Tag: The Shining
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‘Orphan: First Kill’ Review: Isabelle Fuhrman Is Marvelously Deranged in a Prequel That Should Satisfy Fans
It’s Estonia, 2007, and the opening sequence of “
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Stephen King Slams ‘Transformers,’ Says It’s the Only Movie He Walked Out of as an Adult
Stephen King is one of the most celebrated horror authors of all time, and many of his books have been turned into classic films. From “Stand By Me” and “The Shawshank Redemption” to “Carrie” and “Misery,” King has been an almost constant presence at the multiplex since he began publishing books in the 1970s. King…
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How Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining Influenced Joseph Kosinski’s Spiderhead
Who hasn’t been influenced by Stanley Kubrick? That’s the real question here. And I’m not just asking that because my own personal aesthetic life has at times veered towards the Kubrickian. I’m asking that because when you’re one of the greats, the list of people you’ve influenced becomes longer than the list of people you haven’t.…
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Why Stanley Kubrick Decided To Scrap The Shining’s Original Ending
Stanley Kubrick made a lot of changes to Stephen King’s source material when making “The Shining.” Rather than have protagonist Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) slowly spiral into insanity as he does in the book, Kubrick has Jack start off unhinged and only get worse from there. Whereas Danny’s imaginary friend is presented in the book…
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David Cronenberg Has A Simple Philosophy When It Comes To Working With Actors
Some of the best filmmakers of all time are known for being total control freaks. “The Shining” director Stanley Kubrick is notoriously dictatorial on set, while David Fincher has a reputation for making actors shoot the same scenes over, and over, and over again. One cinematic master who would strongly disagree with this approach is…
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How Stanley Kubrick Solved The Shining’s Psychic Problem
It might be over four decades old, but “The Shining” has never stopped being a dazzlingly unfathomable piece of cinema. Like any of Stanley Kubrick’s films, it was not so warmly received when it first premiered and is still famously disliked by Stephen King himself. The reason for the author’s contention resulted from the liberties…
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Horror Movie Child Stars You Wouldn’t Recognize Today
Children are often used to great effect in horror movies. When they’re potential victims, they can really get the audience invested in the story as no one wants to see harm come to something so harmless. Likewise, children can make perfect monsters because who would expect an innocent little kid to be the personification of…
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‘Firestarter’ Review: They’re Remaking This? Zac Efron Stars in a Stephen King Rehash That Does Not Burn Brightly
In the ’70s and early ’80s, the era that defined him, Stephen King came up with a whole lot of horror-story metaphors for anger. There was Carrie, the angry telekinetic nerd-turned-pranked-prom-demon, and Christine the angry car, and Cujo the angry dog, and the novel that was the greatest of King’s rage mythologies — “The Shining,”…
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‘The Shining’ Ax Purchased for 175,000 at Auction, Swings Into Colorado’s Stanley Film Center
Hereeee’s Stanley!The ax that Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) used to torture his family in “The Shining” officially will be the centerpiece of the new Stanley Film Center in Estes Park, Colorado. The iconic prop from Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 film based on Stephen King’s novel sold for a reported 175,000 at auction.An anonymous buyer has donated…
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Here’s Why Stephen King Hated 1984’s Firestarter
Stephen King does not mince words when it comes to movies adapted from his novels. Indeed, the prolific author is famously a vocal critic of Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining,” a film that is widely regarded as one of the greatest horror movies ever made. King undeniably has his reasons for dismissing it, however, and even the…