Horror
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The Shining is often considered the greatest movie of all time and is the pinnacle of Stanley Kubrick’s work as a director. Based on the novel by Stephen King, the Shining is a story of a man named Jack Torrance(Jack Nicholson), who applies to be the caretaker of an isolated hotel called the Overlook Hotel, on top of a mountain in Colorado over the winter where he and his family, his wife Wendy(Shelly Duvall) and his son Danny(Danny Lloyd) who supposedly has a power that can see into the future called “The Shine”, will stay for the colder seasons, whilst Jack writes his play. For months, the family is isolated by themselves at the hotel, where the isolation, stress and supernatural events, begin to make Jack go crazy and begin to disdain his family, making him consider murder. The acting in this movie is some of the best that’s ever graced the face of cinema, Nicholson's dialogue delivery, Duvall’s reactions to Jack’s outbursts and Lloyd’s facial expressions are all top tier acting performances. The Shining focuses more on psychological horror, playing with the themes that extreme isolation can tear a family apart and lead into dangerous and trance like, addictive states. Whilst it may not be a typical horror film with body horror and scares, it is an amazingly crafted movie that plays with more terrifying and realistic themes and is very highly critically acclaimed.
The remake of the movie IT(1990), which is a re-telling of the Stephen King story of the same name. The movie takes place in the fictional town of Derry as a group of 7 kids try uncover the mystery of a supernatural clown called Pennywise(Bill Skarsgard) that is hunting other children. IT has some of the best horror and dread than a lot of other horror movies, especially when it comes to jumpscares, but is also a rather light hearted movie about friendship and promises.
Get Out is a masterclass in modern horror; directed by actor and comedian Jordan Peele, Get Out is a movie which focuses on the themes of racism in the modern world through exploitation and commodification. The plot follows a young black man named Chris Washington(Daniel Kaluuya) going to meet his girlfriend, Rose Armitage’s(Allison Williams) family, the Armitage’s, for the weekend. Whilst they are polite and very kind to Chris, things begin to feel unsettling, particularly the cleaner and the groundskeeper,who are both black, but act way out of character and are strangely robotic. As the weekend goes on Chris begins to find the family and their visitors are acting odd for supposedly normal people and suspects that there might be something else at play. Get Out is a psychological horror that whilst not relying on jumpscares, will make you feel eerie and very unsettled and is definitely worth watching.