Nicholson's descent into haunted madness is very well done, scarily so in places. The story builds nicely to a dramatic conclusion.
A fine horror film that has stood the test of time, if you haven't seen this then shame on you :-)
Stanley Kubrick directs this chilling adaptation of the Stephen King shocker. Seeking solitude in order to write a novel, Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) takes a job as an off-season caretaker at the remote Overlook Hotel in Colorado. Eager to get started, Jack disregards warnings that the isolation drove a former caretaker mad, and moves into the massive resort with his wife Wendy (Shelley Duvall) and son Danny (Danny Lloyd). But Danny has a supernatural gift which makes him aware of an evil lurking in the hotel, and sure enough, as winter storms cut the hotel off from civilisation, Jack gradually becomes murderously insane.
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This was a fine film, both directed and played well. However I think Jack Nicholson was the wrong person for the lead role as the character was supposedly normal at the beginning, and driven mad during the novel. The problem is that a lot of people assume Nicholson is completely boners, anyway. Or is that just me?
ReplyDeleteHe does have a reputation, so you automatically assume he will be a nutter at some stage in the film.
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