Welcome to the 31 Days of Halloween in Movies.
Hello Friends, and welcome to “Blogtober” and the 31 Days of Halloween. Today is Day #2 in the series, and I’m featuring another movie. For a little more about this series, check out the Day #1 Kick-Off.
This is Week #1 (Psychological Horror) in which I’ll be featuring a movie in that theme each day. At the end of each week, I’ll post fun games, trivia, decor ideas, and books. I’ll recap and wrap on Sunday before heading into the following week.
For a 2023 recap, click here.👈🏾
🎬 About the Movies 🎬
These movies are in no particular order (other than the week) and will range from the 1960s to 2025. With that, I hope you can check back for all the movies and fun this season. So without further ado, today’s feature is…
Day #2 – The Shining
MOVIE: The Shining
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Year: 1980
IMDB Rating: 8.4
Genre: Psychological Thriller, Horror
Runtime: 2h 26m
Tomato 🍅 Meter: 83%
Cringe 🥴 meter : 2/10
Starring: Jack Nicholson ✨ Shelly Duval ✨ Danny Lloyd ✨
SYNOPSIS:
Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) becomes the winter caretaker at the isolated Overlook Hotel in Colorado, hoping to cure his writer’s block. He settles in along with his wife, Wendy (Shelley Duvall), and his son, Danny (Danny Lloyd), who is plagued by psychic premonitions. As Jack’s writing goes nowhere and Danny’s visions become more disturbing, Jack discovers the hotel’s dark secrets and begins to unravel into a homicidal maniac hell-bent on terrorizing his family. [TRAILER]
MY RATING: (✨✨✨✨✨) This is the 2nd King movie this week, and I do love this psychological drama/horror flick. The book is terrifying, and would be turned into the later sequel Doctor Sleep (which I also enjoyed)…the movie not so much. Still, this one is disturbing on a few levels, no cringeworthy moments, but keep in mind it’s Stephen King so that anything can happen. Highly recommended if you’re looking for a horror movie that’s less slasher and more of “We All Go A Little Mad Sometimes“. (LOL) What movie is this famous line from?
Thanks for checking this post, and happy viewing!