man was snacking & napping away 🤣

Best scene in the movie, since up until now no one could be sure that Jack wasn't merely hallucinating it all.

1:56 " That you haven't the belly for it". Thats what pushed Jack towards fulfilling his mission. Once Grady said that there was no stopping Jack.

I find it unsettling that you can hear the storm howl within the pantry..something I hadn't noticed until just recently and I've watched / listened to this film NUMEROUS times 🤔

danny unlocks it. it isnt a coincidence that jack is trapped in a well-stocked room which he could live in for a long time. danny lets him out because its the only way to truly stop him.

I see this scene as one of the best in the film. Like much of Stanley Kubrick’s work, it seems to be kept vague, which makes it even more interesting, I’ve never read the book, so I don’t know if this line up with any information provided there, but I see the hotel as the antagonist of the film, not Jack. The ghosts, such as Delbert Grady and the bartender, Lloyd, are merely tools of the hotel’s will. With the case of Mr. Grady, it seems once the hotel has made the current residents go insane, (or possibly if you’re murdered on the property in the case of Grady’s wife and daughters) that the hotel traps you and you become part of its collection of tools that the hotel will use to consume the next victims. I don’t think the ghosts are acting independently and opening up the door for Jack in this scene. I think that the ghosts are literally puppets of the hotel and that they’re a way for the hotel to communicate on a verbal level with a few of its select victims. Obviously, the hotel can’t talk, so it uses the spirits of its previous victims it has at its disposal. Mr. Grady isn’t opening the door, the hotel is. The hotel’s endgame is to consume more victims, by whatever means necessary. Obviously, with the case of Mr. Grady and Jack, the easiest method to achieve this is to drive the biggest and strongest member of the group to insanity and do the dirty work of disposing of the others. I’m sure there are many other cases of the hotel consuming its victims before Grady and Jack that we never hear of. I doubt it uses the same strategy to trap its victims each time, but it will go to frightening lengths to do so. The hotel fails to trap and consume Danny and Wendy, but it seems to be content enough to just have Jack. The final scene in which the picture is shown of Jack at the July 4th Ball in 1921 signifies to me that once the hotel consumes you, you will always be a part of it....and always have been.

we miss kubrick too such a master mind for movies and twist another god of cinema lost too soon

Seriously though a job well done on the acting by the oreos, kool aid, tang, heinz ketchup................................................AND the nilla wafers. All of their performances were second to none!!!!! They were Kubrick's unsung heroes because even when they weren't shown, they were still there the whole time, sitting in the same spot and doing exactly what they were supposed to do.

Rockin' the Oreo slash peanut butter combo.

Do not forget ..the whole Hotel was built on a Native American gravesite..that explains a lot. Stephen King seemed enthralled with the NativeAmerican and Slavery issues

Second only to the final scene when the camera focuses in on the photograph on the wall with Torrence in the middle from 1921, for plot impact. This one scene proves the ghosts are not imaginary. Danny of course has the encounter with the twins and the lady in 237.

All the Oreos in that pantry would've been murdered in my first couple days as caretaker.

The hotel WAS haunted and Movie Jack was nothing like his book counterpart.

For the moment Mr Grady.Only for the moment

he eat some oreos and peanut butter u can see it when he wake up LOL

this is the scene that flips the whole movie on its head and keeps people talking about it 40+ years later...

Will you indeed, Mr Torrence? I wonder. I have my doubts. I, and the others, have come to believe that your heart is not in this. That you haven't the belly for it.

Cabin fever, with mental illness before that, then selling his soul. He had a void and he found something to fill the void. Eventually Shelley Duvall sees the ghosts and wants to leave.

shinning awesome in my book

If Wendy's going to use up all that baking powder, she better get to baking. The clock is ticking.

My favorite little detail is that Jack's been tearing into the Oreos and planters while he's been locked in there lol

Love this movie

J'en reviens pas de ce film là, quand j'étais jeune j'ai écouté sa sur l'acide tellement c'est un chef d'oeuvre. L'acteur principal est je crois le meilleur acteur que la terre a porté. Analyser les scènes, le moindre petit détail est très important pour ce rendre compte que cette acteur la est unique. Je crois que c'est mon préféré. Aujourd'hui des films comme ça il ne s'en fait plus malheureusement. Quand on écoutait pour la première fois dans le temps, sa rentrait dedans en SVP.

Mr Grady let him out the hotel is truly haunted 😈

Phillip Stone. For Kubrick. The Shinning 1980. Barry Lyndon 1975. A Orange Clockwork 1971.

In other words, the genius of Kubrick in action.

Grady: Mr Torrance it's Grady look some of the other ghouls and I concerned the project isn't moving forward Jack: "Can't murder now eating"