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The iconic carpeting of The Shining and Twin Peaks collide.

Artist: Jared Lyon

This mashup makes me weirdly happy.

(via cinecity)

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Continuity Polaroid of actor Danny Lloyd on the Guest Room Hallway set of The Shining.

(photo courtesy Filippo Ulivieri, who has written an Italian biography of Kubrick’s longtime personal assistant Emilio D’Alessandro)

Redrum.

I didn’t figure “redrum” out before the reveal.

The Shining (1980) directed by Stanley Kubrick, starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, and Danny Lloyd. Based on the novel by Stephen King.

“Redrum! Redrum! Redrum!”

“What’s the matter, hon? Danny?”

“Danny’s not here, Mrs. Torrance.”

…

“Danny can’t wake up, Mrs. Torrance.”

Danny/Tony’s croaking cry of “Redrum!” In the book it is clearer that Tony gives Danny messages that are often obscure and difficult to interpret. “Redrum” was such a message. And when Danny was overloaded with fear, Tony had to step in.

A truly creepy moment, especially for parents. Around this time there were a lot of creepy kid movies.

The Shining (1980) directed by Stanley Kubrick, starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, and Danny Lloyd. Based on the novel by Stephen King.

Danny playing with his cars on that horrid carpet. Note the absence of the fire truck he wanted so much in the previous scene. I think he left Jack without getting it.

The Shining (1980) directed by Stanley Kubrick, starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, and Danny Lloyd. Based on the novel by Stephen King.

“I wish we could stay here forever … and ever … and ever.”

Jack, echoing the ghost girls. Danny seems very uncomfortable during this conversation, on Jack’s lap. The abuse theory often focuses on this part.

The Shining (1980) directed by Stanley Kubrick, starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, and Danny Lloyd. Based on the novel by Stephen King.

“Forever … and ever … and ever.”

The Shining (1980) directed by Stanley Kubrick, starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, and Danny Lloyd. Based on the novel by Stephen King.

GIRLS: “Hello, Danny. Come and play with us.”

One of the more famous scenes in the film. There are so many cuts I can’t really put the whole thing in one post, and if I combine the images, they’d have to be quite small. I suppose a video clip would work, but there are already zillions of those — and parodies of same — on YouTube.

The Shining (1980) directed by Stanley Kubrick, starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, and Danny Lloyd. Based on the novel by Stephen King.

Danny and room 237. And that horrid (maze-like?) carpet. In the book, the patterns on the carpet writhe as one of the hauntings.

The hauntings are a bit like the ones in Repulsion: discrete manifestations of different types at different times. I think — at first — the idea that they are not real, but part of encroaching madness is a possibility. Though if the story takes place in one person’s mind, it’d have to be Danny’s.

The Shining (1980) directed by Stanley Kubrick, starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, and Danny Lloyd. Based on the novel by Stephen King.

“Mr. Halloran, are you scared of this place?  What about room 237?” What, indeed?

In the book, it is room 207, but Kubrick was asked to change the number, as one of the the hotels it was shot at actually has a room 207 (but not a 237), and the owners were concerned no one would ever want to rent that room.

I would, wouldn’t you?

The Shining (1980) directed by Stanley Kubrick, starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, and Danny Lloyd. Based on the novel by Stephen King.

“This whole place is such an enormous maze. I’ll have to leave a trail of breadcrumbs every time I come in.”

There seems to be a lot of reference to mazes. Of course, the hedge maze is one of the major changes Kubrick made to the story.

The Shining (1980) directed by Stanley Kubrick, starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, and Danny Lloyd. Based on the novel by Stephen King.

“Wasn’t it around here that the Donner party got snowbound?” Foreshadowing? You bet. Note which one of them brings it up.

The Shining (1980) directed by Stanley Kubrick, starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, and Danny Lloyd. Based on the novel by Stephen King.

“He’s the little boy who lives in my mouth.” Somehow this should be funny.

The Shining (1980) directed by Stanley Kubrick, starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, and Danny Lloyd. Based on the novel by Stephen King.

Danny screams during his first vision of the Overlook.

The Shining (1980) directed by Stanley Kubrick, starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, and Danny Lloyd. Based on the novel by Stephen King.