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1/13/10 Jeff Wilder Ridiculous and changes A LOT from the book. But still good. 1/08/10 BOB THE BEST! 10/03/09 art OVERRATED!,NICHOLSON IS SO HAMMY! 10/01/09 brian The perfect horror film. Bone-chilling. 9/21/09 Aaron Direction and acting are great, but pacing and script are uneven. 7/29/09 Knightfox21 CLASSIC!!!! A true representation of what a horror film should be! 7/23/09 Steven M The best horror ever made! good eerie creepy music!! jack nicholson at his best!! great! 7/14/09 faiche13 Creepy kids, axe wielding psycho, anorexic Shelley Duvall - what more could you ask for? 7/14/09 FrankNFurter A clausterphobic, pervasively creepy masterpiece.Goosebumps galore! 7/09/09 art A SICKO MOVIE! 2/26/09 PAUL SHORTT GRANDIOSE GHOST STORY, BRILLIANTLY MADE 9/22/08 don Great 5/14/08 John Jack Nicholson is the shit and this movie is the balls 11/03/07 jake My favorite horror movie, one of the scarriest films ever made, great cinematography 6/13/07 al smith very scary nicholson gives the greatest performance ever 5/19/07 fools♫gold Thegreatesthorrorflick, indeed (that'snottosay manydon't matchuptoit). Bttr thn the "Dr." 4/14/07 zenshark It's horror for the brain... and it works. 4/04/07 LoveShining Absolutely the best horror ever made. Goes directly to your psyhce and not to your stomach. 2/24/07 George Enjoyed the sense something was going to go awfully wrong and the build up towards it. 2/06/07 David Pollastrini brilliant, frightening 12/22/06 Quigley didn't scare me, but it was pretty creepy. music ruined it sometimes. Nicholson was amazing 11/20/06 chris. duvall SUCKS. lloyd is okay (his only movie, he's just a kid). nicholson is phenomenal. 11/11/06 Bill Hi all 10/30/06 Homer J. Fong about as scary as a fluffy orange kitten 8/18/06 Nix the music makes the movie scary as hell 7/14/06 David Cohen Actually improved on the book in my opinion 6/25/06 George Scared the hell out of me 6/22/06 TB Nicholson was the best 6/19/06 marysue great!!!!! 6/16/06 Josh Racine The best horror movie ever! 6/11/06 Billy So good it scares the hell out of me 4/30/06 John So scary I shit my self.......LITERALLY!!!!! 4/29/06 TERRY AWESOME AND SCARY 4/22/06 Jack This is an Awesome horror film 3/13/06 Joshua W. Great thriller, a classic 12/22/05 MrsVoorheesBabyBoy Still one of the Greatest horror movies ever 12/22/05 Ethan M. "Here's Jonny!" A classical horro film. 12/21/05 Carolyn Rathburn Classic Nicholson, eerie, good movie 12/11/05 chris brilliant movie nicholson actually made me beleive he was mad thats how good he played it!! 11/20/05 John Dog "Here's Johnny!!!" 11/11/05 zeitgeist Kubrick owns King 11/06/05 Ben Best horror movie ever! 11/05/05 farnqwo aler 11/04/05 Meryl read the book... it's much scarier. Even the remake is much scarier. 10/16/05 Moctezuma A true horror classic 9/29/05 Ape It is a masterpiece, this movie is a must see if you haven't already, 9/26/05 The Overlooker Scary as hell! 9/13/05 Total Crap Oh My GOD. The Little Girls, the Crazy Lady in Room 217, Scary Shit. Nightmarish! 9/02/05 Tom Burns Very creepy, and very good. 8/26/05 Michael no no no 8/23/05 Isaac Baranoff Of course, it's not faithful to the book, but it's a great Stanley Kubrick film! 8/23/05 Martin a true masterpiece of eeire, inexplicable terror! brilliant! 8/20/05 ES The saving grace of this movie is jack's dementia, his ghostly conversations are hilarious 8/06/05 Pierre Masterpiece! 6/22/05 rachel schauer its totaly creepy 6/12/05 Manu Ginobli woot 6/11/05 Anthony G Masterpiece, its jack nicholson for fucks sake! 5/26/05 Jake A Horror movie masterpiece 2/23/05 robin de loxley great film 2/16/05 Wilt Chamberlin Heeeeeeere's Stephen King! 12/15/04 kelly! adair! wohoooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 12/09/04 Kristina Williams Jack fucking Nicholson 10/30/04 HL So Bizarre and Nicholsen Too. Not for Everyone. 10/26/04 some guy My favorite horror movie, just the atmosphere makes you want to crap your pants 10/24/04 UMER jack is at his sinister best and the movie really SCARES 9/05/04 henro wonderful 9/03/04 T.B. This Movie make me laugh 7/03/04 nortika great horror flik. 6/28/04 john bale Manic Jack with unnerving soundtrack and disturbing visuals. One of few great Horror movies 6/27/04 FIN A Classic. Good Horror, Brilliant Screenplay, Jack Nicholson's performance is amazing! 6/19/04 J HERES JOHNNY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 6/13/04 Monster W. Kung Unbeatable for atmosphere, good not great as a story. Way better than King's crapola, tho. 4/27/04 Ryan The best horror flick ever made 4/11/04 valerie hart fantastic film one of the best and creepiest fils ever made!!!! 4/07/04 Sig "Here's Johnny!" - Jack Nicholson, 1980 "The Shining" 4/02/04 re a great film 3/31/04 American Slasher Goddess Excellent horror classic. 3/24/04 Lord Haw Haw Brilliant psychological horror. Excellent all around. 3/23/04 Trannon Goble One of My Favorite 10 Films 3/21/04 movieguy a great film 2/24/04 Dr.Lecter So chilling it's nearly hypothermic 1/31/04 gretchen gamey Have watched it many times,Really creepy 1/28/04 Helios Those morons who love "The Ring" so much need to stop by and feel the true power. 1/26/04 Eric Olive oil almost ruined this movie.I would have rather seen Pam Grier.Thank God For Jack. 12/03/03 ROY L. CAIN,JR. Jack Nicholson at his best. Makes you wanna bash the f*** in somebodys head! 12/02/03 Pin Steadycam + The Arbus Twins 11/27/03 John a bit long winded perhaps but the good parts are some of the best you'll ever see 11/07/03 Samuel One of the greatest films of all time... 11/06/03 American Slasher Goddess One scary rollercoaster ride. 10/20/03 Josh Standlee When you are in the mood for a good horror fest, look no further, my friend. 9/22/03 Darryl Best adaption of a King story. A classic. 8/25/03 Allison H. This is an awesome movie, SCARY!! 7/12/03 Indrid Cold I love Stan the Man, but it's thoroughly unscary. (He's IN THE PICTURE, gasp!) 7/04/03 Dave Hopman Good movie, although Stephen King's mini-series (1997) was far superior! 6/19/03 Francisco Lombo much more than a horror movie, a master piece on the problem of evil, thoroughly excellent 6/14/03 Alice One of the greatest 4/20/03 defranco71 Not only one of the best horror movies, but one of the best movies ever. 4/19/03 Jon "Thumb the Toad" Lyrik Here's Johnny! 4/18/03 Andrew Carden Nicholson Is Over-The-Top, The Film Is Overlong...but Still Pretty Scary. Duvall Is Good. 4/05/03 Zach Jack Sommersby: You're an idiot. 2/15/03 Hi there Here's Johnny!!! 2/05/03 TheChronic fucking fantastic 1/24/03 Almira Gandhi Really good. Jack Nicholson adds a lot of comic relief. 12/31/02 Jack Sommersby Never boring, but nonsensical and clunky as hell. Nicholson is a disgrace. 12/15/02 R.W. Welch One of the few really spooky movies out there. Top drawer direction. 12/14/02 the Grinch Overrated, but still a great watch. Not Kubrick's best, though... 12/04/02 Aaron I love the freezer scene. Nicholson is nuts!!! 11/24/02 Kyle Nicholson rules! Seriously, this is one of the best horror films ever! 11/11/02 ricky charlesworth an excellent film 11/09/02 Michael Bolton Nicholson kicks ass. 11/04/02 Del Why does the bitchslap have so many fucking pop-ups. Now that sucks all ass. 11/02/02 T Boring 11/01/02 H.A.G I did not write that previous comment. It was just one of my "friends" being an asshole. 9/19/02 Joe Angelucci What the fuck is in room 237??? 7/11/02 .Choadushouse. One of the true classic horror films. And an example of a GOOD horror film, unlike Scream. 7/10/02 Henry Ginsberg HAG I get boners from watching this film. OH YEAH. HARDER PLEASE. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO 6/06/02 I'm in (L) with a Jedi all work and no play makes jack a dull boy.... 5/19/02 john waite check out the close up on jacks face in front of the fire...proper horror film 5/16/02 Dark Baron Nicholson is the horror flick himself 5/15/02 Brandon :D No TV and no beer make Homer something something... 4/27/02 maximal01 Aaaaah...nothing like sex with a corpse...What? (read: this movie rocks). 4/26/02 Charles Tatum Bloated and dull- like Kubrick himself 4/07/02 Film Dude Whoa. See this, all of you. 4/05/02 Imaginer Worth seeing only for its art direction. Don't believe the hype. It didn't scare me a bit. 4/03/02 Ellisa Rhodes On The Edge of my seat 3/17/02 K y L e One of the best horror movies ever made. 2/25/02 Cat Creepy Fun! 2/20/02 Xaver Nicholson was great. Duvall's shrieking was tiring. The book is better. 2/16/02 murat Kubrick's only good film.Jack gives the role of his life. 1/15/02 maja a film that you've got to see......the music is undescribable 12/23/01 karlisha monday chillingly frightening to the soul no matter how many times you see it 11/01/01 Tam A classic. The "Here's Johnny" scene really sticks in the mind. 10/23/01 glenn rinker Best horror movie of all time. Kubrick was a genius. This movie plays with your mind. 9/28/01 Henry Ginsberg Great music.Jack Nickolsen is the definitive psycho. 9/23/01 Larry Smith NICHOLSON....Scared Shelly Duvall's wits out of her! 9/23/01 Matthew Bartley took me 4 attempts to watch this all the way through.I've seen it scare grown men still 8/30/01 I love movies if you see only one horror movie in your life... 8/30/01 Gary Nicholson gets too hammy, but it doesn't spoil this tense, artistic and very creepy horror. 8/06/01 E-Funk Kubrick and Nicholson are both fucking briliant...don't miss this. 8/04/01 Matt The only movie that can still scare the shit out of me after multiple viewings! 7/05/01 Connoisseur actually is is quite funny (and also very scary... best horror film i've ever seen) 6/23/01 JON so well done... simply a classic 6/14/01 Bada Bing Crosby Opening scenes ALONE better than most full-length movies 6/13/01 King Jackass j. mortell WHO SAID THIS MOVIE WAS FUNNY?! THE ONLY THING THATS FUNNY IS HOW DUMB YOU ARE!! 5/10/01 the scarecrow J.MORTELL it isnt supposed to be funny retard 4/29/01 Dom Corleone a masterpiece 4/24/01 BGuha It's a Sunday Afternoon Movie 4/04/01 j.mortell i didnt think this movie was that funny at all 3/31/01 Erik North An epic horror film from Stanley Kubrick, a master. 3/30/01 Scoogy My favorite motherfucking movie of all time 3/23/01 TNT-6 Not Kubrick's best, but still very good. 3/21/01 bterry Gotta love Nicholson! 3/18/01 Beetlejuice Well...It's very.....homey. 2/26/01 skye not my favorite kubrick, but loads of fun. 2/18/01 Soggy Bottom Boy No, I'm not gonna hurtcha... I'm just gonna bash your fuckin brains in! 2/17/01 Michael Nicholls Kubrick reworks King's haunted hotel novel as a very dark sitcom 2/10/01 Golbez Simply the greatest horror movies of all time. 2/06/01 Classicdog A Kubrick classic. Nicholson is awesome. 1/22/01 scorekeeper words can not express how good this is. Trust me, you'll have a pillow over your eyes. 1/15/01 Skip excellent 1/13/01 A. Riopel Not scary at all, even if it's well done 12/16/00 Winky YOIUSUCWK~ 11/24/00 The EVIL Penguin My favorite horror film; Kubrick RULES! The mini series sucked. 11/18/00 salvo Well done Stan, well done 8/01/00 KLS One of the best pictures in history!! 7/11/00 Matthew Bartley If you're not scared...you're dead 5/10/00 charlie harrison a cult horror classic, Kubrick and Nicholson at their best!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 4/12/00 kohawk scariest film to date 4/06/00 PSUshorti This movie is the epitome of what a horror film should be. Kubrick keeps our hearts racing. 1/02/00 Nice Guy Eddie One of the best horror movies of all time, incredible acting, directing and camera work. 12/18/99 Zeitgeist I first saw this movie when I was 5. Bad Idea. The twins still scare the shit out of me. 12/18/99 Dick Laurent In my opinion this film is the scariest horror film currently in existense!! 12/17/99 Fenris The dead, naked, fat lady frightens me. 12/12/99 Tyson Stewart Just a fine, well-acted (Jack), and entertaining film, with a few unforgettable scenes! 10/26/99 Karahde Khan Scariest movie ever. King disowns it, but I disown anything with a script written by King. 10/24/99 Matthew White Awesome. Excellent film. 9/17/99 strike Not one of kubrick's best, but still...IT'S KUBRICK!! 9/13/99 K Pillsbury the twins!!nothing more needs to be said 9/07/99 Glitter Berry A disgrace to anything and everything that made the book a classic. T-O-P-I-A-R-Y 7/17/99 soccer_mum Classic Kubrik. Scared the bejesus outta me...Scarey in a good way...leave a nightlight on! 7/11/99 Daria This movie scared me shitless. And I'm not scared easily at all... 7/04/99 J-Dogg Some people don't like this but I think it's a masterpiece in horror. Eerie and disturbing. 6/28/99 Chris Gianaras Greatest horror movie ever made. Nicholson's over the top performance is dead on. 6/22/99 Elizaveta eerieness... 6/07/99 Elizaveta Kubrick strikes again!!! 4/19/99 jimmy jam REDRUM---Rent me 4/15/99 Jon Jackson Pretty classic, a little tedious, snoozer ending. 4/07/99 tom scary, disturbing, fun for the whole family 3/10/99 Go Swans Heeeeeerrrrrrreeeeeeee's Johnny! The late Kubrick's greatest. 2/02/99 Matthew Bartley Pisses all over the Exorcist 12/09/98 little jerry Feels like we're trapped in those rooms at the end of 2001.These two are Kubrick's greatest 11/28/98 Mr.Pink Kubrick's worst movie AND it's still GOOD!! 11/27/98 Lord Of The Dunce A seriously fucked up movie. Nicholson was awesome.

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