"critics have called it a bit repetitive" made me ROAR with laughter!

@davewhitmore1958

Жыл бұрын

Top notch comment!!!

@treetopjones737

11 ай бұрын

Jack needs some play, his mind is clearly expressing that.

@rtracy1216

10 ай бұрын

Same, dying over here!

@averylogan8727

10 ай бұрын

Fr tho?? That was so good I had to write it down bc I literally have a folder of my favorite quotes bc I know I'll forget them lmao and the way you delivered it, like it was so quick and off the top made it even funnier

@phousefilms

9 ай бұрын

Lol, Stephen King himself is repetitive.

When I watched it back in high school, I didn't realize what an MVP Tony was. He kept Danny updated on the situation throughout the movie. He put Danny in a protected state when it was too much to handle. He called Hallorann for help from the other side of the country. And he woke up Wendy, armed her, and warned her that Jack was coming.

@HorySmokes

Жыл бұрын

Tony is grown up Danny in the future, projecting himself back to help his infant self/mother.

@_KetWatchesHorrorMovies

Жыл бұрын

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@barryscott8041

Жыл бұрын

Technically she was already armed; the knife came from the kitchen outside the store room....but Danny picked it up, and when she woke up she grabbed it, yes. Some say "How could she sleep through that?".....but she's gotta be exhausted, really

@bustercolin7507

10 ай бұрын

He called Hallorann to his death.

@jbryan8864

9 ай бұрын

​@@bustercolin7507Are you unfamiliar with the concept of self sacrifice in film? I'm sure Dick knew the risk and thought it worth it. They lived because he delivered the snow mobile.

I think the implication is that Danny inherited the shine from his father, which is why both of them could see the ghosts haunting the hotel and Wendy had no idea. She only sees them at the end when things are totally out of control. In the end, the Overlook Hotel absorbed Jack and made him part of the crew as if he had always been. It wanted to eat the entire family but only got Jack.

@johnsensebe3153

Жыл бұрын

I had a thought watching this reaction. Wendy doesn't see the ghosts until Halloran is killed. Maybe that had something to do with it. The hotel got his shine and became more powerful.

@genghispecan

Жыл бұрын

There was a line in the book where Halloran mused about Wendi and a mother's intuition, proffering that "maybe all mothers got a touch of the shine and just don't know it." Could be true and that the level of potent energies being expended by the hotel during the end game reached that threshold where even her lesser maternal sense could "see." Of course, at that same point of the story, the hotel was focusing an incredible amount of its attention/energy on her, trying to separate her from Dany so Jack could finish it's dark work.

@johnplaysgames3120

Жыл бұрын

I also always interpreted the end as the hotel absorbing Jack's soul (though it had really wanted the more powerful Danny) - like, Jack wouldn't have been in the photo had they shown it earlier and only appeared in it after he died - but that interpretation has always been a little mucked up by Delbert Grady's statement that "You've always been the caretaker." At first, I chalked that up to the Overlook gaslighting Jack, manipulating him, but there's another interesting detail in that scene that is often missed: Delbert Grady isn't the name of the previous caretaker that we hear about at the beginning of the film (the one who axe-murdered his family in the 1970s). That guy's name was Charles Grady. Looking further into it, I discovered an interview with Stanley Kubrick that sheds a tiny bit more light on the situation. Although he doesn't talk about what anything means in great detail, he does mention that there's an element of reincarnation at play. The insinuation was that there are certain souls connected to the Overlook who keep returning to life and are continually drawn back to it, life after life, to repeat the same cycle of temptation and madness. And you see, throughout the film, Jack gives in to every temptation: he falls off the wagon (and offers his soul for a glass of beer, an offer which the Hotel immediately takes him up on), he cheats on Wendy with the naked bath lady (who then turns to a corpse and mockingly laughs at him, presumably for being so weak), he indulges his anger on numerous occasions, etc, etc. So, in Kubrick's apparent interpretation of the situation, that person in the photo in the end isn't actually Jack Torrance, it's a previous incarnation of the soul that's currently inhabiting Jack Torrance and would've been in the photo all along. And that soul keeps choosing the bad path, life after life, and pays the price each time. Personally, I still prefer the non-reincarnation interpretation that you and I started with, that a person appears in the photo after the hotel absorbs their soul and Jack's appearance in the photo at the end means the hotel got him. But I figured I'd pass on the filmmakers interpretation too just because it's interesting to note what was actually intended to come across when he made the movie.

@matthewdekker6064

Жыл бұрын

@@johnplaysgames3120 Sorry for the late response, I just discovered this channel. I could be wrong, but from what I vaguely remember from interviews and hearing about the story, the book goes into more detail about a lot of this stuff, and the "shining" plays a much bigger role in it (as does Halloran, I think). From what I kinda-sorta remember, I think Kubrick initially was going to include more of this stuff, but he had to cut it down. I haven't read the book, but I'd imagine that the book would probably give a more thorough explanation of things, and would make some of these details (like Jack being in the picture) more clear to the reader. Kubrick kinda skimmed over stuff because it's a movie, and it's his interpretation, but I also think he initially wanted to include more and tell a slightly different story (which I think the mini-series did, but the mini-series just wasn't as good in general, and probably included too *much* of that stuff, so it was more boring all-around). If you haven't seen the recent sequel (with Danny all grown up and going back to the hotel), called Doctor Sleep, it's worth a watch. I was pleasantly surprised because I didn't expect much from it. But it also explains a bit more about everything - though it's been a while since I saw it, so I forget exactly what the story is.

@kevmodee1866

Жыл бұрын

Actually, remember when Jack told Wendy he'd felt as if he'd been there before? I believe he was actually reincarnated; which would explain why he felt that way, and the ghosts from back in the early 1909's knew him so well. Perhaps he was actually Grady in his former life, and the woman in room 237 was his murdered wife from the past life.

Fun fact: Jack Nicholson was a volunteer fire fighter. As such, breaking down doors was part of the job. When they tried using movie doors (the kind that break easy), Jack demolished them in a single swing. That's why the scene where he's breaking the bathroom door looks so good. That's a real axe being used on a solid wood door.

@gohanangered9650

3 ай бұрын

It's also the scene, i think soured jack on the director. And things between them, broke down quick afterwards. To a point they couldn't stand each other.

@redpillfreedom6692

3 ай бұрын

​@@gohanangered9650I'm surprised they already hadn't soured even by then. There was one scene where they did 127 takes because Kubrick was such an obsessive perfectionist.

@homelesshannah50

2 ай бұрын

@@gohanangered9650 LOL maybe it was like Texas Chainsaw where Gunnar Hassan joked that when he was swinging the chainsaw in the air that he tried to hit Tobe Hooper with it.

@aaronmicalowe

Ай бұрын

@@gohanangered9650 Wasn't the line, "Here's Johnny" an improvisation by Jack that he didn't tell anyone about. If memory serves me (and it rarely does), it was a radio host who would call out like that at the beginning of his show.

@gohanangered9650

Ай бұрын

@@aaronmicalowe Yeah i think it was improvised.

"Wendy? Darling? Light, of my life. I'm not gonna hurt ya. I'm just going to bash your brains in.” For some reason Jack's delivery of that line cracks me up.

@HorySmokes

Жыл бұрын

'As thoon as pothebal?'

@neilsun2521

Жыл бұрын

Every line's delivered brilliantly. Easily one of the most quotable performances ever.

@TeamMemberNumberEight

Жыл бұрын

*Light* of my *life*

@joshscott6914

Жыл бұрын

@@TeamMemberNumberEight Fair enough

@barryscott8041

Жыл бұрын

I agree...also to Lloyd: "Kinda slow tonight, isn't it?"

You literally have the art to take a movie someone has seen a million times and make it feel like wer'e watching it for the first time. It's scary all over again.

@justinmccarty3886

Жыл бұрын

Her "The Thing" reaction is really great too!

@mikemullen472

Жыл бұрын

@@justinmccarty3886 i think I saw that one too ❤

@taylortyler1867

Жыл бұрын

I am so glad KZread suggested her channel. She's the best. So charismatic and funny.

@tenorman420

Жыл бұрын

Kat makes me laugh in EVERY reaction. My favorite part is when she says things like "Please" or "Not the slow turn".

@KatWatchesHorror

Жыл бұрын

Ahhh. Mike thank you so much for saying this. I can't tell you how happy it makes me to know that you're enjoying these. And that I can bring something fresh to movies that you've seen so many times. Thank you thank you thank you for being here!!! THIS MADE MY DAY!!!Kat:D

The typewriter was not typing by itself. Wendy was turning the wheel to feed the paper through to see further down the page. When typing on old typewriters like that, where the keys hit is down much farther than the top where the paper comes out, there's a little window where you can read exactly what you're typing, but you have to scroll the wheel to get the paper out of the machine as it's held in quite securely.

My thoughts on what happened are that the hotel is collecting souls. Once you're collected it's like you have been there for all of time. It collects people by finding a weakness and exploiting it. Jack has an anger problem. He was trying to improve at the beginning (after breaking Danny's arm he quit drinking if I remember rightly) but the hotel broke his mind and convinced him to kill everyone

@BlackAngus555

4 ай бұрын

Anger and alcohol problem.

The bear scene..”umm..ummm…umm..glance at the camera…ummm..” 😂😂😂😂

LATE TO THE PARTY: If you want another King movie set in a creepy hotel, I suggest '1408.'

Jack Nicholson is counted among the greatest acting talents by many fans, you can always tell a great actor by how much you love the character or hate the character, btw you are braver than me, there's no way I could watch a horror movie with a creepy little doll standing in the corner behind me 😧

@falcychead8198

Жыл бұрын

What doll? I don't see a doll there, do you?

@fastecp1

Жыл бұрын

@@falcychead8198 In some o these videos I think I've seen him move up closer, I think he likes to watch too

@treetopjones737

11 ай бұрын

@@falcychead8198 No-one else sees a doll, right? 😉

@shawnagrubb9958

10 ай бұрын

Y'all there's a creepy doll in the background of kats videos in her room

@paulchavez3039

10 ай бұрын

Yeah especially with her doll and how she moves it around a little bit for the edit ❤

Watching the Director's Cut of Doctor Sleep is a must if you loved this movie. Doctor Sleep has become by favorite horror movie/adaptation of all time. Such an amazing horror epic that expands more into the Stephen King universe and the Shining itself. Can't wait to see your reaction to it.

@treetopjones737

11 ай бұрын

You forgot to mention it's the *sequel* to the Shining. Danny grown up, eventually he returns to the hotel for unfinished business.

@palmereldritch1974

5 ай бұрын

It was really interesting seeing Ewan McGregor in that role. He did a really good job with Polanski's The Ghost Writer, and somehow that carried into Dr. Sleep as well.

In the novel, you feel bad for Wendy Danny and even Jack. Because Jack is honestly trying to keep his shut together and he just falls apart before the reader slowly and painfully

@_KetWatchesHorrorMovies

Жыл бұрын

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@scoobysnacks

10 ай бұрын

The movie was scary but the book was 10x scarier because it allows your imagination to fill in the blanks. I started reading The Shining when i was 12 and only got about 1/4 of the way through it before I had to put it down. Didn't pick it back up to re-read until 5 years later, and even at 17 it was scary as hell.

@GinaPressley

10 ай бұрын

And the hotel explodes.

@GinaPressley

10 ай бұрын

​@scoobysnacks the book was much better

@possessedslig

7 ай бұрын

​@@GinaPressleyeh dunno about much better, I think both are masterpieces in their own way

I'd say the most hateful villain here is Warner Brothers' copyright department. I'm glad you finally got this posted.

@Jordan-Ramses

Жыл бұрын

I don't think Jack was a villain at all. He was a victim of the Hotel. He was just weak minded and the most easily possessed. Or maybe the Hotel put more effort into taking his soul because he was the physically strongest. It did the same thing with the previous father. Jack was the most useful.

@taylortyler1867

Жыл бұрын

@michaelbuhl4250 Right? Who made these copyright laws anyway? They should be done away with. Hollywood and the movie industry has too much money and power because of them

@mookiewilson4166

Жыл бұрын

I thought he was just a nice, normal guy who’s reacting the same way any of us would if we were shut up in a hotel with their wife and kid for more than a week.

@barryscott8041

Жыл бұрын

@@mookiewilson4166 Stephen King claimed Nicholson appeared "Crazy from the start" but I never saw that, I thought he seemed like an ordinary guy like you said; A frustrated writer maybe, and there were a few signs that he had some contempt for his wife

@JustAnotherLittleHuman

Жыл бұрын

@@mookiewilson4166 based on your comment I'm assuming you haven't read the book... 10/10 recommend it, it brings so much more depth to the characters

"Well the novel's complete. Critics have called it a bit repetitive." 🤣🤣 Truly one of the funniest things I have heard from any reactor about any movie!! Kat, I just discovered you two days ago, and I'm hooked! You have mastered the art of saying SO much while using very few words, and you are so fun and engaging. I want to recommend a gem that often gets overlooked, "Secret Window" with Johnny Depp. It takes you on a rollercoaster right up to the final act. Keep 'em coming!! 😊

I think ending just means Jack’s spirit is forever trapped in the hotel now, just like Grady & the rest. So the next caretaker may even have a talk with Jack in the restroom. Also… Tony was a real one! It’s delightful that Danny’s dark passenger was like “Hi Mrs. Torrence… as the weird spirit that inhabits your child, just a courtesy heads up that there’s an even weirder, malicious spirit inhabiting your this hotel AND your hubby, and we should go! You know… FYI.” 😅

@stevetheduck1425

9 ай бұрын

Yet not Mr. Hallorann, and he 'Shined'.

@blackbenetavo7715

8 ай бұрын

Even Tony was like, "this is f*cked."

@Bluesit32

5 ай бұрын

Danny's full name was Daniel Anthony Torrence. "Tony" is himself.

If the bathroom door seemed sturdy, it's because it was overbuilt. Jack Nicholson used to be a firefighter, and he chopped through the original door too quickly, so they had to build it more strongly the second time. Also, not sure if this counts as a legitimate horror movie, but The Village is one of my favorites.

@HorySmokes

Жыл бұрын

I think he chopped through the prop door too quickly so they gave him a real door.

@marximus4

Жыл бұрын

Ah, you might be right.

@zotharr

Жыл бұрын

The Village is more, than a horror, but it still would be awesome to see a reaction :)

@Bluesit32

5 ай бұрын

@@marximus4 They're right. It was the prop door that fell apart in a couple of blows. Jack missed his calling as a lumberjack.

@palmereldritch1974

5 ай бұрын

@@zotharr I hated that movie. Something about Shyamalan movies always rub me the wrong way.

I've been waiting for you to witness this one lol. You're rocking this genre, you've only been posting for a couple of months and you've already gotten through so many of the big ones lol. "Well the novels done, critics have called it a bit repetitive." If I had been drinking something it would have ended up all over my phone lol!

@KatWatchesHorror

Жыл бұрын

HIIIII JOHN WELCOME BACK!!! Ahh. That means a LOT to me. I am very very proud of myself for tackling some of these big ones... I feel like it's important to start with the classics, seeing as they paved the way! ALSO HAHAHA I won't lie to you, that's my favourite part. So you highlighting it MAKES ME VERY HAPPY. Evidently, we have the same sense of humor. HAPPY NEW YEAR PAL!! ALL THE BEST TO YOU!! Kat:D

@johnwilliamson2207

Жыл бұрын

@@KatWatchesHorror oh yes, sometimes you just have to jump into the pool with both feet lol. Great to be back and a very Happy New Year to you as well! As for the ending, Kubrick, being the very enigmatic director he was, left it ambiguous on purpose, but one of the more popular theories among fans is that Jack was a reincarnation of the man we saw in the July 4th Ball picture. You may differ but it does explain why he felt such a strong sense of deja vu, because he had literally been there before. Now that you've seen this, I strongly recommend checking out the sequel 'Doctor Sleep' that came out a couple of years ago, it's amazing. Love it all, keep it up! 😎

Couple a fun facts! The actress who played Wendy was _very_ sick with the flu when they filmed. That's why she looks so, well, sick. The dark circles, the clamminess, the paleness? Yep, that was all real! She was genuinely super sick! Also, she was _terrified_ of Jack Nicholson. He never properly introduced himself to her before filming, and on set, he did a _lot_ of improv. The entire iconic dialogue on the stairs of "I'm not gonna hurt ya, I'm just gonna bash your brains in" was _improv._ That wasn't scripted. So imagine, being _very_ sick with the flu, and a man who never really introduced himself to you is going _off script_ and manically confessing he wishes to harm you. Yeah... a lot of Wendy's fear wasn't actually acting! And Jack Nicholson never interacted with her outside of filming until the _end of filming._ So this man, who constantly went of script with insane threats of violence, never fucking spoke to her outside of the scenes they filmed. Add being sick on top, and you get genuine fear. Other fun facts: The actor that played Danny never knew he was in a horror movie! He found out much later in life, because his memories of filming consisted mainly of memorizing lines to say, and riding a big wheel down hallways. He spent most of the time playing with the other actors and staff, and so never realized there was anything scary about his scenes! Final fun fact: The twins never did any other acting outside of The Shining. They have a combined screen time of less than 5 minutes, I believe, and are known as the most famous actors with the least amount of total screentime in the world!

@homelesshannah50

2 ай бұрын

What's NOT fun is the shit Kubrick subjected Shelly Duvall to especially when she seems to have a very, very passive personality. A different actress might have cursed him out and walked off

@zyn87

2 ай бұрын

They did more acting. They were in coors light commercials, that's why they are known as the coors light twins.

22:19 "Give him your honest feedback" 😅 27:38 "That's a good quality bathroom door if you think about it" 🤪 29:47 Kat.exe not responding 😵😵‍💫

The b&w framed photograph at the end represents all the souls consumed by the Overlook.

Loved your reaction to the "bear job". As for the ending, like any Kubrick film, it's up to you to decide. Kubrick's not one for explaining things. My first take when I saw it was that the hotel had absorbed his soul.

@JDelwynn

Жыл бұрын

It is explained, kinda. Just like with Delbert Grady and his family, Jack is part of the hotel now.

@Smokie_666

Жыл бұрын

@@JDelwynn That's one interpretation. There is also the idea that there aren't any ghosts in the hotel at all. We all know Kubrick loved creating intriguing films.

@tbeighle5131

Жыл бұрын

If you’re talking about the scene where Wendy sees the man in costume doing explicit things to another man, it’s a reference to the book that wasn’t widely shown for a reason. Danny sees a dog man with its head on upside down (and I believe, walking backwards on all fours), that shouts its going to do sexual things to him and he runs away, from my memory. I haven’t read it in years, but as an adult I’m halfway through a re-read. Haven’t gotten to that part yet, but I remember it used to be the scariest part to me as a kid. (I should also not have been allowed to read this as a kid.)

@TheMightyOdin

Жыл бұрын

@@tbeighle5131Did you get to the part yet?

@treetopjones737

11 ай бұрын

Furries have been around at least since 1929. 😃

Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall were so perfectly cast in this great film. So is Danny Lloyd, the little boy. They looked like a real, terrified family in seclusion. Very terrifying. Brilliantly done.

Wow. This lady is legit funny & quick. She's super animated with raw reactions. She's just raised the bar for reaction-video's to Olympic levels.

@sabrinashelton1997

3 ай бұрын

She really cool and funny. Love her!

lol, it's not a haunted typewriter, she was turning the sidewheel and making it scroll. and the reason they showed wendy reading all the pages was to show that jack snapped a LOOOOONG time ago. anyway, HILARIOUS reaction, as usual! you are soooo funny when you are terrified lol

@zedwpd

Жыл бұрын

The other reason was Kubrick's secretary wrote all those pages so you couldn't cut her work short.

@mcfmcf4038

Жыл бұрын

@@zedwpd haha awesome

@OpenMawProductions

Жыл бұрын

I mean you're not wrong, but I always take umbridge with "snapped" because Jack is literally being mentally assaulted by ghosts trying to manipulate/control/posses him.

@mcfmcf4038

Жыл бұрын

@@OpenMawProductions true. Excellent point!!

@matthewdekker6064

Жыл бұрын

@@OpenMawProductions But didn't he previously hurt Danny before going to the hotel? Though he said it was an accident, but I imagine he just considers it an accident because he was probably drunk at the time, and that probably ties into why he was trying to stop drinking. I think he "snapped" near the beginning of the movie, but I think he's always been a shitty person in general. Though I guess you could argue that he was being influenced by the hotel even prior to actually going there (if his soul is like a reincarnation of the former caretaker), but regardless, I'd say he was generally a bad person either way. And I think he was mentally "weak" to begin with, and that allowed the hotel to more easily influence him.

Kat, There aren’t enough comments in the world to summarize how fantastic you are. *Kat sees the ocean of blood* “That must be the red rum! I thought it was just MurDeR spelled backwards.” Now, I’m going to kitchen for a glass of water cause I must be *thirsty*

The best part of this movie is that there is no perfect theory explaining it all. It was designed that way. There are many good theories out there. You get to pick one you like best. What a movie.

The thing about the nd is that the film is about cycles. That's why so many things change, like Grady's first name is different when Halloran tells the story than what he says it is in the bathroom, or when it was that Jack broke Danny's collarbone, or stopped drinking. These aren't continuity errors, they are intentional. It's to show that all of this stuff has happened before, and will happen again. Jack has always been the caretaker and Jack has always been abusive to his family. At the end Wendy and Danny escape the cycle when they survive and flee, but Jack doesn't, and he's trapped in it. That's a little simplistic, but if you look at this film as a collection of cycles you'd be amazed how many there are and how much they intertwine.

Censor style: Jack Nippleson. I hate myself.

It's well known know that Kubrick really treated Shelley Duvall like an abused spouse during the shooting. He was mean and abusive to her, ostensibly for the purpose of eliciting a better and more believable performance from her. I mean, i guess it worked, but damn. Also the kid that played Danny had no idea what the movie was about. He only shot his scenes, and never knew about the blood or the axe murders or any of that stuff.

I believe the final scene means that Jack has been completely absorbed by the hotel and now is one of the ghosts, out of the normal flow of time.

@_KetWatchesHorrorMovies

Жыл бұрын

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@thomasfleischer83

21 күн бұрын

Definitely right!

The tenth or so time I watched this film, I started to realise that everything that happened has happened before. Wendy takes Danny to the maze: 'I'm gonna getcha!' and later: Jack chases Danny into the maze to 'get' him. Both do not succeed. Halloran shows Wendy a freezer and the dry goods store. Wendy puts Jack in the dry good store, later he freezes. Many examples of this in this film. It's made of earlier incidents being repeated. Such as butler Delbert Grady of the 1930s returning to kill his wife and daughters as Charles Grady in 1970. Or Mr. Torrance of the 4th of July ball 1920s returning as Jack Torrance in 1980.

I've watched this movie more times than I can count and I never noticed before that there was no "wet floor" sign. Thank you for enhancing the experience.

@_KetWatchesHorrorMovies

Жыл бұрын

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"Come play with us, Kat!" 🤣 Glad you watched this, it's a classic. Also, if you ever get the chance, watch the 3 part TV movie version with Rebecca De Mornay and Steven Weber. King didn't like Kubrick's version, so he wrote the screenplay and bankrolled the TV version and it's a lot closer to the book. Definitely worth a watch! Also, Happy New Year! I hope it's an amazing and successful one for you!

@Deathbird_Mitch

Жыл бұрын

I did like that version alot.

@lenanicole2837

Жыл бұрын

Where can you watch that version though it doesn't look available anywhere?

@martinholt8168

Жыл бұрын

IMHO, The Kubrick version was a better movie, but the King version was a better adaptation.

@jcast1976

Жыл бұрын

I remember when they announced the series. Came home from work geeking out to watch it. King said he didn’t like the Kubrick’, said “it didn’t have a heart.”

@Wraiven22

Жыл бұрын

As someone who read the book first I totally prefer the TV miniseries overall due to the inclusion of so much more of the creepy stuff from the book, BUT I do still think the directing and acting is far better in the movie.

I love this channel. On the one hand, somewhere deep down part of me feels bad deriving so much pleasure from watching someone else suffer. On the other hand, your ability to inject humour into the most stressful situations gives me hope for humanity 🙂

The real villain is the hotel itself. It takes over Jack's soul and uses him against Danny and Wendy. By the end, the hotel has completely absorbed Jack, which is how he ends up in the picture.

Hiya Kat ☺️ And oh boy The Shining. This should get spicy in the comments. Steven King hated this adaptation of his novel as it veered away from the source material. That being said, it is a beautifully shot and extremely well acted film which is still Jack Nicholson and Shelly Duvall’s best performances on screen to date. Although Shelly Duvall was pushed to the brink of nervous exhaustion on set as Kubrick bullied her into hundreds of takes of her lines to get the delivery he wanted. Then what does the film mean? This has been hotly debated for decades. With Kubrick, there are no accidents or errors in continuity in his films. Every scene, set and prop (even down to its placement) has a reason. There is a quite good documentary on The Shinning called Room 237 where people try and figure out the hidden meanings to his films. You have everything from “It’s Kubrick’s take on how the Native American people suffered and where murdered for their land by American settlers” to “Its Kubrick’s coded confession that he faked all the moon landings for NASA using his knowledge of rear projection techniques developed for 2001: A Space Odyssey” just to name a few. Bottomline is does it work as a horror movie? I think so but IF there wasn’t a King book in the first place perhaps🤔. As usual with a Kubrick film, you come away with more questions than answers 🙄 Fabulous reaction as always Kat and l look forward to the next one ☺️👍🏼

@johnsensebe3153

Жыл бұрын

King softened his opinion of the movie eventually, saying basically that it was a good movie, but it was not his book.

@BloodRayneUK

Жыл бұрын

@@johnsensebe3153 Ah l didn’t know that. Makes sense after King directed his one and only film Maximum Overdrive (which is a guilty pleasure watch of mine) and he is so embarrassed by it. Even to the point he’s apologised to its main star Emilio Estevez on how bad it is lol 😂

This was much scarier than "The Shinning", a story of a hotel filled with pointy metal coffee tables.

I remember when I was about 11, telling my Mum, “So and so lent me The Shining!” She said, “What? Absolutely not! Oh, the book? Okay then” my Mum didn’t care what I read, as long as I was reading. This was also one of the few movies my dad didn’t let me watch until I was 14

@niallrussell7184

4 ай бұрын

I was 10 when this movie came out. I got to read the book, which had photos of movie in the centre. Scared the f'k out of me..

@seanmccready9564

Ай бұрын

lol. The book is so much scarier than the movie was.

I thought the ending meant jack’s soul was taken by the spirits or the hotel. But here is a statement about that from online: As Stanley Kubrick explains, “It's supposed to suggest a kind of evil reincarnation cycle, where he [Jack] is part of the hotel's history, just as in the men's room, he's talking to the former caretaker [Grady], the ghost of the former caretaker, who says to him, 'you are the caretaker; you've always been the caretaker ...

One of our local movie theaters installed full carpeting that is identical to the hotel's carpet pattern and they have a simulated hallway of the hotel going into the wall. So cool!! Oh and I've been to Timberline Lodge at Mt. Hood in Oregon which is the inspiration for the exterior although the interior and maze were filmed in England.

@_KetWatchesHorrorMovies

Жыл бұрын

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@Theomite

Жыл бұрын

The inside of that hotel is SO disappointing despite being well-designed.

@terencejay8845

4 ай бұрын

I was in Colorado, Estes Park because I'd been told The Stanley Hotel was the location for The Shining. Was it used for some exterior shots? I thought, but something didn't seem right. It was only when walking around the hotel interior, seeing 'stills' from movie that I asked a staff member. 'Yes, that's right. They filmed The Shining here...' Further investigation revealed it was the location for The Shining TV Mini Series. We never saw that here in the UK. It was a bit of a disappointment and quite the detour to go and see it. (Long before smartphones and Google.)

@alyxgriffen5073

3 ай бұрын

The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park was the inspiration for the Overlook Hotel in Stephen King's original book. They (obviously) didn't use the Stanley for this movie, but if you listen to the weather report on the TV news, that is (supposed to be) coming from Denver. The newscaster is Bertha Lynn, who was a very well-known local anchorwoman in Denver at the time. For the TV miniseries, they finally filmed much of it *at* the actual Stanley Hotel. But what is really funny about that is that the Overlook is supposed to be waaayyyy up in the mountains, all by itself, and totally snowed in during the Winter months. But if you go to Estes Park, the Stanley Hotel is actually not far off of the main road that runs through Estes Park; it's not at all isolated from the rest of the town, the way the Overlook was isolated from the (fictional) town of Sidewinder, in the story. So, inspiration = yes. But not duplication.

19:23 Best woman to watch a scary movie with ever, Kat. I don’t know how Annabelle or whatever your friend’s name in the corner is holds it together. Stephen King hates this movie and the trick ending in particular, which he blamed Stanley Kubrick for not knowing was hackneyed. I think it means the Overlook Hotel was an entity and it devoured souls. While not very scary, _Doctor Sleep_ (2019) is a terrific legacy sequel. Ewan McGregor plays an adult Danny and due to the enduring popularity of _The Shining_ , Warner Bros. spared no expense producing. A lot of horror films and also sequels skimp on their budgets but not this one. Next scary movie? How about _Poltergeist_ (1982)?

He did say he felt deja vu when he first went to the hotel. And the ghost said he had always been the caretaker of the hotel.

Hi Kat, I just discovered your channel. Your facial expressions are perfectly entertaining, as are your very animated reactions and witty responses. This is what makes top tier reaction videos! It's so funny when you go from physically composed to instant karate defense pose, then slowly devolve position into holding your face. And your 4th wall gazes into the camera are hilarious.

This was an awesome reaction. Also Jack being in the picture again is likely meant to show that his soul was just another of the many ghosts that are stuck to haunt the hotel. All the people in that final picture are likely ghosts in the hotel.

She doesn't even realize that when Jack is sitting at the typewriter the chair behind him keeps disappearing. STANLEY K was a directing genius.

Where’s the happy ending. 😅😅 followed by that scene. That was so funny. Loved. Loved the reaction!!❤️

Delbert laid it all out when he said "but, Sir... You've ALWAYS been the Caretaker" to Jack. His Soul sought to return to the Hotel, It's the curse the Indians placed on the Hotel itself. But before Jack's soul could Return he had to Sacrifice something to prove he was "worthy" of coming home.

"Ok, alright, ok.. alright, ok -" 😆 "Critics have found it a bit repetitive" Oh Kat, so many gems, who are you?? 🤣

There is no one on KZread that makes me laugh and entertains me as much as you do! Right from the get go with that car commercial comment during the opening credits! 😂😅

"critics have called it a bit repetitive" cracked me up, haha. another amazing reaction, tnx. love how you are on point with the plot twists, and your julia roberts smile doesn't hurt the overall experience, haha...

"And if the movie were over now, I'd believe him." Cracked me up!!!😅😅😅😅

The reason for the “good quality bathroom door” was because Jack Nicholson was once a volunteer firefighter and blew right through the prop doors made for the scenes of him breaking into the room and bathroom, so Stanley Kubrick had them replaced with real wooden doors.

The child actor did not know he was in a scary movie. The director hid the scary aspects of the movie from him.

@JakkFrost1

Жыл бұрын

Not exactly behavior one would expect from Kubrick.

@SylviusTheMad

Жыл бұрын

@@JakkFrost1 Especially given how he directed Shelley Duvall in the same movie.

@PassingMaxQ

Жыл бұрын

He is now a professor of biology.

@tarzapopohead

Жыл бұрын

@@PassingMaxQ good for him and all his success. You also.

@JwenBrykowski

Жыл бұрын

I always wondered about this. Like how did he not know? Talking all creepy like Tony, carrying a knife, waking up Shelly and she freaks out and grabs him to hide in the bathroom. Telling him to run and hide. Jack Nicholson chasing after him with an axe, all the shots of him silent screaming, etc. I think even as a kid having to act all those parts would be scary.

9:35 This sequence cracks me up: (Jack tells Wendy off) Kat: "Oh my God! Wendy have a little self-respect!" (pause as Kat leans in anticipating Wendy's response) Wendy: "ok" Disappointed Kat: "Alright"

You have the best movie reactions on YT bar none.

Room 1408 is definitely a movie you should react to. Very interesting and spooky movie

The Kia commercial cracked me up 😂 Most people are just creeped out at that scene. Hilarious reaction!

Obligatory "TUESDAY" jump scare 😅👍

It's so funny how whenever you watch a horror film or just a film with horror in it you are nervous in expectation of horror through 100% of the runtime lmao.

8:22 The absolute greatest utterance of "Stop that!" I've ever been witness too.

@_KetWatchesHorrorMovies

Жыл бұрын

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I love all of the little Jack Nicholson heads covering up bathtub lady. That was freakin' hilarious!!

One of the greatest movies, period . I am so glad you sat thru it!

OMG that was the most hysterical viewing of the Shining I've ever seen. Subbed.

TUESDAY Probably the greatest jump scare in history. And so hilarious. 😂

@taylortyler1867

Жыл бұрын

@BrinMara I saw this at the theatre and believe me, it really _WAS_ a jump scare on the big screen (along w/ the surround sound).

@barryscott8041

Жыл бұрын

I've watched several Reactors watching this and everyone jumps at TUESDAY

Whew! Great reaction!😉 I read this book in my 7th grade school library, probably couldn't now,lol.

Tony is so polite calling Wendy "Mrs. Torrence". I always thought that was cute.

@Dularr

Жыл бұрын

I found it odd Tony was calling his mother "Mrs. Torrence"

@_KetWatchesHorrorMovies

Жыл бұрын

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I think this is an allegorical film. I believe Jack (and the hotel) represent societal evil and cruelty throughout the generations. Wendy and Halloran represent the victims of such evil and Danny is the younger, smarter generation who can outwit these evils. I think that's what makes Jack's character so deeply unsettling. He represents a deep, very real, human evil. An evil that seems inherent to the human species. Also one of the most harrowing depections of domestic abuse I've ever seen in a film. Nicholson is great, of course, but this would not have worked without Shelley Duvall's performance. She is amazing and crucial as a foil to his terrorism. This is my favorite film of all time and this has been one of my favorite watch-throughs of it and I've been binging them lately, so thanks for the good work!

Great reaction, Kat!! As for the ending, Kubrick didn’t like to talk about the endings of his films too much since he felt it was more thought-provoking to leave them ambiguous, but there was an old phone conversation that leaked recently where he admitted that the ending of this movie was showing how basically the Hotel had consumed Jack and he became part of its endless cycle of evil reincarnation.

@HorySmokes

Жыл бұрын

I mean, the film suggests he was already part of it - Jack talking about his crazy dejavu, conversation with Grady, the photograph.

@johnplaysgames3120

Жыл бұрын

@@HorySmokes This is also hinted at by the fact that the servant he talks to in the red bathroom is Delbert Grady. The man who we hear about at the beginning of the movie - the one who axe-murdered his family in the 1970s - is Charles Grady. It's not the same person. In the interpretation Kubrick hinted at, Charles might've been a reincarnation of Delbert in the same way that Jack might've been a reincarnation of the guy in the photo at the end. Basically, souls that are doomed to return life after life, get drawn to the hotel, and end up caught in a repeating cycle of temptation, madness, and murder.

Also for the ending, it's kind of a deliberate mystery but I interpret it as Jack's ghost joining the dozens (hundreds?) of others who are also trapped at the Overlook.

One of the scariest things for me was the typed manuscript. This man has gone so over the edge and has become so insane from visiting this hotel that he has spent loads of time typing _that_ .... I think this reveal is where Wendy finally understands that the Jack she once knew is gone for good. (And I can just picture some assistants/secretaries typing all those pages in 1980; that had to be tedious, LOL.) Have to say, Stanley Kubrick took an effective novel and transformed it into one of the most tense and scary movies ever created. And some of it was his own ideas, like the typewriter and the little Grady twins popping up to say "Come and play with us". Lastly, there are conspiracy theories about Mr. Kubrick (like "he filmed that fake moon landing in '69, dude!"), and especially about this film. You can become lost down a rabbit hole if you investigate. I'm not goin' in, it's too loco. For me it's all a bunch of nonsense-- but we live in a country where a chunk of the people seem to eat this stuff up and believe it. Now *that's* scary. :D

@Melancthon7332

Жыл бұрын

And the reason Wendy keeps paging through them is that part of her that thinks, "surely he can't have been crazy all this time, there must have been a point where he was okay", but no, it's dull boys all the way down.

@eduardo_corrochio

Жыл бұрын

@@Melancthon7332 Exactly!

@keetahbrough

Жыл бұрын

it's a truly scary world in which most people WANT to live an illusion their entire lifetime.. because the things that the people who live in reality are telling them.. is too much for them to handle. *GOOD VIBES ONLY* crowd.

@eduardo_corrochio

Жыл бұрын

@@keetahbrough Wait, I don't understand the good vibes analogy there because I was speaking about negative folks who thrive on bad things and on ridiculous myths that are not true.

@cmgvideo

Жыл бұрын

Weirdly, all those typed pages were made by Kubrick. He would work on them whenever he had a break.

I looked through about 50 comments and didnt see the "right" answer to your question, so here it is... Most people are saying the picture shows Jack's soul had been captured by the Overlook, but Kubrick said specifically it's to indicate that Jack has reincarnated. The 1921 picture shows him as one of the previous caretakers of the hotel, which is furthered both when he says he feels deja vu there and when Grady tells him he's always been the caretaker.

Your reactions are absolutely amazing. First class awesome. I discovered your Jaws reaction earlier today and became an instant fan.

Absolutely loved this! The Shining is definitely my favourite horror film. My interpretation of the picture at the end from 1921 is that like Grady, Jack's soul has been claimed by the hotel and he's trapped forever in its history and now he's become one of the ghosts. I believe that's what Grady meant when he said 'You've always been the caretaker'.

@brostenen

9 ай бұрын

The beast got what it wanted..... Remember. The hotel is alive. You can see it in the way it is build. There is no way you can recreate the building as it is depicted. Scewed architecture because it is a living thing.

Absolutely LOVE your reactions to jump scares and stuff in these movies.

@_KetWatchesHorrorMovies

Жыл бұрын

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This is the first video of yours I’m watching and I have to say, I love how often you jump to conclusions. Knowing the movie, it sets us (your audience) up to really enjoy the payoffs.

“No wet floor sign?!?” 🤣🤣🤣 Please don’t stop making reactions!

I don't mean it to sound creepy, but Kat, you got one of the most beautiful eyes I've seen. Great, strong, honest reactions.

Okay, it is Official.... Kat is the most beautiful insightful reactor on KZread

its a great movie but it shouldnt have cost the actress who played wendy her sanity and career, what the director and everyone put her through was shocking

@tipigi3570

28 күн бұрын

I'm not sure if it cost her her career. She has over 40 more actress credits on imdb after this movie was made in 1980., including Popeye, and Roxanne, which were quite big hits. She's suffered from diabetes, and took quite a while off, but her last credit is from 2023.

The Shining is one of my all time favorite films. So glad you did this vid! Kubrick was all about symbolism. This film has been dissected by many. You could dive Deep down a rabbit hole with this film.

During the opening credits, the road he is driving on is located in Glacier National Park in Montana. It's called 'The Going to the Sun Highway' which is because when you drive on it from the east side of the park, heading west, there are parts where it feels like you are driving to the sun. It's a great drive, as long as you bring shades. The hotel in the film is not in the park, it is back east in New England. Great Reactions, It's truly funny watching someone who hates horror films...watch them. It's like strapping my retentive dad to a chair and forcing him to watch someone fold a map the wrong way. :)

Hi Kat, I just stumbled across your channel today and have watched four of your reactions already. Just for the record: I do have a life - well... kind of! Your reactions are awesome! Your facial expressions are absolutely priceless and to me you are the new "scream queen"! Speaking of "The Shining", it's one of the best movies of all time for me and Jack Nicholson's acting is just brilliant! Keep up the great work/fun and I will come back for more of your reactions! Greetings from Hamburg/Germany

@_KetWatchesHorrorMovies

Жыл бұрын

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Hi Kat! You are killing it with these movie reactions. Believe it or not, the first time I saw this movie it was while I was 11 and my parents and I were staying alone in a 19th Century mansion that had been converted into a children's home. My parents were acting as caretakers over the Christmas break. I actually didn't realise the similarities between this movie and our situation until nearly 20 years later when I was explaining it to a workmate and he pointed it out. I told him how my Dad had investigated all possible sources of a creepy sound. It was just like my skateboard rolling down the floor of the long wooden corridor outside my room in the middle of the night. My Dad spent an hour investigating plumbing and heating ducts all over the house, then finally called me to an upstairs window. From there I could see a veritable parade of possums skidding down a section of roof to an overhanging tree branch. The noise of the claws on the roof were making the sound I had heard as a phantom skateboarder outside my room. That moment was pretty key in me becoming a scientific skeptic. It also didn't register with me as being like "The Shining" because the atmosphere there was so relaxed and non creepy. For one thing it was Southern hemisphere summer and even though the grounds were pretty isolated by trees that meant you couldn't see the houses of most of the neighbours you could walk down the hill to the local jetty in the harbour and we were only half an hour's drive from home. People have already told you about King's feelings about this movie, and about his preferred miniseries. ( I think it was dire.) The 2019 movie Dr Sleep I think did the best possible job of being both a sequel to this movie and a sequel to King's novel. I think it is a quality horror movie and worth watching. This movie was deliberately ambiguous, with Kubrick's aim to slowly build tension and dread. For example the camera follows Danny riding his tricycle though the hotel. Although most people are not consciously aware of it, the floorplan of the hotel is actually impossible (the set was rearranged as the actor rode past it) which people subconsciously feel as wrongness. Kubrick also treated Shelley Duvall abominably, trying to heighten her performance by making her feel as isolated as possible from the cast and crew. It was not good for her mental health. Some have also mentioned The Wendy Theory, which became popular on KZread a couple of years ago. This is based on the idea that Wendy was crazy during The Shining, and the audience only sees her delusions of what is happening. The only evidence for this is that Kubrick was a perfectionist and various small pieces of the set were not always in identical positions. (Never mind the fact they were filming for months on a busy soundstage where things had to be repositioned or even rebuilt literally dozens of times. There is no record of anyone ever adjusting the set between takes on Kubrick's instructions, or of any effect he wanted to achieve by adjusting the set. I laughed out loud at you painfully neutral reaction to the furry giving oral sex to the man in the tuxedo. What does it all mean? Kubrick only gives you hints and leaves you to work it out for yourself. You are doing a great job educating yourself about horror movies, and even if you don't enjoy them you are starting to see the differences in writing and film making between low quality and high quality horror movies. Have a great 2023!

@illuminahde

Жыл бұрын

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@_KetWatchesHorrorMovies

Жыл бұрын

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It is my personal headcanon that if Wendy had continued through the pages, the very last page would end with the sentence "Congrats, you made it all the way to the end without quitting."

I've seen this movie a hundred times, and Danny's plight never ceases to affect me. Him sitting on his father's lap is the scariest scene for me.

I need a Kat to watch movies with, until that happens I'll have to be happy here.

You are my absolute favorite, Kat. You've always been the caretaker.

I love your wit, sarcasm, and dry delivery. So fun watching!

29:35 “Where’s the happy ending??” Literally two seconds later. 😂😂😂

The movie is great but the book and the movie are basically two different stories. Jack is more of a tragic figure in the book. A pawn in the Overlook's game. I would also say that the book is scarier. This was written at the absolute peak of Stephen King's career from about 1975 all the way up to 1990 along with It, The Stand, Cujo, Pet Cemetery, Salem's Lot and more. There are absolute gems that came after 1990 but he never put out as many instant classics in as short of a time. 13 classics in 15 years if you count his pseudonym Richard Bachman's work. Point being: The Shining is peak King.

@Oldschoolnana

4 ай бұрын

100% agree.

I don't subscribe to channels very often, but I love your commentary and humor, so, what the heck. One of my favorite horror movies is with Kate Hudson. It's called Skeleton Key. The nice thing is that there is hardly any gore. It's just a really well told ghost story.

Jack was a firefighter in real life at one time. When they gave him the ax, he blew through the regular doors in 2 or 3 swipes, so, they had to use reinforced doors so it would take longer and build the tension better.

I don't know if anyone else mentioned it, but the timing of "Where's the happy ending?" right before to cut to Mr Gaybear was perfect.

Thank you so much, #KatWatchesHorrorMovies, for uploading this awesome movie reaction. Your content is absolutely amazing, and I love watching your reactions to different horror movies.

@_KetWatchesHorrorMovies

Жыл бұрын

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What a great movie and reaction! You’re reactions are so fun to watch because of your sense of humor. Subbed.

@_KetWatchesHorrorMovies

Жыл бұрын

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"Ghosts can open doors?" As skilled as you are in applying horror movie tropes I would think that would be a fair assumption after what happened with room 237. (Ghost/Evil being hotel itself) Favorite reaction to the Shining of many!

Yep! You just showed me exactly what my brain was doing when i first saw the photo reveal at the end. Your reaction to the guy in the bear suit at the top of the stairs 🤣 😂 Seriously though Kat, thanks for doing these reactions, I'm late to the party on this channel as i only found you about a week ago. Currently im binging from the beginning after seeing your Carrie last week. I'm dreading when i catch up and have to wait for a week between 😮.

Totally worth the wait. This is on the Mount Rushmore of horror movies without a doubt. Leave it to Kat to be more concerned with wet floor signs and creepy corners than with the psychopathic murderer in the hotel. You never disappoint. I also loved watching your opinion of Mr Hallorann move from distrust to he's gonna be the hero to the look on your face when the axe hit his chest. Also when you declared about Jack "this guy sucks" when he hadn't yet scratched the surface of suckage. Your top comment for me was that the critics have called his novel "a bit repetitive" Hilarious. You closed strong with a spot on Tony and your recognition of a quality bathroom door. PS eleven or so ummmms is the proper amount of ummmms for what you saw in that bedroom. You are the queen!!! Looking forward to whatever comes next.

I used to watch Chico and the Man years ago and Scatman Crothers was a very good character in that, he also played a good character in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

@Dularr

Жыл бұрын

Saturday morning cartoon, Hong Kong Phoey