Review of The Shining (1980) by James H — 01 Mar 2016
Stanley Kubrick was a man with a fine-tuned sensibility. There's no happenstance in a Kubrick film, everything is deliberate, and "The Shining" is as fine-tuned a film as Kubrick ever made.
Horror films generally have an easy pace and predictable progression, but Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining" throws all that out the window. Nothing about this macabre masterpiece is conventional. This isn't anymore a conventional horror film than "2001: A Space Odyssey" is a conventional science fiction film.
From the opening frames of the film we're greeted with some amazing visuals from the iconic, late John Alcott who set a whole new standard for the establishing shot.
This review of The Shining (1980) was written by James H on 01 Mar 2016.
The Shining has generally received very positive reviews.
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