Customer Reviews
GREAT FILM - By: Mark Southwell, 09 Oct 2008 
Having never heard of this film i was told by a friend to get it, i watched it & realy enjoyed it , yes the film looks dated , & there are no great special affects, but the film is a classic 80,s horror & well worth watching .
If you have read the book dont watch the film!! - By: A. G. Harris, 28 Sep 2008 
I read the book a few months ago & i loved it but when i watched the film i just wanted it to be over its a very bad adaptation of the book there is so much wrong about the film in particular the room number in the book its 217 in the film its 137 & there are so many more things diffrent & not in a good way ither.
If you havnt read the book on the other had i think this might be quite an entertaining film even tho its quite dated.
who cares about the book...its one of the greatest films ever made - By: S. J. Pinder, 16 Jul 2008 
this is a stunning piece of film making that is certainly needed on everyones shelves.
i saw this on telly last christmas & it gave me the chills...my whole family enjoyed it which is rare in our household...my dad is a great Stanley Kubric film was petrified by this film as a teen & now he finallly conquered his fear.
it is extremely atmospheric & stunningly acted by Nicholson.
i frequently use(my own spin) the line@here's Johnny' with 'heres Joshie'(as thats my name haha)and it is a favourite film of mine.
honestly film makers cant mke a decent horror these days can they there have only been five that reallly were stand outs but THE SHINING is the template that every horror should follow.
another that i would recommend is Misery..another class act but this is a stunning horror.
Not a film for King fans - By: Ms. C. Birch, 12 Jul 2008 
The Shining is my favourite of Stephen King's books, & I have to say, this is a truely aweful vertion of it.
Kubick once said that he thought The Shining was about "A man who went mad in the mountains & blamed it on ghosts"
This is not what The Shining is about at alll, as any fan of the book will know. This focuses on how Jack Torrence looses his mind, rather than on the personal struggle he faces to save his wife & son.
This is a good suspence film, but it's not The Shining.
To a fan of the book I recomend this version: Stephen King's The Shining [1997] it is much more faithful to King's masterpiece, & the "true Shining"
"All work and no play... - By: G. Hewitt, 15 Jun 2008 ...makes for 29 minutes of extra footage!" (compared to the UK version of a shameful 115).
This is surely one of my favourite movies of alll time! The Blu Ray transfer is superb! The sound could have been a bit louder but it's still great anyway.
The disc is indeed "region free". I played it on my Playstation 3 here in the UK. Buy this US version instead!
Just love the soundtrack. It blends in supberbly.
One of those movies you'll love watching over & over again... Love fallling asleep to it late at night...
