Ever notice that every blockbuster movie has the same fundamental pieces? A hero, a journey, some conflicts to muck it all up, a reward, and the hero returning home and everybody applauding his or...

The Creepiest Hotel EverFrom the start of this movie, we can be pretty sure that there's something not quite right about the Overlook Hotel that serves as the setting for this movie. Maybe it's the...

Third-Person Omniscient At first, it seems that this movie could be told entirely from the third-person limited perspective of Jack Torrance. But the moment the movie cuts away from his interview w...

HorrorThere are some movies that can be tough to categorize when it comes to genre. But fortunately for us, The Shining isn't one of those movies. You can call it psychological horror, gore horror,...

The Shining takes its name from the special power that Danny has for seeing things that other people can't and for communicating without using his mouth. Mr. Hallorann is the actual person who puts...

So Jack—who has decided to give up on work in order, presumably, to not be a dull boy—ends this movie by freezing to death in the middle of a hedge maze, and Wendy and Danny get away in the sno...

RThere's no way we would recommend showing this movie to little kids. There's a whole lot of blood (like elevators full of the stuff), and it's bound to give them nightmares for years… if not for...