You must understand, sir, that a person is either with this court or he must be counted against it, there be no road between. As it stands, the ultimate fate of the lost ending remains as indeterminate as the shining itself. Stephen kings the shining, published in 1977, is a horror novel. Find a summary of this and each chapter of the shining. The overlook hotel where the film is set was built on a native indian burial ground as explained by stuart ullman. Ive read more books about the shining than ive read about any other movie. Drama analysis of the shining the shining is a 1980 psychological horror film directed by stanley kubrick. The true story behind the legendary lost ending of the. The final shot is a photograph of our lead protagonist jack torrence jack nicholson, impossibly photographed as a resident of the overlook hotel at the july 4th ball in 1921, some sixty years before the shining is set, where jack is now the caretaker of the hotel during a winter break.
Jul 08, 2015 this week, on a reddit thread titled frames from the hospital scene from the original ending of the shining, a fan unearthed three continuity polaroids that show scenes from the films deleted epilogue. Whether hes on a list of victims or a reincarnation, hes doomed to be stuck within the walls of the overlook forever. The unmasking will happen at the stroke of midnight. It also allows him to see past, present, and future events through hisguide, tony. The story of this film is based off the book, the shining by stephen king. The movie the shining with jack nicholson is a wonderful movie but i feel like there are some things that i still dont understand.
The shining is a tragedy, and wed be remiss to classify the ending otherwise. Doctor sleep ending explained in detail screen rant. The novel ends with wendy and halloran sitting on either side of danny while he catches fish beneath the afternoon sun 58. Shutter island the book shows such a treatment failing. As the cavernous hotel shuts down for the season, the manager gives jack a grand tour, and the. Now, by gods grace, the shining sun is up, and them that fear not light. Masseys rotting corpse in the shining is unsettling whether youre reading the book, watching kubricks film, or checking out kings miniseries where.
Doctor sleep is a 20 horror novel by american writer stephen king and the sequel to his 1977 novel the shining. Either way, the end result is jack becoming part of the hotel. At the end of the shining, why is jack in the photo of the. Apr 08, 2020 the ending of geralds game explained by sezin koehler april 8, 2020 1. The photograph at the end of stanley kubricks the shining. Stanley kubricks the shining was released in 1980, and since has been hailed as one of the greatest horror movies ever made. The setting and characters are influenced by kings personal experiences, including both his visit to the. The focus is on jewel as she travels south, the voyani, the shining court, the conspirators, and diora. At first, it feels like a traditional horror setup a guy gets hired to spend the winter in an enormous hotel. He moves with his family, son danny and wife winnie, into the hotel for the winter. Nov 01, 2012 born from a bad dream experienced during a onenight stay at a colorado hotel that was closing for the season, the shining is the first book stephen king wrote from a position of financial stabilit.
The shining is the third book published by stephen king. Oct 01, 20 jack nicholson in the shining warner bros. For more than three decades, people have been obsessed with the shining. What stanley kubrick got wrong about the shining stephen king has always disliked stanley kubricks film of the shining, and he has a point. Director sam hargrave on what really happened the best comedies of the 21st century so far every nonthor chris. The other was the olympia up on 100 and something street, friedkin said.
Mar 10, 2016 the other was the olympia up on 100 and something street, friedkin said. When you think of that hotel from the shining, any number of memorable images might cross your mind. 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. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. The book reached the first position on the new york times best seller list for print and ebook fiction combined, hardcover fiction, and ebook fiction. Jun 22, 2012 the shining is the story of jack torrance, who is employed as the caretaker of the gargantuan overlook hotel in colorado one winter.
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. Fans of the shining or any of stanley kubricks movies understand the importance the director placed on minor details. Because he has the shining, it allows him to detect spirits and thus makes him a target of the overlook hotel. Which means it was playing to people who didnt give a fuck about stanley kubrick, and were only going to go see the shining because of the trailer. Part of his theory centers on the uncanny number play. Note this was also used for the remake 2007 shining movie, where instead of a bee hive its a different insect nest which fills up that night when it was suppose to be empty. One of the most frequent questions ive received about the shining is what does the guy in the bear costume mean. In the movie the motivation of the ghosts is to possess jack torrance to get him to kill danny. Movie endings dont get any more iconic or enigmatic than the final 15 minutes of stanley kubricks 2001.
The shining s 1980 hedge maze chase is one of the most iconic endings in horror history. Find summaries for every chapter, including a the shining chapter summary chart to help you understand the book. Apr 01, 20 history professor geoffrey cocks is pretty sure the shining is about the nazi extermination. The shining how a red book could explain everything. Ending spoiler for the shining 1980, plus mistakes, quotes, trivia and more. Stephen king has also written doctor sleep which is the shining book two.
As the offseason caretaker at the atmospheric old hotel, hell have plenty of time to spend reconnecting with his family and working on his. Maybe a vision of blood pouring from slowly opening elevator doors comes into view. For years, the prolific horror author has asserted that stanley kubricks 1980 adaptation of the shining is not just a bad adaptation but also a bad movie, a cadillac with no engine in it that you cant do anything with except admire it as sculpture. The part that confuses me is at the ending when they show the picture of jack nicholson, but its in the 1970s and hes the same age. Strangelove will exist only in photos and memories. Jun 18, 2006 but there is a deleted scene from the shining 1980 that casts wendys reliability in a curious light. This onepage guide includes a plot summary and brief analysis of the shining by stephen king. Well look at both angles, and contrast the novels ending with the ending of stanley kubricks iconic film. His latest feature, doctor sleep, adapted from the novel by stephen king, is both a sequel to kings celebrated novel, the shining, and stanley. Even though the reincarnation theory came directly from kubrick, the absorption theory is still plausible. But for many people, its all about the hidden messages of.
In the film adaptation, which is also a sequel to kubricks film, horace. Endgame mistakes charmed mistakes the biggest mistakes in the xmen movies the phantom of the opera questions 6 underground quotes unknown ending sex and the city trivia apocalypto. This classic novel is arguably kings most famous story and piece of literature. How doctor sleep movie connects stephen king with stanley. Moving his wife, wendy, and their son, danny, into it for the. The shining 1979 analysis by rob ager collative learning. 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 is a sharp time, now, a precise timewe live no longer in the dusky afternoon when evil mixed itself with good and befuddled the world. Differences between the shining book vs movie page 2. Dannys ordeal and the bear costumed man, exploring hidden abuse theme in the movie. Lets scrape together the shining epilogue that stanley.
Stanley kubricks the shining has one hell of an ending. I havent read the book, so maybe someone who has can explain this. Room 237, out friday, dissects the oddest ideas about kubricks classic. How does the ending of the shining differ from stephen. We recently shared some interesting information regarding stanely kubricks the shining in which we learned some of the original alternate endings that were explored by the director and his creative team the other versions of the ending included wendy killing jack, jack killing danny, and even one in which dick hallorann was one of the real villains of the story. The novel was adapted into a 1980 film of the same name and later followed by a sequel, doctor sleep, published in 20.
At the end of the novel, jack had ignored the boiler for too long, and the hotel explodes. The death is also nothing like jacks fate in the novelization of the shining, written by stephen king. It was the last novel king released under the richard bachman pseudonym until the release of the regulators in 1996, and the last released prior to bachman being outed as being stephen kings pseudonym. The cast list that appeared in the beginning of the previous two books has mostly been removed, aside from two pages listing out the michelle wests sun sword series is a six book long epic fantasy series starting with the broken crown. As somebody who is a massive fan of the movie, i was certain that i. As long as film historians respect his wishes, the alternate ending of the shining like the epic deleted pie fight from kubricks dr. The black and white photo at the end is in some ways presented as like a eureka moment. I dont blame them, its a ridiculously good, truly scary film.
Read on to find out what happened in the shinings original ending, and why kubrick made the lastminute decision to axe it. Theres plenty of speculation surrounding hidden meanings and conspiracy theories of the shining a featurelength documentarys worth, to be exact but the strangest part of the film may forever be wendys sudden discovery of a man in a work suit receiving fellatio from a man in a bear suit stanley kubrick famously tried to distance. The shining, even though might not be the one to deliver an extremely frightening tale, it manages to provide us a pool of drama, thrills, disturbance, and everything you could think of in a good horror story for us to dive into. How the book ended the novella the mist ends pretty similar to the movie, with a daring escape being made by david, his son, and two others. What stanley kubrick got wrong about the shining salon. The tension felt when jack jack nicholson chases danny danny lloyd through the hotel grounds is incredible. Its been a little over 10 years since the mist dropped that huge ending on us, and now its time to unpack it all once again. The final shot of the shining, its ambiguity forever helping stanley kubricks most popular film carry on its enduring legacy for nearly thirty years.
The shining court is the third book in the series, and you most definitely need to have read the previous books. Why that bear performed fellatio on that guy in the shining. As the film develops, it becomes more mysterious, ambiguous, threatening, and hallucinatory. He goes on to say that the builders had to repel several attacks from indians d. Jan 07, 2008 can someone explain the end of the shining for me. Near the end of the film, on a frigid night, jack chases danny into the labyrinth on the hotel grounds. Jack rushes to go release the boiler before it explodes, but danny uses his shining to help him see what hes become. Movie, hell be taking a critical look at movie adaptations of horror novels. The shining is a horror novel by american author stephen king. 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. The always prolific stephen king is back with in the tall grass, where a brother and sister find themselves lost in a vast field that.
At the end of the shining, why is jack in the photo of the overlooks july 4th, 1921 party related. The other versions of the ending included wendy killing jack, jack killing danny, and even one. At the end of the shining, why is jack in the photo of. A lot of those things can easily be explained away. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. The shining 1977, psychological horror by stephen king. The shining is a gothic horror novel by stephen king, first published in 1977. Jul 08, 2015 in the final shots of stanley kubricks the shining, the audience sees the corpse of jack torrance jack nicholson frozen to death in the hedge maze where he tried to kill his wife wendy. Shutter islands ending explained david cox film the.
Published in 1977, it is kings third published novel and first hardback bestseller. What happened at the end of stanley kubricks the shining. Perhaps you see a snowcovered hotel made of grey stone, or a grand redroofed building with a large front porch. Jack torrance takes a job as a caretaker of the isolated overlook hotel in the colorado mountains. This is also suggested in the sequel film doctor sleep.
Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides that feature detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, quotes, and essay topics. The popular interpretation is that the scene is a throwback to a subplot of stephen kings book, in which a party guest in a dog costume has a homosexual relationship with one of the hotels former owners. Jack lets the boiler explode to destroy the hotel while the. Stephen king is brilliant, but hes also sometimes wrong. But as the shining progresses and the madness sets in with greater intensity, the dissolves grow ever more infrequent, such that by the end, as jack, axe in hand, chases his beloved wife and child through the byzantine hotel and adjoining maze, these mesmerizing transitions are essentially gone.
He puts the invitation back in the book and starts reading the scrapbook. Noah baumbachs marriage story is one of the most acclaimed films of the year, as the netflix exclusive takes on the gutwrenching topic of divorce. I already knew that the television set in the overlook hotel has no cord. The unsettling theories about the shining that you havent.
The film version made big changes to the character of jack overall, and subsequently, many elements of the story were completely modified to better represent the character the picture was working with. The 6 weirdest theories about the shining mother jones. We recently shared some interesting information regarding stanely kubricks the shining in which we learned some of the original alternate endings that were explored by the director and his creative team. Oct 21, 2017 its been a little over 10 years since the mist dropped that huge ending on us, and now its time to unpack it all once again. I love the film the shining but i feel i need a better explanation. With ghosts, visions and psychological horror, the shining by stephen king is a very good horror story, i would say one of his best, right up there with the likes of salems lot which is another sk novel that i recommend if you enjoy horror. Differences between the shining book vs movie page 1. The characters are interesting and well rounded, especially jack, an essentially decent man battling not. How does the ending of the shining differ from stephen king. Chapter summary for stephen kings the shining, part 1 chapter 1 summary. The shining posted in the filmsexplained community. The main character jack torrance is a violent, recovering alcoholic who has broken his son, dannys arm while drunk before. Thats why king statements like this arent to be trusted.
Read on to see our dissection of what happened and why, as well as. Doctor sleeps ending brings the story of the shining full circle, and brings dan torrance back to the overlook hotel for one last fight. Many references from the book and movie have left their mark on popular. Check out his first column below, exploring the shining. Eclipsed perhaps only by its 1980 film adaptation, the novel is one of the most popular and enduring horror stories of all time. Jack torrances new job at the overlook hotel is the perfect chance for a fresh start. The ending of geralds game explained by sezin koehler april 8, 2020 1. The novel ends with danny and wendy spending the summer at a resort in maine where hallorann works as head chef. The craziest theories on the shining in room 237 heres johnny. The shining is considered by many critics and readers to be one of kings best works. The doctor sleep ending bridges the gap between stephen kings book the shining and stanley kubricks movie, which king famously hated.
It deals with many of kings recurring themes, including alcoholism. Jack is blown away, imaging the scene of wealth and splendor. The shining court the sun sword, book 3 michelle west on. The book was published by doubleday in january 28, 1977.
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