The Invisible Horror of The Shining

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You say thank you for watching; I say thank you for your very generous and perceptive comments about my music editing on The Shining. I must say that that was my happiest time in all the time I was in the film industry. My experience of working with Stanley was extremely easy and harmonious. Contrary to what others say (usually those who did not work with him closely), he was the easiest and best boss I ever had. I'm now writing a shortish book about my experience of working with him, provisionally entitled 'Working with Stanley'. Hopefully it'll be published before the end of next year.

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The first time I watched The Shining, the part that scared me the most was the scene where Danny went into the hotel room to get his truck and Jack was sitting on the bed silently. The concept of being trapped in the hotel with ghosts and demons is terrifying, but being trapped in the hotel with your unstable, abusive father is terrifying in a much more real, tangible way.

"You ask five people about 'The Shining' and you get 15 interpretations." Very well said.

You're one of those creators who can never be replaced by someone else. So I'm very happy that you are back, Kaptain! I hope you stay for long this time. Wishing you health and happiness!

I never thought they could use music to this degree in a film. It's pure genius.

Music can make or break a movie sometimes. The Shinning and Hereditary are two of the most iconic movies in my mind that use the right pitch and tone in their musical score.

Stephen King said that Kubrick wanted to make a movie that "hurt people"... The first time I saw it when I was 10, I felt... Traumatized. But not physically. The whole experience was just indescribable. I always knew the music had an effect, and you described it perfectly. Happy Halloween!

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The editing in this video is crazy good. Notice when the video cuts to black after the shot of Jack smiling at Danny how Jack’s face stays there (darkened) for a second, almost like it’s burned into the screen. Chills.

The mere fact that the music fits absolutely perfectly with the ALREADY EDITED scenes somehow evokes the same spine-tingling, hair-raising creepiness that I love this film for…almost like that invisible malevolent presence you mentioned infiltrated the actual filmmaking process itself. Great essay on the use of music in this film!

One thing I hated a lot about how this movie aged was how people see the movie now. Today, most Hollywood horror is just jumpscares and gore. The Shining was different. It was you, watching something happen in a hotel, with now way to stop it. The tension grows, and the entire experience is so uncomfortable. In a weird and twisted way, The Shining is beautiful

After 2 yrs, I'm really glad to see you back. You've inspired my own videos & their editing style a lot with your backlog. So I'm glad to see you back here again 💪🏽💪🏽

He says "Thank you for watching", no no no no, thank you for allowing us to watch this masterpiece.

This is the gold standard for video essays. Thank you, Kaptain.

I studied mickey mousing when I was in college taking a class on movie soundtrack and this is the first time I've ever heard someone discuss it like you did. Nicely done.

"You can't quite see the strings being pulled, but you sure can hear them". Poetic.

In all seriousness, as an avid video essay watcher, I think you have been such a huge influence on the YouTube essay community as a whole. So many people drive their style from you but you still do it best! Welcome back sir

"observing his family like toys in this diorama"; I always imagined that scene was a metaphor for Jack being like a mad-scientist looking at his test-subjects, his meek little mice running around in a maze-experiment.