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The Shining is a truly frightening movie that works symbolically on many levels, but is basically about human shortcomings and the way they can be exploited by unconscious forces combined with weakness of will. Be that as it may, there is surprisingly little violence given the apparent intensity, but that is little comfort for the feint of heart as much of the terror is more implied than manifest. Ghostly apparitions of a strikingly menacing nature haunt much of the first half of the film, which gradually evolve into ever more serious physical threats as time progresses. It never ceases to amaze me how The Shining is actually two films in one, both a comedy AND a horror flick. And "funny" because of Jack Nicholson's outrageous and in many cases ad-libbed onscreen antics. Frightening because of the extraordinarily effective use of long shots to create feelings of isolation, convex lens shots to enhance surrealism, and meticulously scored music to bring tension levels to virtually unbearable levels. I have seen The Shining at least six or seven times, and I still believe it to be simultaneously and paradoxically one of the most frightening and yet funniest films I've ever seen. This movie just scared the life out of me, which is what still happens every time I rent the video for a re-watch. The Shining font here refers to the font used in the poster title of The Shining, which is a psychological horror film released in 1980. The sheer terror that I experienced in viewing "The Shining" was enough to make me go to bed with the lights turned ON every night for an entire summer. When this film first came out in 1980, I remember going to see it on opening night.