I sat with him in an empty theater and watched the movie with him. 'I finished the movie, I brought the film to Bangor,, and I showed him Doctor Sleep. 'This was really cool,' says the director. I pitched him one scene, and then he thought about it, and he came back, and said, 'Okay, then go ahead.'' I said, 'The rest of the story, I'm going to try and stay as faithful as I possibly can, but the final fight will take place - instead of on the grounds that used to be the Overlook - it's actually inside the space.

And then I said, 'Well, let me tell you how I would approach it.' I pitched him one scene inside the Overlook. It lives right up in my brain because of Stanley Kubrick. If you say 'Overlook Hotel,' I see something. There's no other language to tell that story in.

' The Shining is so ubiquitous and has burned itself into the collective imagination of people who love cinema in a way that so few movies have. Jack is excellent in one of his best roles ever and the whole package is delivered in a cold creepy manner by a sadly lost director.'I said, 'Look, I'm a King fanatic, I have been since I'm a kid, you are my hero, but when I read Doctor Sleep, all the images in my head were Kubrick's images,'' says the filmmaker, whose other credits include the TV show The Haunting of Hill House and a previous King adaptation, 2017's Gerald's Game. Overall this is an excellent horror movie - because the focus is on horror and fear rather than gore alone (as with modern horrors). It's one of the best examples of his masterful touch.

Kubrick is excellent here, his cold direction adds to the overall creep factor of the film. The film has plenty of genuinely scary moments but manages to keep a creepy atmosphere all through - especially as the ghosts come out and Jack begins to move between his reality and the reality that is gradually claiming him. The story doesn't stick to King's novel and is better for it this is Kubrick's Shining. However no doubt that this is Jack's show. Lloyd is excellent as the boy, although he doesn't have too much emotion to express. Duvall plays the role of the terrorised wife quite well - she does look like she's genuinely filled with fear - but doesn't have much else to do. This is one of Jack Nicholson's finest roles, his increasingly unhinged character is amusing and terrifying in almost equal measures. It's only a matter of time before Jack begins to act increasingly erratic. The cook warns Danny that the hotel can be of particular danger for those with the gift. He arrives at the Overlook Hotel with his wife (Duvall) and child Danny (Lloyd) and is shown around the hotel by the cook (Scatman Crothers) who has the gift of perception. He is told stories of the last caretaker going mad and butchering his family but isn't deterred. When Jack Torrance (Nicholson) is offered a job as winter caretaker for the Overlook Hotel he accepts it as an opportunity to work on his novel in an isolated environment.

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