Isolation In The Shining By Stanley Kubrick

The Shining, shot by Stanley Kubrick, is one of the most well-known horror movies written. It follows the Torrance family as they move into a hotel called the Overlook, which was built on an old Indian cemetery. Jack Torrance, a writer with alcohol addiction, needs isolation to write his new book, so he moves his family into the empty hotel. During their stay there, Jack acts as the groundskeeper. As the winter proceeds, all roads leading to the hotel become covered with snow so the family becomes stranded there. Jack becomes possessed by the evil Indian spirits and attempts to murder his wife Wendy and his son Danny, though he fails and ends up dying. This movie successfully frightens its audiences through the setting and the acting, though some say that the acting is not realistic and it is just another foolish horror movie.

The setting that Kubrick manages to create in this film plays a vital role in intriguing the audience to the movie to really frighten it. The isolation that the family experiences create a sense of complete detachment from the rest of the world consequently, making the film extremely eerie. At the end of the movie, the viewers realize how alone the family really is when Danny and Wendy try

Jack Nicholson, playing Jack Torrance, successfully portrays a psychopath battling alcoholism, but while doing this he overshadows his fellow costars. Shelley Duvall and Danny Lloyd as Wendy and Danny come across in genuine. Shelly’s reactions to occurrences seem unfitting and factitious. For example, one day Wendy peeks at Jacks manuscript and sees that all that is written on the many pages is, “All fun and no play makes Jack a dull boy.” She lets out a fake screech and stumbles away from Jack, which appears to be staged. Similarly Danny’s reactions don’t seem to fit either however, exceptions can be made for him because of his age and obvious little acting