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The Shining: 1980's Horror Film By Stanley Kubrick
The Shining is a 1980’s horror film directed by Stanley Kubrick. The horror film is based on Stephen King’s novel The Shining. The Shining is a classic horror film that uses death and insanity to keep the audience on the edge of their seats. The Shining is as psychological as horror gets. This film didn’t show us cheap tricks, loud noises, or dramatic bloody scene like the average horror film. This film gets under your skin, it shows us something frightening that we don’t fully comprehend. One of the scariest things for people to face in the unknown. The Shining also could be seen as a Drama. The genre, Drama, focuses on the characters and the realistic emotional struggles they face. We see resentment, frustration, annoyance, insanity, etc.
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