How Scary is The Shining?
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Re: How Scary is The Shining?
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I agree.violetpretty wrote:I found the book to be quite haunting and creepy. The film, although scary, didn't live up to the book in my opinion. I loved the book and think it is one of Stephen King's finest.
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How scary is The Shining? Huh. Not as "omg, why am I reading this near nightfall???!!" scary as Salem's Lot.
There are two parts that really scared me: when Jack goes to check what scared Danny and he ALMOST opens the bathroom door, but turns away and as he does so...he hears something from within step toward the bathroom door to let him IN. Holy cow. That horrified me.
Also, the scene out on the grounds with Jack and the animal-shaped hedges. You'd think that such a setting would be comical, but no. No. The SUSPENSE!
It's weird because both Danny and Jack experienced the bathroom lady and the hedges, but the encounters that adult Jack faced scared me more than what "helpless" kid Danny faced. Shouldn't I have been more frightened for the kid?
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I think the book made you scared for Jack because you knew the place wanted him. The kids paranormal stuff was mostly visions until bathroom lady and the hedges.Grarodkay89 wrote:SPOILERS, yo!
How scary is The Shining? Huh. Not as "omg, why am I reading this near nightfall???!!" scary as Salem's Lot.
There are two parts that really scared me: when Jack goes to check what scared Danny and he ALMOST opens the bathroom door, but turns away and as he does so...he hears something from within step toward the bathroom door to let him IN. Holy cow. That horrified me.
Also, the scene out on the grounds with Jack and the animal-shaped hedges. You'd think that such a setting would be comical, but no. No. The SUSPENSE!
It's weird because both Danny and Jack experienced the bathroom lady and the hedges, but the encounters that adult Jack faced scared me more than what "helpless" kid Danny faced. Shouldn't I have been more frightened for the kid?
Did you know Doctor Sleep is the sequel to the Shining? It's pretty new so still pricy.
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
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Still, one of the scariest from King IMHO was "IT". I will never look at Clowns the same again.
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Next on my list is IT - I love the IT film scared me senseless as a kid so I am hoping the book does the same.
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