‘The Shining’: Scenes That Scare the $%&* Out of Me

Posted by vodkasavant on October 31, 2012 in Film

Who knew two little girls in matching blue dresses speaking in unison could induce such a spine-tingling reaction? The brilliant Stanley Kubrick, that’s who. From blood pouring out of enormous elevators to an a seductress emerging from a bathtub to the horrifying discovery that the same sentence has been repeatedly typed over and over again as part of an alleged ‘novel-in-progress’…This movie was pure genius—down to every detail. He even made the bartender menacing. And everyone knows that a man who pours you a drink is your friend.

I’ve seen a lot of horror films, but The Shining is my all-time favorite. So, in honor of Halloween, here are [in my opinion] the most bone-chilling clips from this classic thriller:

The Shining: The Original Trailer