Grady's transition from servant to puppet master is truly terrifying. Best scene in the entire movie imo.

This scene feels like forever and it's only 3 minutes long

"Correcting" someone is probably the best euphemism I heard in a movie.

Why does Nicholson fit so perfectly into psycho roles?

I like how Jack nonchalantly calls out Grady for being a ghost, basically. And he doesn't freak out, but he keeps listening.

Phillip Stone. One of the most uinderated actors ever. His transition from Grady the kindly servant to the evil demonic force of the Overlook is so subtle I really didn't see it coming until it was too late.

"Mr Grady, haven't I seen you somewhere before?" "Oh you must have sir, in 'A Clockwork Orange'...I was Alex's dad."

Very haunting scene, in the way the music echos like distant memories. I also noticed how the freezes in conversation makes this scene even more surreal, like fragments of a dream.

Was I the caretaker ? I dont have any recollection of that at all..

Meanwhile at Target......

Fascinating scene. "Strange sir. I don't have any recollection of that all."

I know the "stars" of this movie are what got people into the theater to begin with, but the supporting cast really sends this movie to the moon.

“That’s strange, Sir. I don’t seem to have any recollection of that at all” - That’s the type of thing one doesn’t forget, Mr. Grady.

Mr.Grady, you were the care taker here.

I love how Jack's swagger turns to uncertainty then terror. "You've always been the caretaker..."

I love the awkward stares and pauses in dialog. The 20's dialect from Grady's character makes his evil tones that much more unsettling! I corrrrrreeected her sir... with the roll of the tongue

This scene is genius, since Jack is the reincarnation of Grady he's basically "talking" to his former self. Grady being a ghost has no recollection on his life and gruesome fate hence why he's surprised by Jack's statement on killing his family. But the hotel soon possesses Grady as a "puppet" and talks him into killing his own family. Being located on an indian burial ground, the hotel is a structure of history. A prison. Anyone killed in there is trapped there and becomes a part of the hotel's history. Anyone who has the shining can see visions of things that have happened there and will happen. Which is why Danny is considered a threat to the hotel, and must be 'corrected.'

Phillip Stone's (Grady) slow shift out of deferential server to suggesting he murder his wife and child in this full scene (not fully shown here) is a masterpiece of acting

I love how in most every Kubrick films he lets the shots go on and drag out in this eerie and subtle way. It becomes a hypnotic almost subliminal way to scare the audience and it’s why the shining was always so creepy, you can feel the isolation

1:48 It's All Forgotten Now playing out in the big ballroom with the echo is perfect for the scene

The hierarchical transition in this scene is astounding

I love how a friendly and happy butler can turn into a serious and threatening person that stares in my soul

This scene is strange. How Grady turns the tables!!

At 2:06, Jack tossed Delbert's rag aside as an expression to say - I know who you are so stop pretending.

one of my favorite movies and a truly well done horror movie. scares you with witty dialogue, great acting and music that makes you uncomfortable and builds tension. slow, dark, and ominous build up to every scary/creepy moment

You can see that Jack was expecting Grady to back down somehow. He stands confident at 2:29 but from the moment Grady 'differs' with him, Jack shrinks back with every breath. By 2:57 he looks scared of Grady.

This movie NEVER gets old. Stanly Kubrick had amazing talent.

The art direction is this film is genius.

The moments when Jack Nicholson changes the tone of his voice from friendly to straightforward devious, it becomes an instantly different scene altogether. Impressive acting to say the least..

Love how they emphasize the colors in this movie, so much symbolism

Philip Stone - one of the top underrated actors in my list. He put the 'act' in acting.

I love how he looks so satisfied and proud of himself at 2:04 - 2:09.

Jack is actually looking at himself in the mirror the whole time.

This is one of the most well acted scenes I've seen in any movie.

Wow, what an amazing scene…both actors stunning, JN is stunning.

Dislikers must be "corrected"

Since I was a kid this scene always creeped me out the most. The stillness, the lightning, and when Grady starts talking about his daughters and family with the underlying menace...fantastic.

This bathroom looks like a target bathroom

grady's wife and daughters disliked this video !!

Usually in shot compositon, when two characters talk, the shots will always be composed so that each character stays on the same side of the shot, the camera is kept within a certain radius of the initial shot. Here that rule is broken and when the camera cuts to the other side of the bathroom, where Torrance was initially on the left half of the shot, he will jump to the right. The effect is very uncanny but also subconscious, implying visually that he and Grady are the same person. If you were to take stills of one shot from one half of the room and one from the other and play them back and forth very fast you would get an effect of Torrance blending into Grady, much like the visual effect of a Pokemon evolution. Later on in the scene the shots are composed so that Torrence is facing grady in front of a mirror, but it appears that Torrance is looking into the mirror, with Grady looking back.

It's almost as if Jack once pulls his card Delbert immediately takes on a whole different persona, from lighthearted,polite and attentive to a Dark,mysterious, and serious persona and flips the cards right back on Jack.

1:40 gotta love Jacks last slip of sanity in this scene

If I may be so bold sir...

Definitive "atmospheric" filmmaking. If this does not make you tingle, nothing will!

For me, the creepiest quote is "Perhaps, they need a good... talking to, if you don't mind my saying, sir. Perhaps... a bit more." The calm and apparently innocent way in which he suggests to Jack what he should do, is the creepiest thing to me.

This is just a legendary scene. Just great acting all around.

Holy FACK what a monumental scean....Even more mind blowing if you imagine Jack standing in that bathroom talking to himself having gone completely off the deep end by now.

Watching this scene so many times and realizing how perfect Al Bowlly’s song coming into the background of a haunting revelation while the lyrics come out “it’s all forgotten now, the trouble and the pain.”

My favorite movie of all times,i can watch it over and over again

I don’t know why, but this scene freaks me the hell out - probably the only film which is actually frightening.

Damn, that bathroom is beautiful! I'd give anything to toot a line of booger sugar off that beautiful red counter. If I may be so bold, sir.

Both actors are perfect in this scene

"I should know sir. I've ALWAYS been here,": the cold realization that Grady is the darkness that inhabits The Overlook, and maybe mankind.

“Mr Grady, you WERE the caretaker here”

Probably the best "horror" scene of all time.

This scene is perfect in every possible way, the colors, the lighting, the music in the background, the cinematography, the scrept, the British accent and the great great acting.

Glad this film is still getting more popular still. Horror Classic.

Say what you want. But this is one of the most terrifying scenes from the movie.

Philip Stone was equally powerful in two other Kubrick films; Alex's cowed father in "A Clockwork Orange" and Graham, Lady Lyndon's attorney in "Barry Lyndon".

Jack's face at 2:08 is fucking hilarious.

That's "Home (When the Shadows Fall 1931) by Henry Hall creepily playing in the background!

I like the fact that if you really look closely at Nicholson, he isnt looking directly at Philip Stone who plays Grady. Hes consistantly looking in the mirror. It make sit all the more alarming and despite the fact that Grady is standing there it shows that Jack really is imagining him there. Great film making.

This scene, maybe it's the music, but it really reminds me of the first Bioshock game. Also I really like this scene, it's pretty awesome.

A friend of mine pointed this out to me... ever notice Jack never looks Grady in the face? He keeps his eyes on himself in the mirror through the whole scene. It's as if he's talking to himself through the whole scene. Brilliantly done.

he went from a nice guy to a creepy guy 2:50

That's a cool bathroom!

Here's my take on this scene. The contrast of the restroom, going from posh to bright red, is that Jack is actually now physically in the present. And because he's staring at the mirror the entire time, there is no Grady at all, rather he's just talking to himself

Yeah, I know (referring to the correction you made). But Jack is in such a daze here that he doesn't realize that there are 2 Gradys and in this scene he assumes that Delbert is Charles. Charles is definitely a reincarnation of Delbert since Jack says he recognizes him from the photo that Ullman showed him earlier in this scene, but the photo he saw earlier was Charles. So they must look exactly the same like Jack & his ancestor. Yet another thing Jack "overlooked" while in the Overlook hotel.

This scene is phenomenal! Acting is great!!!! And it’s so creepy!!!

Just 2 guys talking in the bathroom and it's a devastating scene. Far better than all the jump scare scenes of today.

The Shining is a sublime and wonderful movie. The best horror move of all time, but also so much more.

So with that said, I interpret this scene as Jack talking to 2 Gradys. If you remember the interview scene, Mr. Ullman talked about how Charles Grady killed his wife & 2 daughters in 1970. The Grady here is Delbert Grady, not Charles Grady, and based on the ballroom & the guests, Delbert was alive in the 1920's. So like Jack Torrance, Delbert was also reincarnated as Charles Grady. I think the curse keeps reincarnating those associated with it until their bloodline is ended.

I'll just sit my Bourbon and avocado down.. Always luv when Jack clears his throat before an important question..

I like how the camera breaks the 180 degree rule and crosses the line of action. It visually communicates that Jack and Grady are interchangeable.

This reminds me of exchanges between me and my schitzophrenic father. He said I was the caretaker, but he was the caretaker all along

that clip never gets old.

Some people say Jack Nicholsons portrayal of Jack Torrance was cheesy or over the top, but as someone who's legitimately watched someone completely lose their mind in a similar way, it's honestly pretty realistic

I love how freaked out Jack Nicholson is in this scene

The fact that, he is staring at his reflection while all this is going down really scares me, and he kept talking about what he has done, holy shit.

My favorite scene

Grady at this point represents the "presence " in the hotel as when he says he has always been here.

This scene is scarier than modern horror films all together.

Jack having a conversation with a ghost or with himself about a horrific murder in a blood red bathroom is typical Kubrick.

a wilful boy indeed, a rather naughty boy if i may be so bold sir.

There´s something about the twenties that apparently make that decade one of the best for ghosts, at least in movies

so basically hes talking to all the spooks and lost souls who are in limbo in that hell hole fucking epic hahahha

Also Ullman said Charles Grady's children were 8 & 10, yet the girls in the hallway were twins (definitely not 2 years apart). So I guess they too were reincarnated as twins and someone from Delbert's family survived to have spawned Charles. Similarly, I think Danny was also reincarnated & that Tony (Danny's "friend") is the part of Danny's soul that remembers what happened in his previous life & is protecting him from having the same fate again.

Uploads of this scene always cut right before Philip Stone's face of pure malevolence. For me, the most chilling image in the movie & one thing this movie has no lack of is chilling images.

Charles Grady went mad and began to lose touch with his own identity. He started to call himself Delbert Grady. When he murdered his family it created a ripple of chaotic evil that jack torrance has been pulled into. So when he hears the name Delbert instead of Charles, he is not confused for a moment

super good.. Delbert is in the alternate haunted world of the hotel and soon they seek to bring jack in too. but at this moment he's still alive...

Notice the background ball room music, the same music we hear at the end with the photograph showing Jack Torrence in the ballroom. I believe this is the "exchange" of souls between Grady and Torrence

That bathroom is perfect for this scene.

The 61 people who have given this scene a thumbs down need to be...Corrrected.... If I may be so bold Sir....

Interesting contrast between Jack's Californian drawl and Grady's West Riding of Yorkshire accent.

Alex DeLarge's dad got lost at the Overlook somehow

My crazy theory: Delbert Grady = British Empire / Jack Torrance = American Empire. In the scene just before this, Grady accidentally spills a glass of advocat on Jack. He wipes the stain off Jack's jacket. Jack then deliberately returns the favor by patting Grady on the back, staining him as well. While this is happening, a young woman walks past in a white dress with a red print on her backside. Not only does this appear to be a bloody hand print, but it is also in the same area of the body that Jack had placed his hand on the nude young-woman-turned-hag in the bathtub in an earlier scene. So, maybe the stains on Jack and Grady and the stain on the woman's backside are a motif of indelible stains and corruption passed on from one generation (or civilization) to the next? Jack's interaction with the nude woman is a sort of seduction scene, in which Jack seems to be accepting the destiny that the Hotel is preparing for him. The scene between Jack and Grady is also a sort of seduction. Jack and Grady exchanging stains is a sort of mutual corruption society. Having a woman walk past with a bloody hand print on her left ass cheek at this exact moment is not only a call-back to the earlier scene, but also thematically links these two scenes, and maybe even links the sexual impulses with the violent impulses of humanity. If the theories are correct about The Shining concerning inter-generational abuse in the family structure being used as a metaphor for wider societal abuse and violence, then this opens up some interesting interpretations of this scene. The conversation in the bathroom shows a very British and outwardly gentlemanly butler type egging on Jack (advocat is made from egss....hmm) to do the dirty work of the Hotel (Western Civilization?). Britain was once the dominant Western Empire, but went into decline after World War II. A "special relationship" then developed during the Cold War between the United States and Britain. In many ways, the United States took on the role of the "White Man's Burden" from the British, who "held our coats" and encouraged us behind the scenes once their empire collapsed. Jack does explicitly reference the Rudyard Kipling's poem "The White Man's Burden" later in the scene with Lloyd the Bartender. Interestingly, when Kipling wrote that poem he addressed it directly to then-President Teddy Roosevelt in support of America's recent annexation of the Philippines after the Spanish American War. The Englishman Kipling was essentially encouraging the United States to regard imperialism as a noble civilization duty, much as England did at the time.

Stanley Kubrick: my friend Stephen King didn’t think much of me making One of his greatest novels into a film. He hated it so much that he even tried to threaten me to shut it down, but I CORRECTED him. And when Shelley Duvall objected In doing my directing duty I CORRECTED her.

55 people didn't care for this video at first, but I corrected them.

Imagine how awkward it would have been if someone else had walked in to take a leak.

This video is excellent, if I may be so bold, sir.