Kubrick decided to direct a comparatively crowd appealing film, maybe as a result of the financially poor performance of barry lyndon, which by many revered critics and filmmakers is considered to be his best film. The shining is about physical and sexual abuse perpetrated on young danny boy by his father jack torrance. Below, executive producer jan harlan and screenwriter diane. Nothing brings out that feeling more than the films final shot a zoom in on an overlook staff party from 1921, where it appears jack torrance. Why shelley duvall almost quit the shining by andrew ihla nov.
Nov 11, 2019 doctor sleep is a sequel to both the shining film and novel, and it achieved this by changing and explaining the shining movies ending. The shining, one of the top ten horror movies of all time, was based on stephen kings eponymous novel. The shining is a 1980 horror film produced and directed by stanley kubrick and cowritten with novelist diane johnson. Although, stephen was not at all impressed by stanley kubricks direction. The shining is about on one level psychological horrors that manifest in the real world and vise versa which mirrors the prescient wakingdream power that is the thing called shining. March 5, 2019 by jessie mendoza what does that famous final shot of stanley kubricks the shining really mean, and what happens to the traumatized characters left alive. Massey, and she was an older woman who came to the overlook to have an affair with a. Read on to find out what happened in the shinings original ending, and why kubrick made the lastminute decision to axe it. The ending neatly tied the story together while leaving room for more supernatural possibilities in future seasons. Doctor sleep ending explained after discovering the homicidal practices of the true knot, led by rose the hat rebecca ferguson, dan and fellow shiner, abra, embark on a quest to rid the world of them, which comes at the expense of the lives of abras father and dans friend and a.
The final, terrible shot of jack on the ground, his frozen face forever stuck in its maniacal, upwardlooking openmouth gaze, instantly freezes itself into the brain of anyone who witnesses it. Its time to return to the overlook hotel, as the ending of the shining sequel doctor sleep finds dan torrance, now a grown man, back in the decaying remains of the building that almost killed him as a child. The film is based on stephen kings 1977 novel of the same name. Nov 09, 2019 in the horror classic the shining from stephen king and directed by stanley kubrick, jack torrance and his family become the winter caretakers of the overlook hotel, encountering madness and. At the end of the shining, why is jack in the photo of the. Stephen kings novel doctor sleep was published in 20 and is a sequel to one of his most famous works. Though she may not always seem it at first glance because she spends much. The true story behind the legendary lost ending of the. Watch the explanation of the ending of the classic horror movie, the shining. How does the ending of the shining differ from stephen. We told you above the shining 1980 ending explanation with almost all theories. The woman in 237 is one of the many elements of the shining 1980 that are intentionally left ambiguous by stanley kubrick, but were explained in greater detail in the novelization. In the end of the wailing, ilgwang, who is trying to leave town passes through a swarm of locusts and is forced to turn back.
Jul 08, 2015 as long as film historians respect his wishes, the alternate ending of the shining like the epic deleted pie fight from kubricks dr. I mean, this movie has all the societal landmines possible. I had the opportunity to reach past the kubrick film all the way back to the ending of the shining the novel, the ending that king never got, he said. Ending explained, horror, jack nicholson, movie endings, movie endings explained, stanley kubrick, stephen king, the shining, thriller latest entertainment news headlines top. Apr 05, 2018 the shining is a 1980 horror film produced and directed by stanley kubrick and cowritten with novelist diane johnson. The shining novel, however, has a very different ending, and one that even made way for a sequel. With hereditary now in theaters, we take a look at the dark, disturbing, and twisted ending and try to explain what the hell happened to the characters. Luce movie controversy unpacked and explained because there are so many murky layers to luce as to make it nearly incomprehensible. As you will remember, in the climax of the shining, torrance jack nicholson possessed by a homicidal fury goes in the footsteps of his own son, danny. Luce movie controversy unpacked and explained taylor holmes.
Dec 24, 2018 as seen in both stephen kings novel and stanley kubricks film, the shining s overlook hotel isnt just one place. Stanley kubricks the shining is widely praised as a brilliant film, but not by the man who wrote the book it was adapted from. Doctor sleep ending explained in detail screen rant. Jan 21, 2020 the doctor sleep ending bridges the gap between stephen kings book the shining and stanley kubricks movie, which king famously hated. Jan 29, 2019 the ending of the shining explained by matthew jackson jan. The fact this movie leaves a lot open to analysis and interpretation even 40 years later is a mark of a good film maker. Whats up with the ending so jackwho has decided to give up on work in order, presumably, to not be a dull boyends this movie by freezing to death in the middle of a hedge maze, and wendy and danny get away in the snowcat machine. Jun 08, 2018 with hereditary now in theaters, we take a look at the dark, disturbing, and twisted ending and try to explain what the hell happened to the characters. In the horror classic the shining from stephen king and directed by stanley kubrick, jack torrance and his family become the winter caretakers of the overlook hotel, encountering madness and. In the lost ending of the shining, jacks frozen stare cuts to a scene where the overlook hotels manager, stuart ullman, visits jacks wife wendy and son danny in a colorado hospital where theyre recovering from their ordeal. As seen in both stephen kings novel and stanley kubricks film, the shinings overlook hotel isnt just one place. The shining, one of the stephen kings bestselling novels and the film that has had a huge impact in pop culture, finally has the ending explained in an interview with ew, producers jan harlan and diane johnson explain the steps that were taken in making the film, and the decisions made by director stanley kubrick to create the final ending.
Nov 05, 2019 stanley kubricks the shining is widely praised as a brilliant film, but not by the man who wrote the book it was adapted from. It added a scene after jacks death in the snow where hotel owner stuart ullman visits wendy in the hospital. Mar 10, 2016 stanley kubricks the shining has one hell of an ending. Apart from kubrick, the film was produced by jan harlan, and its screenwriter was diane johnson. The doctor sleep ending bridges the gap between stephen kings book the shining and stanley kubricks movie, which king famously hated. Well, the movie was widely perceived as a cinematic masterpiece. The twominute hospital scene, according to coscreenwriter diane johnson, was kubricks way of reassuring the audience that jacks wife and son were okay after his murderous rampage. Haunted by a persistent writers block, the aspiring author and recovering alcoholic, jack torrance, drags his wife, wendy, and his gifted son, danny, up snowcapped colorados secluded overlook hotel after taking up a job as an offseason caretaker. Of course the documentary room 237 posed all kinds of crazy theories like the movie is really about americans cruel treatment of native americans or an apology for kubrick filming a fake moon landing. So she first sees these horrors that have always been the secret legacy of the overlook as the clichestropes that her mind is already filled with. But kubricks original version of the film included another scene inserted between these two iconic. In the shining, who is the woman in room 237 screenprism. He decided to adapt stephen kings best selling novel, the shining.
This is why stephen king hates the shining so much. The shining s 1980 hedge maze chase is one of the most iconic endings in horror history. Was it absorbed into the past and does that explain jacks presence in that final photograph of a group of hotel partygoers in 1921. Strangelove will exist only in photos and memories. Even if youve seen the movie 100 times, theres still probably a lot you dont.
For the first time, the shining s producer and cowriter explain in detail why the horror tales ending changed from stephen kings novel and how it evolved again and again during the filming. No horror movie ever has been more analyzed and debated than the shining. Kubricks adaptation of the original story makes some drastic changes, leaving the movies danny not necessarily bound to the same fate. Mar 05, 2019 watch the explanation of the ending of the classic horror movie, the shining. Of course the documentary room 237 posed all kinds of crazy theories like the movie is really about americans cruel treatment of native americans or. The tension felt when jack jack nicholson chases danny danny lloyd through the hotel grounds is incredible. The shining has an alternate ending you will never see. The shinings 1980 hedge maze chase is one of the most iconic endings in horror history. The victim danny can be viewed as the inner child of jacks spouse, wendy torrance, which means that the abuse is a traumatic. If youre talking about the shot of jack in the old picture, thats just a way of showing us that someone like jack not him specifically, but someone who has the same dangerous, inherently unstable, antisocial, egomaniacal tendencies.
The newest movie, directed by mike flanagan geralds game, the haunting of hill house, is the cinematic telling of kings 20 sequel novel which revisits the. The true story behind the legendary lost ending of the shining. In an interview with ew, producers jan harlan and diane johnson explain the steps that were taken in making the film, and the decisions made by director stanley kubrick to create the final ending. In dannys case, the future is perhaps even more murky. Mar 30, 2017 the shining is a horror cinema masterpiece, and figuring out its haunting and iconic ending was no easy task for stanley kubrick. The ending of the shining explained by matthew jackson jan.
As the film develops, it becomes more mysterious, ambiguous, threatening, and hallucinatory. And learn which pixar movie is basically an ode to the shining in 6 mindblowing easter eggs hidden in famous movies. At first, it feels like a traditional horror setup a guy gets hired to spend the winter in an enormous hotel, secluded from civilization, where obviously something will go very wrong. This walkthrough is going to take serious dexterity and patience to totally unravel the nuances and complexities hidden within this treacherous landscape. As amazing as the ending to doctor sleeps movie sounds, the ending for stephen kings book was way different.
Apr 08, 2020 the movie ends with kiwoo back in his own basement, just as imprisoned as his father but by economic circumstances rather than legal ones. The shining, one of the stephen kings bestselling novels and the film that has had a huge impact in pop culture, finally has the ending explained. How the shining movies ending differs from the book. The shining is a 1980 psychological horror film produced and directed by stanley kubrick and. The movie ends with kiwoo back in his own basement, just as imprisoned as his father but by economic circumstances rather than legal ones. As with some of his other movies, kubrick ends the shining with a powerful visual puzzle. A theory that will change how you watch the shining. In the novel, jack manages to fight the hotels possession long enough for him to tell danny to run for his life. Doctor sleeps ending brings the story of the shining full circle, and brings dan torrance back to the overlook hotel for one last fight.
Its actually three separate locations, each with its own stories and place. What does that famous final shot of stanley kubricks the shining really mean, and what happens to the traumatized characters left alive. The shining is stephen kings third published novel and the one that established his name in the horror genre. Doctor sleep is a sequel to both the shining film and novel, and it achieved this by changing and explaining the shining movies ending. Stanley kubricks the shining has one hell of an ending. Hollywood news the shining is regarded as one of the greatest films made, as the film continues to be the subject of many analyses and discussions. The film is based on stephen kings 1977 novel of the same name and stars jack nicholson, shelley duvall, scatman crothers, and danny lloyd. Oct 27, 2019 stanley kubricks version of the shining came out decades ago, and among the many details from the book that were changed for the big screen is the ending and theres an alternate ending that, sadly, will never be released. Stephen kings hatred for stanley kubricks the shining.
At the end of the shining, why is jack in the photo of. As the cavernous hotel shuts down for the season, the manager gives jack a grand tour, and the. Mental floss reported that an original epilogue was shown on the first weekend of the movies run but was swiftly removed by kubrick. For starters, the end of the shinings novel saw the overlook hotel burning. The final shot of the shining, its ambiguity forever helping stanley kubricks most popular film hold its enduring legacy for nearly thirty years. The shining is a horror cinema masterpiece, and figuring out its haunting and iconic ending was no easy task for stanley kubrick. As long as film historians respect his wishes, the alternate ending of the shining like the epic deleted pie fight from kubricks dr. The shining is a 1980 psychological horror film produced and directed by stanley kubrick and cowritten with novelist diane johnson. In kings novel, the overlooks boiler explodes at the. Ilgwang tells jonggoo a lie that the stranger is the good guy and that he was wrong about him. In an interview with ew, producers jan harlan and diane johnson explain the steps that were taken in making the film, and the decisions made.