THE SHINING (1980) Breakdown | Ending Explained, Easter Eggs, Creepy Hidden Details & Film Analysis

THE SHINING (1980) Breakdown | Ending Explained, Easter Eggs, Creepy Hidden Details & Film Analysis, Making Of Things You Missed. In this video, we are gonna break down an all-time classic movie which is The Shining. There are hidden details, easter eggs, creepy subliminal images and lots of things Stanley Kubrick put in the movie to mess with your mind. We will be going through all the details within the movie that make this such a good film and point out all the easter eggs that make this so chilling and mind-bending. There are so many hidden layers to the film and throughout this video, we're gonna be breaking down all the subliminal ways that the movie messes with you along with its hidden meanings. Starring Jack Nicholson in one of his most iconic performances in this Stephen King novel adaption from director Stanley Kubrick, what more could you ask for!! There is a lot to get through so let's get right into it!

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Ok so the Shining is one of my favourite movies of all time. Depending on what day it is the top spot for me switches between this, the thing and the godfather. It's one of those movies that has stuck with me since the first time I watched it and I remember being about 8 years old scared out of my mind after my first visit to the overlook hotel. But why does it have this long lasting power and influence. I mean on the surface you could be forgiven for thinking that the movie is extremely simple. As a kid I thought it was pretty much just about a family who were given the job of looking after a hotel and the dad went crazy and tried to kill them. However there's so many hidden layers to the film and throughout this video we're gonna be breaking down all the subliminal ways that the movie messes with you along with it's hidden meanings.

Now the biggest head f**k is the hotel itself.

King came up with the idea for The Shining when visiting The Stanley Hotel out in Boulder Colorado. He and his wife booked it October 30th which was the night before it was just about to close for the season. They were the only two guests there and King spent the night wandering the long hallways of the hotel swept up in just how creepy a place like this could be if it wasn't teaming with guests.

Now the idea of Shining comes from the John Lennon song Instant Karma.

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This idea that people imprinted into something long after they're gone is what the Overlook embodies and it's seemingly filled with the souls of those that it's trapped along the way. Traumatic events leave longer lasting impressions and this is why it's teaming with all sorts of evil spirits.

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[tiarasewlal]

Also Shelley Duvall deserved so much better, without her performance the movie wouldn't be as scary, Kubrick mistreated her

[gildedpeahen]

The shining is one of the best known mainstream films to use the concept of liminal space as a source of fear. Not dark shadowy corners, not cobwebby mansions, not an atmosphere of midnight…but brightly lit, endless corridors of loud carpeting, an empty space that should be busy, endless halls and doors…

[EvonneLindiwe]

Rest well Shelley Duval.. ❤ you gave it your all.. and carried half the movie on fear alone… you deserved much more credit and love

[gtron]

I read that book while trying to stay awake during night shift work and it scared the crap out of moving topiary still gives me chills.

[adrianachong]

To me, Jack appearing in the photo at the end just meant that the hotel had once more successfully claimed another victim.

[rockyraccoon]

The ghosts never blink, and when Jack interacts with the ghosts, he doesn’t blink either. I can see Kubrick telling them “don’t blink” just to make their lives miserable.

[qstibhe]

The Shining is one of those rare movies that continues to be relevant as a person ages and gains more life experience and knowledge. Every time I watch The Shining I see connections I didn't notice when I saw it years ago as a kid. I guess that's what makes it such a great movie.

[tulsastrong]

Watching the shining is a tradition in my house. I watch it. When we have our first big snow of the year where I live.

[desireebuckman]

The sound of Danny riding his bigwheel on and off the carpet has always been a powerful example of building suspense.

[jamesmb]

I’ve always had a fondness for the guy that says “Great party, isn’t it?”. It’s like the signal the hotel is fully powered up.

[digitalphoenix]

Jacks comment about "white mans burden", wasnt about white guilt. The bartender was pouring him a drink, he was referring to alcohol, which has been called the "white mans burden" for more than a century - because it was the burden that white man put on the natives. Its not referring to a burden the white man carries, its referring to burden the white man GAVE to natives. I grew up on the outskirts of an Indian reservation in a small town, and having alcoholics in the family, I heard that term many many times. Honestly, Occam's razor would have solved this... he's literally saying it as he's looking at the drink.

[stuarthorton]

I watched the movie on cable. The next night I walked into the King Cole room in the St. Regis hotel. Catman was seated at the bar, which really freaked me out. Catman in a hotel bar less than 24 hours after seeing the movie. Anyway, I asked him why Dick, who had the Shining, went back into the hotel. Scayman said, : "When Stanley Kubrick tells you to go back into the hotel, you go back into the hotel." I'll remember this forever.

[Rongaryen]

You mentioned that when Jack finally shifts to losing his mind, he switches from wearing green at the beginning of the movie to wearing red. What you didn't mention is that Wendy does the opposite: in the beginning she's wearing red and switches to green.

[yffrdwb]

When Grady says "You've ALways been the Caretaker." So well done. That entire conversation between Jack and Grady is genius.

[sillypinkewe]

22:30 9 blades above Danny's head echoes the 9 of Swords in Tarot. A card about nightmares, fears, horror, danger and how our mental state needs to be kept focused and restrained in the situation in question. There are a lot of Tarot symbols in his films, and Tarot is (just like Stanley's art works) filled to the brim with symbolism - both obvious and hidden. Jack falls due to his mental weakness and lack of nuanced discipline - alcoholism is also a 9 Swords related subject, as is unmanaged anger, and many mental illnesses. The Rider Waite deck has symbols hidden in textiles and furniture. Anywho, I hope this is interesting to someone out there.

[mcoopcoop]

If I have one criticism of this film, it's that Jack Nicholson already looks like he's about 1 hair from going insane/breaking right from the get go. I even thought that as a kid, and found him creepy and subconsciously knowing "yup, that guy is clearly going to go nuts". As always, great video.

[rachelroberts]

One of my favourite parts was the sound of Danny’s bike going from wood to carpet to wood. It built up such a level of tension that I haven’t often seen in a film
Also the hand gestures is also ‘as above, so below’ which is a spiritual symbol for what happens above (higher realm/heaven) happens on the lower realms as well (could be earth, could be hell). Could be that it symbolises the loop of what’s happening or that the overlook is quite literally one of the circles of hell

[goodonmyend]

Stephen King has written short stories that have kept me up at night . He's brilliant at grasping the imagination and bringing out every dark thing hiding in it. He makes your mind go boo and you shudder at every turn of the page .

[caseyconatser]

It's overkill on all the little things that most people never noticed anyhow. This is one of my favorite movies of my lifetime. A legend.

[cyberzeon]

Through the use of the shinning, Danny saw through the hotels warping of reality the whole time. He was seeing everything as it was happening. He resorted to Tony, his finger puppet, to keep his mind from being manipulated. He finally went catatonic from the relentless attack. He snapped out of it with the help of Tony, and was able to warn his mother of the impending attack. That kid was a hero.