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the king of the horror genre
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Heeeeeere´s Johnny!!!!-Jack Torrance
Director:Stanley Kubrick
Cast:Jack Nicholson,Shelley Duvall,Danny Lloyd,Scatman Crothers
Genre:Horror,Thriller
Year of release:1980
Running Time:115 minutes
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A novelist - Jack Torrance take a job interview as winter caretaker of the isolated, old, huge and beautiful Overlook Hotel. In the interview, Jack is told by the manager himself, that the previous caretaker - Grady, chopped his family and later killed himself with a shotgun. Ignoring the story, Jack brings his wife - Wendy and his son Danny. It happens that Danny, has a mysterious power known as "The Shining" that shows him things from the past and future. Some of the visions come from Tony - "the little boy who lives in Danny's mouth". Danny meets Hallorann - the hotel cook in their first day arriving at the Overlook, who also has this "Shining" and he warns him about the hotel and the sinister Room 237. As the days go by, Danny has visions of previous guests and employees who died at the hotel years before, meanwhile Jack starts driving into insanity, turning more and more aggressive, at the point that Danny and Wendy gets convinced that Jack might try to do the same thing, Grady did.
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The Shining is one of the most scariest and intense horror films of all time.I m not a huge fan of the genre but The Shining made me see how good the horror films are.Based on the novel created by Stephen King(who didn t enjoy it),The Shining is more a phsycological thriller because is about losing your sanity and becoming a threat to your family and this movie explores very well the human insanity.Anyway,this movie is one of all time favorite and a powerfull experience.
Jack Nicholson delivers one of the scariest perfomances and probably the best of his career as Jack Torrance.Torrance is not exacly your typical villain.He s just a regular guy who loses his own mind and tries to kill his own family.Nicholson is one of the best actors ever and there´s no person who could play that role better than Nicholson because he was scary but at the same time.He also creates one of his most famous quote ever:Heeeeeeere´s Johnny!!!.Shelley Duvall was a little annoying for me because she was a bitch to me.Always crying and screaming all the time.No wonder why Torrance wants to kill her.Danny Lloyd was kind of weird but scary too,specially in the Redrum scene.He was creepy as Jack is but in a nice way of course.
I absolutely love the legendary Stanley Kubrick.He was the main reason that i love the Shining.His direction is brilliant and intense at the same time.Kubrick is indeed the master of cinema and movies like 2001,Full Metal Jacket and A Clockwork Orange are other ounstanding masterpieces of this legendary director.
The Shining is a intense and unforgettable horror experience and of my faves of the genre along A Nightmare on Elm Street,Friday the 13th and The Exorcist.A masterpiece courtesy of Stanley Kubrick.
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"One, two, Freddy's coming for you. / Three, four, better lock your door. / Five, six, grab your crucifix. / Seven, eight, better stay awake. / Nine, ten, never sleep again"-Children
Director::Wes Craven
Cast:Robert Englund,Heather Langenkamp,Johnny Depp,John Saxon
Genre:Horror,Thriller
Year of release:1984
Running Time:95 minutes
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Nancy is having nightmares, violent nightmares about a mysterious badly burned man with a razor fingered glove on his right hand that calls himself Freddy. When she realizes that her friends are having the same nightmares and that one by one they are being brutally murdered in their sleep she turns to her father who does not believe her and thinks her to be crazy. After she finds out the horrible truth behind Freddy's rampage she decides to take action and bring this dream murderer out of dreamland and into the real world where she can send him straight to where he belongs.
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A Nightmare on Elm Street is one of the greatest classics of the horror genre and one of the scariest movies ever made.I grew up watching the series(just those lame sequels)and i had the chance to watch the original couple of years ago and boy this movie scared the hell of the me.This movie will probably make people think twice before sleep.Nightmare also introduced to the world one of the most iconic villains of all time:Freddy Kruger,the famous teen-killer with the fedora hat and the claw-glove.
Robert Englund IS Freddy Kruger.He s absolutely amazing in the movie and probably the best thing in the movie.Freddy not only is evil and menancing but he s also have a scary sense of humour and a unique charisma.If you think Heath Ledger is scary as The Joker,than watch this movie and you ll see why Freddy is the man.Heather Langerkamp was great as Nancy,the girl who becomes Freddy s nemesis.Her perfomance was decent and believable but gives me the sense that she s a little crazy in some scenes but she was ok.Johnny Depp makes a great debut as Glen,the star of one of the most horrifying scenes of the movie.Johnny starts here his amazing career until today.
Wes Craven is the master of horror on making such a intense and legendary movie that is a cornerstone of the genre.Too bad he didn t make a orginal movie(except Scream)since Nightmare but this is his best movie by far.
25 years later with sequels and a future remake,A Nightmare on Elm Street is one of the greatest horror movies of all time and a masterpiece.Don t fall asleep of Freddy will get you.
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"You guys think I'M crazy! Well, that's fine! Most of you don't know what's going on around here, but I'm damn well sure SOME of you do! You think that thing wanted to be an animal? No dogs make it a thousand miles through the cold! No, you don't understand! That thing wanted to be US"! -Dr.Blair
Director:John Carpenter
Cast:Kurt Russell,Keith David,David Clennon,Peter Maloney
Genre:Horror,Thriller
Year of Release:1982
Running Time:110 minutes
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In the midst of the Antartican snowfield, the scientists and workers of a small American research base are shocked when a helicopter begins to circle their camp, chasing and shooting at a dog. When the helicopter is destroyed and the passenger's are killed by accident, the dog is let into the base and the American's begin to wonder what has actually happened. The helicopter is discovered to be of Norweigan make, and probably linked to the Norweigan base not too far from their own. Helicopter pilot J.R MacReady offers to travel to the Norweigan base and find out what has happened. On arrival, he finds that the place has been totally destroyed. He also discovers a mangled body that looks as though it was once that of a person, which he brings back with him to study. It is only then that the clues begin to add up; the dog morphs horribly into a strange creature that attacks the researchers. They manage to fight it off, but the base's doctor has come to a conclusion: an alien with the power to transform and take the appearance of anybody else is amongst them. Who is infected already, and who can be trusted? J.R MacReady sets out to find the answers to exactly that.
Review:soon...
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