These evil spirits were not just hallucinations. They were able to become more physically interactive with the real world because of Danny's more powerful version of the Shining.
@@ckobo84 because people may not believe in turtles that fight with ninja skills in real life, but they may watch a movie about teenage mutant turtles that fight with ninja skills for example
@@ckobo84 The movie is fictional and exists unto itself. It isn't based on any sort of real world anything. And in that culture there are beliefs in some kinds of dark forces.
Basically, the Hotel wants to absorb Danny's "shining", his psychic Power. That's why his dad is driven to madness... the Hotel uses his weaknesses but he tries to fight and in the book, the dad ultimately sacrifices himself to destroy the Hotel and save his family.
I recommend The Director's Cut of Doctor Sleep...it is much better in my opinion, explains a lot of, more character development & much more connected to The Shining than the theatrical version...
About half of people smoked at this time. It was a multi-generational leftover of World War 2, during which cigarettes were passed out as a free supplement to American troops. For several decades, you would have to specifically request a table or an area to be free of cigarette smoke in an establishment.
The hotel is haunted and it was feeding off Danny's shining. I think that's why the ghosts were able manipulate physical objects and eventually become visible to even Wendy. The more the hotel fed off Danny the stronger it got. But I didn't read the book so I could be wrong.
I think Danny inherited his shining from his father. His father didn't know he had the shining, but the memories in the hotel started affecting him subconsciously. That's why he was the one starting to see the memory ghosts and he was the one giving them power and reality over time. His shining made the memories have reality to the point where even Wendy was able to see them. I agree that Danny was also powering the memories, but I think the father was doing more to give the memories reality. His emotional problems made him vulnerable to the strong emotions imprinted on the hotel. I also haven't read the book, but that's the impression the movie gave me.
@@brianmonks8657 Agreed. And it definitely came from Jack's side of the family, as the "Dr. Sleep" book proved. They didn't put that part in the movie sequel though.
Wendy saw some things pretty early on, but not the ghosts, not right away. She'd hear party noises, she'd see confetti in the elevator, etc. You're spot on about the hotel feeding off Danny, and they wanted him to stay.
The mother is so casual talking about Danny's injury because she's living with a violent alcoholic so she's trying to minimise his actions. It's not the same character as the book, but here she's essentially an abused wife living with a latent psychopath.
The Donner Party that Jack was talking about in the car (8:14) was a group of American pioneers who migrated to California in a wagon train from the Midwest. Delayed by a multitude of mishaps, they spent the winter of 1846-1847 snowbound in the Sierra Nevada mountain range. Some of them resorted to cannibalism to survive, eating the bodies of those who had succumbed to starvation, sickness, and extreme cold. Documentaries about The Donner Party are on TV now and then and I remember learning about them in school when I was a kid in the 70s. I kind of think kids now don't know about it.
It’s nice to see reactors recognize that Wendy is strong. Yes she is timid and mousy but she has inner strength & she fights to protect her baby when it comes to it.
The Donner party that resorted to cannibilism to survive when they were trapped in the snow is a famous story from American history. So Danny was probably exposed to it through a history program. If that helps. 😛
The caretakers job is to watch over the hotel all winter to keep it from the elements. It's explained better in the novel, where Jack is required to watch over a faulty boiler, heat the various wings in a sequential order to keep the pipes from freezing, and do any repairs that might happen due to the weight of snow. Before the snow hits, he has a minor adventure fixing some shingles on the roof that reveal a wasp nest. He uses a bug bomb to kill the wasps, then gives the empty nest to Danny who keeps it in his room. In the middle of the night, the nest comes back to life, with wasps stinging the whole family before Jack puts a large bowl over it and brings it outside. It's the first scene in the novel where the hotel starts to terrorize them.
I know the Loud Guys have to talk, but you also need to listen! You're asking questions while the actors are telling you the answer, but you can't hear because you're talking.
Grimmlifecollective recently posted a video where they hung out with Shelley Duvall and asked her some questions. It was a pleasant surprise and I was glad to see Shelly seems to be doing well.
I finally got to visit this hotel last year. It’s the Stanley Hotel located right outside Rocky Mountain National park in Estes Park. Really cool. It even has a mini-maze like from the movie…
The main lodge (on the outside) is Timberline lodge, about 75 miles from my town. I've been up there many times. The inside of the lodge and the maze are located and filmed in different locations.
Thanks, guys! 😱 If you'd like to see what happens to little 'Danny' when he grows up, be sure to watch DOCTOR SLEEP (2019). #TheLoudGuysMovies #StanleyKubrick #TheShining #TheShining1980
I watched this first on a big screen in the front row in the 80s and the Terminator. Both made quite an impact (also scary when the sound and canvas are so close, plus me not a big horror fan) and are still among my favorite watching. Maybe if people watch 'cinema movies' on TV or small monitors now, it's not quite the same. And a theatre full of people gives a shared experience - these react videos are always nice for getting other viewers' points. Btw., here in Scandinavia we now have weather like in the film, with lots of quiet forests, cottages, open lakes and empty hotels, but none are scary to anyone - it's a great winter season for skiing, hiking and visiting tourists. Only the Japanese say that the dark woods and empty spaces are scary as they are not used to 'haunted' forests and 'ghost' houses. But they are great tourists and fun as people and love horse and reindeer sleigh rides and dog sleds, snow igloos, northern lights and Santa's village tours. If you'd like some Nordic movie fare, try The Bridge, The Troll, Sorjonen, Karppi or anything by the very humane, reward-winning Aki Kaurismäki. P.S. Just read that there's a place called Sampo in India, that name is Nordic.
ONe of my favorite movies. I've seen it several times. There are crazy theories about the movie as well from all the layered symbolism that are in the hotel. In the book, the author is much more sane before the hotel possesses him. In the movie, you don't know if he's going crazy or the hotel is possessing him. Interesting enough, Stephen King (author of the book) HATED this version and did another version later based on the real hotel he stayed in in Colorado, but it was a flop. This movie is actually better than the novel. In the novel, there are many more scenes: Jack gets stung by bees, the hedgerow sculptures turn into real monsters that chase people down, the furnace is much more alive as the heart of the hotel. There is also a secret diary of all the photos through the years as well.
I think Kubrick's film version is so much better than the book. I kind of love how he let Stephen King know that he was going to leave the original story behind when they pass up the stranded VW Bug on the side of the road. The one they leave behind is the same red color as the one in the book. The one the family is driving in the movie is yellow. Knowing what we know of Kubrick, I absolutely believe that was intentional. Other possible themes and easter eggs are of genocide of the American Indian, the Holocaust, mass deception (the creation of the Federal Reserve and possible fake moon landing), and even pedophilia.
Stephen King, the author, wrote this book after staying one night at the Stanley Hotel up in the mountains in Estes Park, Colorado. I was fortunate enough to participate in a "Murder Mystery Weekend" at the Stanley. This is when a group of people get together to try to solve a fictitious murder. Great fun! I'm here to tell you that the hotel is definitely haunted and I understand why King was inspired to write the book. I have stories.
When our group arrived for the weekend, we were given a tour of the hotel including the basement where there were snack/soda machines & a small workout room including a huge punching bag. I took a swing at the bag & it was so solid & heavy it didn't move. We all laughed. That night I just had to have some refreshments, so I headed downstairs only to find the bar closed & no one around. I then headed to the basement. As I stood there trying to decide what to get, I heard footsteps walking down the stairs that were obviously behind the door next to me. As the footsteps approached, I stood back anticipating the door opening. The longer I waited the more the hair on the back of my neck stood up. No one ever walked through that door, nor did I ever hear receding footsteps. I moved to another drink machine right by the workout area and the punching bag which was right behind me. As I was making my choice, I felt something moving behind me. I spun around and that huge, immovable punching bag was swaying back & forth all by itself. Although nothing that happened was in any way malicious, I would say it was more mischievous, but I may have set a land speed record getting back to my room.
@@RonnieG Just curious, are you related to "Scary Mary" Orton the tour guide that retired last year? I don't know if you live at the Stanley or just like inserting yourself into other people's lives, but I don't lie and I was there and the experience I had was real. Maybe you didn't look back far enough in your "search", or you are just making the whole thing up. Either way, my tale is true and just like your response there is no way to "prove" its veracity, but I don't have to prove myself to anyone, including you. 😏
@@ColoradoGrami My husband and I also stayed at the hotel. Nothing happened during our stay but we later took a tour and when in the basement the lights kept going off and on. I asked the tour guide if anyone was doing that and she pointed to the switch and said no one is doing that. Then we took photos and lots or orbs were in them….some giant ones.
If you remember in the washroom, the other guy said "You've always been here ..." So it is a reocuring thing and his spirit keeps coming back to do it again and again.
There's a sequel to this movie, "Doctor Sleep." It's a good complement to the story. It helps explain how/why things happened in the hotel, and how "shining" works. I'd recommend it for a reaction.
They were not hallucinations, but malevolent ghosts. The fact they could hurt people and open doors etc was proof of that. It's just that people with the Shining can perceive them easier. Wendy didn't have the shining but when ghosts are strong enough they could appear to anyone.
@@ckobo84 Well sure people have many different beliefs, but they still know what ghosts are in stories and other people's beliefs. I don't believe in ghosts either :)
@@Daniel-Strain there are concepts of malevolent spirits and dark entities in Hinduism btw. I don't know why the guy you are replying to keep repeating this lie.
The reason they are being paid to stay there is mainly to maintain the hotel's boiler. They explain it better in the book, but basically the boiler has to be on during the winter or the pipes will freeze, but if no one is there to maintain it it will explode.
love their reactions cuz theyre young and non-american watching a classic american horror film n theyre loving it. their reactions to exorcist were the bomb. they are great movie critics.
Thank you for seeing how strong Wendy (the mother) is. - Many people talk about how weak she is and blame her for not doing something sooner, but if there is a hero (in the true sense of the word) in this story, it is surely her.
All Kubrick movies must be watched! A true genius, he worked on, Paths of Glory, Spartacus, Patton, the Killing, and Dr Strangelove, all while in his 20s!!!😮😮😮
1. Joe Turkel/Lloyd plays Tyrell in the original Bladerunner (Hint Hint) 2. "Here's Johnny" was adlib by Nickelson. 3. It took 117 takes for Jack to chop through the door. He used his voluntary firefighting skills to get through all the takes. 4. The reason King didn't like this adaptation of the movie is because he didn't like the changes Kubrick made. This thing was remade just for King and although the remake was more in line with the book IMVHO it wasn't as good at this one. Two of the changes Kubrick made that he didn't like were, Wendy wasn't such a patsy and Jack's decent into madness was too rapid. 5. Shelley Duval said making this film was the worst thing she ever experienced in her life. She was abused on and off camera". 6. Jack Nicholson and Scatman worked together in "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest". 7. The real villain here is the hotel itself. 8. Watch Dr. Sleep. Danny is an adult and many of the loose ends well be cleared up. TUESDAY!🤣
Fun facts: the interior of the hotel is shot entirely on a soundstage in England. It is an exact replica of the Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite Park in California. Even the exterior shots at the end are done on a soundstage. The snow is actually styrofoam. The full exterior shots of the hotel are from Mt. Hood in Oregon.
Here's my thoughts on the movie and ending where Jack is seen in the photo. The hotel was built on an ancient native burial ground. This is a common trope with horror movies, that you're not supposed to build anything on sacred ground. The place becomes cursed/haunted. The hotel was built in 1921 and the photo was of the first party the hotel had. But it's not of the people that actually attended the party. It's of the people who the hotel has collected with it's curse. Great reaction as always. There's a follow up movie called Doctor Sleep that's worth watching. Hope you two get around to watching that movie too.
"how can the voice in his head open the door?" IT wasnt an voice in his head it was the Ghost of the old caretaker. The bartender all the ppl in the gold room, the woman in the shower are all ghosts. the significance of the room that danny is warned to stay out of is where the old care taker put the bodies of the wife and twin girls
I love your reaction as its more in tune of how scary it was when the film came out in 1980. Love how you saw the woman as strong. A lot of reactions think she's so weak, but actually she is suffering from Jack's periodic verbal abuse via raging. My mom was like this Jack (not a murderer obviously), so you never knew how to behave around her. I actually had to cut her off as she was so toxic. Great reaction on the movie. Many western people aren't that scared by this movie nowadays. I love this film. There are many rabbit holes of theories on the film if you look deeper watching 2-3 times.
This movie is confusing because the writer and the director didn't agree with the vision. The writer was talking about supernatural things and the director was talking about madness. Everybody jumps at Tuesday. :-) Also, well done on spotting what Redrum was. There are three people with "the shining" talent. Dick, Jack and Danny. The hotel was full of evil and their shining was helping the evil to wake up and come into the real world. It was almost fully awake by the end, which is why the wife could see the crazy things starting to happen. You should watch the sequel to the shining. It's called Doctor Sleep and it's completely different but is still quite scary. It has a "grown-up" older Danny and Dick in it. Different actors though.
This was and still is one of the greatest horror movies of all time! Jack Nicholson and Shelly Duvall were impeccably cast!! They are so believable and great!
The overlook is haunted. And wants to absorb the shining. Through Danny's death. Once jack died, it took him. Now he is just like the spirit that spoke to him. Trapped and waiting for the next human
I love how they are completely SHOCKED when Shelley Duvall accuses Jack of hurting Dany... Who else could it be? They're the only three people in the hotel! 😅
basically jack was around in 1921 and his soul was trapped in the hotel. so everytime there was a new care taker for the hotel. it was jack reincarnated to repeat the same thing. as for the ghost girls, its actually the hotel manifested powers to move objects or show dead people. because so many people died there the hotel is corrupted with evilness
So, a note on the ghosts we see other than Lloyd, Grady, and his daughters. The old woman in the tub had been a wealthy socialite, who showed up at the hotel with a much younger lover. He got tired of her and took off, stealing her car. She killed herself in the tub, overdosing on pills or booze, I can't remember which. Her as a young woman was not in the book. The man in the tuxedo, and the man in the dog costume were the owner of the hotel at one time, and his former one-night stand. There is a scene in the book where a woman ghost Jack is dancing with tells him that the owner never has sex with men more than once, and this other poor guy is basically demeaning himself to keep the owner's attention. Pretty much anyone who dies in the hotel becomes trapped there as a ghost, unable to move on.
Another point in the filming Jack and the director treated the wife like real crap, so her reactions are very geniune in this film. Some of the scenes were filmed up to 100 times to get the scene right. The doors Jack chopped through were too weak as Jack could chop them up too fast, so they had to switch to real solid wood doors so the action would be slower. I think they chopped up 5-6 doors for that scene.
Stanley Kubrick, despite the antics with regards to Shelley Duvall, has made some of the best horror/thriller movies in his time. Great choice for a horror movie, Loud Guys, and best wishes to you and yours from Arkansas, United States. As for the scene with "Lloyd", the last thing Jack said before he appeared with all of the liquor was, "I would sell my soul for just a glass of beer." This seems to indicate that the bartender "Lloyd" is actually the devil or a demon making a contract with Jack Torrence, a subtle reference to Faust who legend says sold his soul to the devil.
If you enjoyed this one, I'd recommend several other Stephen King adaptations, many of which deal with people who posess some measure of psychic power, such as Carrie, The Dead Zone, Firestarter, Pet Semetary (the original), and the semi-sequel to this one, Doctor Sleep, which features a grown up Danny Torrance. For less horror-oriented, but equally enthralling "psychic" Stephen King stories, I'd recommend Hearts in Atlantis and The Green Mile. He also has some other well-made horror adaptations that DON'T necessarily involve psychic phenomenon such as Misery, or the Salem's Lot miniseries (the original is the best, but the remake was pretty good too). In fact, the miniseries adaptations of his work often represent the best versions of his books - The Stand, The Shining miniseries (which is WAY closer to the novel), Rose Red, and the "It" miniseries (as well as the more recent theatrical version of "It" Parts 1 & 2). He wrote segments for several horror anthology films such as Creepshow 1 & 2, Cat's Eye, and Tales from the Darkside: The Movie, all of which are more creepy-fun than scary-scary. And then there are his more "serious" literary adaptations such as Stand by Me, Dolores Claiborne, and what is arguably his most enduring adaptation, The Shawshank Redemption, which aren't really "horror" movies, but contain some pretty horrific dramatic elements. Not all Stephen King adaptations are worth watching, but the ones I listed tend to tower above the rest. He's considered one of America's best (and most prolific) writers for good reason. Anyhoo, can't wait to see whatever you've got for us next, and thanks for another great reaction/ review!!!
"The movie's name is the shining, but it will surely bring darkness to our lives" What a quote lol 🤣🤣👌🏻
That was brilliant❣
Can you imagine watching a movie for the first time with these two though? Yikes. Hopefully they only get this talkative in their YT videos. 🤐
Ngl. That was a clutch opening line.
These evil spirits were not just hallucinations. They were able to become more physically interactive with the real world because of Danny's more powerful version of the Shining.
They don't believe in spirits / ghost, just reincarnation.
@@ckobo84 We're talking about the movie, not a viewer's potential religious beliefs.
I don't get what you're saying? How can their views on reality not effect how they see / interpret the movie.
@@ckobo84 because people may not believe in turtles that fight with ninja skills in real life, but they may watch a movie about teenage mutant turtles that fight with ninja skills for example
@@ckobo84 The movie is fictional and exists unto itself. It isn't based on any sort of real world anything. And in that culture there are beliefs in some kinds of dark forces.
I love your insight that Grady is Jack's version of Tony. I have seen countless reactions to this fascinating film and never heard that before👍
Same here. A new insight for a movie I know so well. Very good.
Tony is the grown-up Danny communicating to present day Danny through the shining ability in order to warn him about impending dangers.
“It will surely bring darkness to our lives” lol 😂 I freaking love you guys. More scary movies ❤❤❤
Basically, the Hotel wants to absorb Danny's "shining", his psychic Power. That's why his dad is driven to madness... the Hotel uses his weaknesses but he tries to fight and in the book, the dad ultimately sacrifices himself to destroy the Hotel and save his family.
Which is why the book sucks and Kubrick changed everything and improved it.
Read the book again. That's NOT what happens.
‘If someone can explain to us the actual story’….. 😂 that was many of us the first time we saw it.
The Sequel with Ewan McGregor "Dr. Sleep" (2019) is worth a watch. Also "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest" (1975)
I recommend The Director's Cut of Doctor Sleep...it is much better in my opinion, explains a lot of, more character development & much more connected to The Shining than the theatrical version...
The scene with Baseball Boy is a lot worse in that version. Apparently the original version of the scene was too much even for Stephen King himself.
Dr. Sleep sucked.
I second the directors cut of Doctor Sleep. It's stunning!
About half of people smoked at this time. It was a multi-generational leftover of World War 2, during which cigarettes were passed out as a free supplement to American troops. For several decades, you would have to specifically request a table or an area to be free of cigarette smoke in an establishment.
The hotel is haunted and it was feeding off Danny's shining. I think that's why the ghosts were able manipulate physical objects and eventually become visible to even Wendy. The more the hotel fed off Danny the stronger it got. But I didn't read the book so I could be wrong.
They don't believe in ghost 👻 / afterlife. Just think you get reincarnated over and over.
I think Danny inherited his shining from his father. His father didn't know he had the shining, but the memories in the hotel started affecting him subconsciously. That's why he was the one starting to see the memory ghosts and he was the one giving them power and reality over time. His shining made the memories have reality to the point where even Wendy was able to see them. I agree that Danny was also powering the memories, but I think the father was doing more to give the memories reality. His emotional problems made him vulnerable to the strong emotions imprinted on the hotel. I also haven't read the book, but that's the impression the movie gave me.
@@brianmonks8657 Agreed. And it definitely came from Jack's side of the family, as the "Dr. Sleep" book proved. They didn't put that part in the movie sequel though.
Wendy saw some things pretty early on, but not the ghosts, not right away. She'd hear party noises, she'd see confetti in the elevator, etc. You're spot on about the hotel feeding off Danny, and they wanted him to stay.
That's a pretty good idea but wouldn't the hotel have fed off the cook, too?
The mother is so casual talking about Danny's injury because she's living with a violent alcoholic so she's trying to minimise his actions. It's not the same character as the book, but here she's essentially an abused wife living with a latent psychopath.
The Donner Party that Jack was talking about in the car (8:14) was a group of American pioneers who migrated to California in a wagon train from the Midwest. Delayed by a multitude of mishaps, they spent the winter of 1846-1847 snowbound in the Sierra Nevada mountain range. Some of them resorted to cannibalism to survive, eating the bodies of those who had succumbed to starvation, sickness, and extreme cold. Documentaries about The Donner Party are on TV now and then and I remember learning about them in school when I was a kid in the 70s. I kind of think kids now don't know about it.
It’s nice to see reactors recognize that Wendy is strong. Yes she is timid and mousy but she has inner strength & she fights to protect her baby when it comes to it.
The Donner party that resorted to cannibilism to survive when they were trapped in the snow is a famous story from American history. So Danny was probably exposed to it through a history program. If that helps. 😛
The caretakers job is to watch over the hotel all winter to keep it from the elements. It's explained better in the novel, where Jack is required to watch over a faulty boiler, heat the various wings in a sequential order to keep the pipes from freezing, and do any repairs that might happen due to the weight of snow. Before the snow hits, he has a minor adventure fixing some shingles on the roof that reveal a wasp nest. He uses a bug bomb to kill the wasps, then gives the empty nest to Danny who keeps it in his room. In the middle of the night, the nest comes back to life, with wasps stinging the whole family before Jack puts a large bowl over it and brings it outside. It's the first scene in the novel where the hotel starts to terrorize them.
I know the Loud Guys have to talk, but you also need to listen! You're asking questions while the actors are telling you the answer, but you can't hear because you're talking.
In fairness to them, it took me more than 1 viewing to process this movie (also applies to any other Kubrick film).
The music was incredible for this film. Added so much ; so menacing and tormenting.
I was lmao at the "Man Lady" during the Exorcist. Let's see how she does this time 😂😂😊
29:06 nice!
the hotel is evil. imagine the hotel as the bad guy.
If I had internet, weed, and my cats you would leave me in that giant hotel alone indefinitely.
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@@johnrogan9729 I dont understand the reference. My bad.
You should watch the sequel Dr. Sleep!
'It will bring darkness to our lives...' Hahahah! Bit we're gonna watch it anyway. Well played!
There is a part 2 of Doctor Sleep (2019). see continuation))))
I've been skiing to the lodge in winter. It is Timberline Lodge on Mount Hood in Oregon. However, the movie was almost entirely filmed in the UK.
Grimmlifecollective recently posted a video where they hung out with Shelley Duvall and asked her some questions. It was a pleasant surprise and I was glad to see Shelly seems to be doing well.
I was so happy to see that video/interview too!
I finally got to visit this hotel last year. It’s the Stanley Hotel located right outside Rocky Mountain National park in Estes Park. Really cool. It even has a mini-maze like from the movie…
0:44 now i'm thinking they aren't brother/sister.
This was a great and very enjoyable reaction....this is one of my favorite movies of all time and watching you two discover it was great
You two are absolutely hilarious. Great reaction
Thank you so much 😁
The main lodge (on the outside) is Timberline lodge, about 75 miles from my town. I've been up there many times. The inside of the lodge and the maze are located and filmed in different locations.
Thanks, guys! 😱 If you'd like to see what happens to little 'Danny' when he grows up, be sure to watch DOCTOR SLEEP (2019). #TheLoudGuysMovies #StanleyKubrick #TheShining #TheShining1980
You got "Redrum" immediately! Most don't - awesome job!
The ghosts are feeding on Danny like a battery. That's how they get so strong, they become real, and that's how they let jack out of the storage room.
TUESDAY!
AAAAAAAH!!!
This is one of my favourite movies! So cool to see you watching it for the first time.
"It's very good that these guys do not make calendars...TUESDAY NOW!" That was good..I loled! And Sat Nam from VA!
LOL! I've never seen anybody jump so hard at "TUESDAY."
I watched this first on a big screen in the front row in the 80s and the Terminator. Both made quite an impact (also scary when the sound and canvas are so close, plus me not a big horror fan) and are still among my favorite watching. Maybe if people watch 'cinema movies' on TV or small monitors now, it's not quite the same. And a theatre full of people gives a shared experience - these react videos are always nice for getting other viewers' points. Btw., here in Scandinavia we now have weather like in the film, with lots of quiet forests, cottages, open lakes and empty hotels, but none are scary to anyone - it's a great winter season for skiing, hiking and visiting tourists. Only the Japanese say that the dark woods and empty spaces are scary as they are not used to 'haunted' forests and 'ghost' houses. But they are great tourists and fun as people and love horse and reindeer sleigh rides and dog sleds, snow igloos, northern lights and Santa's village tours. If you'd like some Nordic movie fare, try The Bridge, The Troll, Sorjonen, Karppi or anything by the very humane, reward-winning Aki Kaurismäki. P.S. Just read that there's a place called Sampo in India, that name is Nordic.
ONe of my favorite movies. I've seen it several times. There are crazy theories about the movie as well from all the layered symbolism that are in the hotel. In the book, the author is much more sane before the hotel possesses him. In the movie, you don't know if he's going crazy or the hotel is possessing him. Interesting enough, Stephen King (author of the book) HATED this version and did another version later based on the real hotel he stayed in in Colorado, but it was a flop. This movie is actually better than the novel. In the novel, there are many more scenes: Jack gets stung by bees, the hedgerow sculptures turn into real monsters that chase people down, the furnace is much more alive as the heart of the hotel. There is also a secret diary of all the photos through the years as well.
I think Kubrick's film version is so much better than the book. I kind of love how he let Stephen King know that he was going to leave the original story behind when they pass up the stranded VW Bug on the side of the road. The one they leave behind is the same red color as the one in the book. The one the family is driving in the movie is yellow. Knowing what we know of Kubrick, I absolutely believe that was intentional. Other possible themes and easter eggs are of genocide of the American Indian, the Holocaust, mass deception (the creation of the Federal Reserve and possible fake moon landing), and even pedophilia.
Stephen King, the author, wrote this book after staying one night at the Stanley Hotel up in the mountains in Estes Park, Colorado. I was fortunate enough to participate in a "Murder Mystery Weekend" at the Stanley. This is when a group of people get together to try to solve a fictitious murder. Great fun! I'm here to tell you that the hotel is definitely haunted and I understand why King was inspired to write the book. I have stories.
When our group arrived for the weekend, we were given a tour of the hotel including the basement where there were snack/soda machines & a small workout room including a huge punching bag. I took a swing at the bag & it was so solid & heavy it didn't move. We all laughed. That night I just had to have some refreshments, so I headed downstairs only to find the bar closed & no one around. I then headed to the basement. As I stood there trying to decide what to get, I heard footsteps walking down the stairs that were obviously behind the door next to me. As the footsteps approached, I stood back anticipating the door opening. The longer I waited the more the hair on the back of my neck stood up. No one ever walked through that door, nor did I ever hear receding footsteps. I moved to another drink machine right by the workout area and the punching bag which was right behind me. As I was making my choice, I felt something moving behind me. I spun around and that huge, immovable punching bag was swaying back & forth all by itself. Although nothing that happened was in any way malicious, I would say it was more mischievous, but I may have set a land speed record getting back to my room.
I live in the actual hotel. Your story is fake. I searched your name in our books. Good fiction though.
@@RonnieG Just curious, are you related to "Scary Mary" Orton the tour guide that retired last year? I don't know if you live at the Stanley or just like inserting yourself into other people's lives, but I don't lie and I was there and the experience I had was real. Maybe you didn't look back far enough in your "search", or you are just making the whole thing up. Either way, my tale is true and just like your response there is no way to "prove" its veracity, but I don't have to prove myself to anyone, including you. 😏
@@ColoradoGrami My husband and I also stayed at the hotel. Nothing happened during our stay but we later took a tour and when in the basement the lights kept going off and on. I asked the tour guide if anyone was doing that and she pointed to the switch and said no one is doing that. Then we took photos and lots or orbs were in them….some giant ones.
21:55 "Owww my god!" 😆
If you remember in the washroom, the other guy said "You've always been here ..." So it is a reocuring thing and his spirit keeps coming back to do it again and again.
There's a sequel to this movie, "Doctor Sleep." It's a good complement to the story. It helps explain how/why things happened in the hotel, and how "shining" works. I'd recommend it for a reaction.
Definitely check out The Director's Cut of Doctor Sleep I recommend....
They were not hallucinations, but malevolent ghosts. The fact they could hurt people and open doors etc was proof of that. It's just that people with the Shining can perceive them easier. Wendy didn't have the shining but when ghosts are strong enough they could appear to anyone.
You got to realize they are probably Hindu and don't believe in ghost 👻 / afterlife. Just reincarnation.
@@ckobo84 Well sure people have many different beliefs, but they still know what ghosts are in stories and other people's beliefs. I don't believe in ghosts either :)
@@Daniel-Strain there are concepts of malevolent spirits and dark entities in Hinduism btw. I don't know why the guy you are replying to keep repeating this lie.
Or, the Shining develops in a person after a very traumatic experience. In Danny’s case, it was you know when.
@@need-to-know- Sure it could be a combination of an inherited potential (Danny and his dad) which is triggered by a traumatic experience.
You two are in my favorite reactions Playlist. God bless you and your family.
❤️💯
The reason they are being paid to stay there is mainly to maintain the hotel's boiler. They explain it better in the book, but basically the boiler has to be on during the winter or the pipes will freeze, but if no one is there to maintain it it will explode.
love their reactions cuz theyre young and non-american watching a classic american horror film n theyre loving it. their reactions to exorcist were the bomb. they are great movie critics.
Its all a metaphor for alcoholism and living with an abusive parent or spouse. Dr. Sleep (the sequel) makes it clearer and it’s SO GOOD ❤
I Loooooved it too!!❤Great sequel! on netflix I highly recommend it as well!
@@maxchiassonart8869 Me too!!!
The Director's Cut of Doctor Sleep is the best version to watch in my opinion...
@@MLJ7956 I concur
Thank you for seeing how strong Wendy (the mother) is. - Many people talk about how weak she is and blame her for not doing something sooner, but if there is a hero (in the true sense of the word) in this story, it is surely her.
Watching this pair react to is truly an extraordinary experience, I can't wait for the next movie with them.😁
Great reaction TLG! King has always been one of my favorite authors and I hope you guys continue to explore more of his work and share it with us.
Most definitely!
The hotel is haunted 👻 it was built on an Indian burial ground.
All Kubrick movies must be watched! A true genius, he worked on, Paths of Glory, Spartacus, Patton, the Killing, and Dr Strangelove, all while in his 20s!!!😮😮😮
Watch Dr.Sleep next you’ll love it
He has always been the caretaker.
Also, love you guys.
"You're the TH-camr. You've always been the TH-camr".
1. Joe Turkel/Lloyd plays Tyrell in the original Bladerunner (Hint Hint)
2. "Here's Johnny" was adlib by Nickelson.
3. It took 117 takes for Jack to chop through the door. He used his voluntary firefighting skills to get through all the takes.
4. The reason King didn't like this adaptation of the movie is because he didn't like the changes Kubrick made. This thing was remade just for King and although the remake was more in line with the book IMVHO it wasn't as good at this one. Two of the changes Kubrick made that he didn't like were, Wendy wasn't such a patsy and Jack's decent into madness was too rapid.
5. Shelley Duval said making this film was the worst thing she ever experienced in her life. She was abused on and off camera".
6. Jack Nicholson and Scatman worked together in "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest".
7. The real villain here is the hotel itself.
8. Watch Dr. Sleep. Danny is an adult and many of the loose ends well be cleared up.
TUESDAY!🤣
If you haven't seen Alien then you should try that one next.
Or The Thing.
'Aliens' becomes an instant necessity as soon as the original is viewed. The later sequels...ugh.
Tuesday!!! Ahhhh!!!! Lol my favorite part
I understand that this is a reaction video... but the guy here is a genuine chatterbox. 😂
Fun facts: the interior of the hotel is shot entirely on a soundstage in England. It is an exact replica of the Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite Park in California. Even the exterior shots at the end are done on a soundstage. The snow is actually styrofoam. The full exterior shots of the hotel are from Mt. Hood in Oregon.
Yup
The greatest director of all time
meh
The Tuesday jump scare was very funny
Here's my thoughts on the movie and ending where Jack is seen in the photo.
The hotel was built on an ancient native burial ground. This is a common trope with horror movies, that you're not supposed to build anything on sacred ground. The place becomes cursed/haunted. The hotel was built in 1921 and the photo was of the first party the hotel had. But it's not of the people that actually attended the party. It's of the people who the hotel has collected with it's curse.
Great reaction as always. There's a follow up movie called Doctor Sleep that's worth watching. Hope you two get around to watching that movie too.
He is also doing hand gestures of “ as above so below”. Look. It’s interesting.
Welcome to the mountains ...
Jack was fantastic in this movie.
False hope and supreme tension.
That's why he went to the Hotel, and got instantly an axe to the chest.
Kubrick is a genius beyond measure.
39:40 If it makes you feel any better, he survived in the book. But by the book's sequel, he already passed away.
I think you want to talk about Tony. I think you have some ideas about Tony. You think maybe Tony might have been trying to do something.
Jack Nicholson was incredible in that role.
The book is different than the movie. People are still debating to this day what Stanley Kubrick meant by it all. He never explained before he died.
An all time great.
This is what happens when you have a bad case of cabin fever 😁. Another classic show worth a watch is "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991).
Dr. Sleep is less artsy, but provides more explanation of the supernatural aspect.
We rented this movie on VHS cassette when it was released. It was a very worn out copy, but we still enjoyed the movie
"how can the voice in his head open the door?" IT wasnt an voice in his head it was the Ghost of the old caretaker. The bartender all the ppl in the gold room, the woman in the shower are all ghosts. the significance of the room that danny is warned to stay out of is where the old care taker put the bodies of the wife and twin girls
You two are very entertaining!
I love your reaction as its more in tune of how scary it was when the film came out in 1980. Love how you saw the woman as strong. A lot of reactions think she's so weak, but actually she is suffering from Jack's periodic verbal abuse via raging. My mom was like this Jack (not a murderer obviously), so you never knew how to behave around her. I actually had to cut her off as she was so toxic. Great reaction on the movie. Many western people aren't that scared by this movie nowadays. I love this film. There are many rabbit holes of theories on the film if you look deeper watching 2-3 times.
This movie is confusing because the writer and the director didn't agree with the vision. The writer was talking about supernatural things and the director was talking about madness.
Everybody jumps at Tuesday. :-) Also, well done on spotting what Redrum was.
There are three people with "the shining" talent. Dick, Jack and Danny. The hotel was full of evil and their shining was helping the evil to wake up and come into the real world. It was almost fully awake by the end, which is why the wife could see the crazy things starting to happen.
You should watch the sequel to the shining. It's called Doctor Sleep and it's completely different but is still quite scary. It has a "grown-up" older Danny and Dick in it. Different actors though.
Film buffs will forever speculate what this movie truly means.
Nightmare on Elm St. and Poltergeist, are also very Scary Films. They are Horror Classics, that must be watched.
Great job!! Loved this reaction. If you watch Doctor sleep it will explain a little more.
This was and still is one of the greatest horror movies of all time! Jack Nicholson and Shelly Duvall were impeccably cast!! They are so believable and great!
"this won't make you a writer, man" 🤣🤣🤣
The overlook is haunted. And wants to absorb the shining. Through Danny's death. Once jack died, it took him. Now he is just like the spirit that spoke to him. Trapped and waiting for the next human
I just LOVE the way Indians pronounce English words.
I love how they are completely SHOCKED when Shelley Duvall accuses Jack of hurting Dany... Who else could it be? They're the only three people in the hotel! 😅
Fan fact: the "lift scene" was the scene with the more fake blood until the new version of IT Chapter 2.
basically jack was around in 1921 and his soul was trapped in the hotel. so everytime there was a new care taker for the hotel. it was jack reincarnated to repeat the same thing. as for the ghost girls, its actually the hotel manifested powers to move objects or show dead people. because so many people died there the hotel is corrupted with evilness
Would love it if you guys reacted to Twister
So, a note on the ghosts we see other than Lloyd, Grady, and his daughters. The old woman in the tub had been a wealthy socialite, who showed up at the hotel with a much younger lover. He got tired of her and took off, stealing her car. She killed herself in the tub, overdosing on pills or booze, I can't remember which. Her as a young woman was not in the book. The man in the tuxedo, and the man in the dog costume were the owner of the hotel at one time, and his former one-night stand. There is a scene in the book where a woman ghost Jack is dancing with tells him that the owner never has sex with men more than once, and this other poor guy is basically demeaning himself to keep the owner's attention.
Pretty much anyone who dies in the hotel becomes trapped there as a ghost, unable to move on.
Omg this movie had me so scared when I was little I couldn't sleep for months
"chef" 🤣
man i love ur vids
there care takers of the hotel. to make sure it doesnt just break down
Also Danny was from my home town Pekin Il he had no idea what kind of movie he was in
Another point in the filming Jack and the director treated the wife like real crap, so her reactions are very geniune in this film. Some of the scenes were filmed up to 100 times to get the scene right. The doors Jack chopped through were too weak as Jack could chop them up too fast, so they had to switch to real solid wood doors so the action would be slower. I think they chopped up 5-6 doors for that scene.
Shelly Duvall? They truly mistreated her. Not sure she ever recovered
@@smokeyverton7981 she's back in action these days. She was just in something recently. It only took 35 years to recover.
Uncle Buck was written for Jack Nicholson.
I had to go back & confirm he actually said “the man lady” 😂😂😂
You can add Alien (1979) to your list of essential scary movies. It was groundbreaking Sci-fi Horror in the 70's.
It's on their channel, along with Aliens.
@@LeviBoldock Oh? I looked but couldn't find it. Thanks.
Stanley Kubrick, despite the antics with regards to Shelley Duvall, has made some of the best horror/thriller movies in his time. Great choice for a horror movie, Loud Guys, and best wishes to you and yours from Arkansas, United States. As for the scene with "Lloyd", the last thing Jack said before he appeared with all of the liquor was, "I would sell my soul for just a glass of beer." This seems to indicate that the bartender "Lloyd" is actually the devil or a demon making a contract with Jack Torrence, a subtle reference to Faust who legend says sold his soul to the devil.
The Overlook wants his soul.
If you enjoyed this one, I'd recommend several other Stephen King adaptations, many of which deal with people who posess some measure of psychic power, such as Carrie, The Dead Zone, Firestarter, Pet Semetary (the original), and the semi-sequel to this one, Doctor Sleep, which features a grown up Danny Torrance. For less horror-oriented, but equally enthralling "psychic" Stephen King stories, I'd recommend Hearts in Atlantis and The Green Mile.
He also has some other well-made horror adaptations that DON'T necessarily involve psychic phenomenon such as Misery, or the Salem's Lot miniseries (the original is the best, but the remake was pretty good too). In fact, the miniseries adaptations of his work often represent the best versions of his books - The Stand, The Shining miniseries (which is WAY closer to the novel), Rose Red, and the "It" miniseries (as well as the more recent theatrical version of "It" Parts 1 & 2).
He wrote segments for several horror anthology films such as Creepshow 1 & 2, Cat's Eye, and Tales from the Darkside: The Movie, all of which are more creepy-fun than scary-scary.
And then there are his more "serious" literary adaptations such as Stand by Me, Dolores Claiborne, and what is arguably his most enduring adaptation, The Shawshank Redemption, which aren't really "horror" movies, but contain some pretty horrific dramatic elements.
Not all Stephen King adaptations are worth watching, but the ones I listed tend to tower above the rest. He's considered one of America's best (and most prolific) writers for good reason. Anyhoo, can't wait to see whatever you've got for us next, and thanks for another great reaction/ review!!!