The Shining Violence Quotes

Jack is willing to admit that he injured his son once. But he's not convinced that this makes him an abusive dad. In his mind, he just had a temporary loss of control over his strength. But a child services worker might disagree with him on this.

By this point in the movie, it's pretty clear that Jack has completely snapped and that's a danger to his wife and son. Luckily, Wendy is able to smack him unconscious with a bat before he can hurt her. After all, it sounds like he'd like to do a lot worse to her.

When his threats don't convince Wendy to let him out of the storage room, Jack resorts to begging in hopes of tricking Wendy into letting him out. Luckily for Wendy, she's too smart to fall for this.