The characters of it chapter two who made fun of bill for ending his books on downers wouldnt have liked the ending of the miniseries or the book for being pretty dark, but the story of it doesn. You know that doctor sleep and the shining are connectedbut how. For the first time, the shinings producer and cowriter explain in detail why the horror tales ending changed from stephen kings novel and how it evolved again and again during the filming. The true story behind the legendary lost ending of the.
Ending spoiler for the shining 1980, plus mistakes, quotes, trivia and more. The shining is two stories, both the same, but somehow very different. It chapter 2 contains lots of stephen king easter eggs, but its reference to the movie version of the shining creates a paradox of a plot hole. Stephen king characters wendy torrance she is jacks wife. Ultimately, the genius of the shining is that the ending can mean almost anything you want it to mean. Mike is the only one who stayed and remembers, and thats why he lied about the ritual, because he believes that belief is how they defeated it the first time.
A novel the shining book 2 kindle edition by king, stephen. He puts the invitation back in the book and starts reading the scrapbook. The shinings 1980 hedge maze chase is one of the most iconic endings in horror history. The final, terrible shot of jack on the ground, his frozen face forever stuck in its maniacal, upwardlooking openmouth gaze, instantly freezes itself into the brain of anyone who witnesses it. Kubrick leaves out the best, scariest part of the book. The true story behind the legendary lost ending of the shining. A boys special perception and a possessed hotel interact with deadly results in the novel the shining by stephen king.
Differences between the shining book vs movie page 2. This onepage guide includes a plot summary and brief analysis of the shining by stephen king. Years ago, the haunting of the overlook hotel nearly broke young dan torrances sanity, as his paranormal gift known as the shining opened a. It ended up being a more suitable ending for the films interpretation of jack, who. Litcharts makes it easy to find quotes by chapter, character, and theme. In the movie the motivation of the ghosts is to possess jack torrance to get him to kill danny. The movie is really 2 parallel storylines with history repeating itself. In the final shots of stanley kubricks the shining, the audience sees the corpse of jack torrance jack nicholson frozen to death in the hedge maze where he tried to kill his wife wendy. The connection between doctor sleep and the shining explained. Inside a film artists maze, pointed out some number games in the shining.
Jack resents stuart ullman from their first meeting, but he tries to play nice and agrees to fulfill the jobs obligations. Sparknotes is here for you weve got everything you need to ace or teach. Stephen kings the shining is a classic piece of literature and stanley kubricks cinematic version shares the same cult status. Mar 30, 2017 for the first time, the shining s producer and cowriter explain in detail why the horror tales ending changed from stephen kings novel and how it evolved again and again during the filming. The shining is a 1980 pyschological horror film directed by filmmaker stanley kubrick, and based on the 1977 stephen king book of the same title. Mar 10, 2016 stanley kubricks the shining has one hell of an ending. Chapter two uses references to the shining to make pennywise scarier. The most debated element of the shinings ending is the final shot, showing jack in the photo of the. As the film develops, it becomes more mysterious, ambiguous, threatening, and hallucinatory. Oct 28, 2018 stanley kubricks the shining is widely considered to be among the best bigscreen adaptations of a stephen king storyand with good reason. Lets take a close look at some of the characters in stephen kings the shining. The shining, one of the stephen kings bestselling novels and the film that has had a huge impact in pop culture, finally has the ending explained in an interview with ew, producers jan harlan and diane johnson explain the steps that were taken in making the film, and the decisions made by director stanley kubrick to create the final ending in the novel, the shining ends with the death.
Kmc forums movie genres horror movies the shining ending contains spoilers transfinitum at the end of the shining, a fantastic horror film by stanley kubrick, the final shot dissolves twice to reveal a photo of jack torrance, who had just froze to death, standing. After some time, wendy comes down to see what hes up to, and they begin to flirt. Jul 08, 2015 in the final shots of stanley kubricks the shining, the audience sees the corpse of jack torrance jack nicholson frozen to death in the hedge maze where he tried to kill his wife wendy. But if the shining movie exists in it chapter 2s universe, the book would have. The shining is a horror novel by american author stephen king. I havent read the book in years so if anyone knows tell me how far away from the truth i am haha. I do like the movie to, but personally, i like the book a bit more. At the end of the novel, jack had ignored the boiler for too long, and the hotel explodes. The shining how a red book could explain everything read pinned comment duration. The film version made big changes to the character of jack overall, and subsequently, many elements of the story were completely modified to better represent the character the picture was working with. The main character jack torrance is a violent, recovering alcoholic who has broken his son, dannys arm while drunk before. Chapters 2 through 10 depict bilbo, gandalf, and the dwarves traveling out of the hobbitlands toward the lonely mountain far to the east. Jun 22, 2012 the shining is two stories, both the same, but somehow very different. Though its never once mentioned in the film, a big part of jacks duties in.
Whats the difference between the shining the book and the. Published in 1977, it is kings third published novel and first hardback bestseller. In 1920s jack visited the same hotel with his wife and son, they got stuck there due to snow storm along with rest of hotel crew which leaves early in a hurry in 1980s. At the end of the shining, why is jack in the photo of the. Jack torrance jack nicholson arrives at the overlook hotel to interview for the open position of winter caretaker. That comes near the end of the film, when it is menacing beverly inside a. Find summaries for every chapter, including a the shining chapter summary chart to help you understand the book. Doctor sleep, kubricks the shining, and stephen kings books.
Differences between the shining book vs movie page 1. One of the most frequent questions ive received about the shining is what does the guy in the bear costume mean. And by the time i went to bed that night, i had the whole book in my mind. But if youve read the book and watched the film, its. Note this was also used for the remake 2007 shining movie, where instead of a bee hive its a different insect nest which fills up that night when it was suppose. If youre reading this, then youve managed to watch through season 1 of amazon prime videos the boys, all the way up to that wtf. Ullman describes the hotels layout and notes it has hosted presidents and millionaire moguls in its nearly 70year history under a variety of owners. The story of this film is based off the book, the shining by stephen king. Doctor sleep won the 20 bram stoker award for best novel the novel was adapted into a film of the same name, which was. Even though the reincarnation theory came directly from kubrick, the absorption theory is still plausible. The book is a little better then the movie in my opinion. The shining explanation what happened at the end of stanley.
We assign a color and icon like this one to each theme, making it easy to track which themes apply to each quote below. The ending of the shining explained by matthew jackson jan. How does the ending of the shining differ from stephen kings. Drama analysis of the shining the shining is a 1980 psychological horror film directed by stanley kubrick. View entire discussion 9 comments more posts from the movies community. Stanley kubricks the shining has one hell of an ending. Jack torrance interviews for a job as the winter caretaker at the overlook hotel, a remote resort in colorado built between 1907 and 1909. In the shining, stephen king introduced us to danny torrance. The death is also nothing like jacks fate in the novelization of the shining, written by stephen king. Explanation of the famous quotes in the secret life of bees, including all important speeches, comments, quotations, and monologues. The shining is a relatively rare power to begin with, and dannys shine is extremely strong and powerful. The final shot is a photograph of our lead protagonist jack torrence jack nicholson, impossibly photographed as a resident of the overlook hotel at the july 4th ball in 1921, some sixty years. Apr 12, 2020 it chapter 2 contains lots of stephen king easter eggs, but its reference to the movie version of the shining creates a paradox of a plot hole. Kubrick deliberately left many things unexplained, including many details from the third act he did, however, explain why jack torrance appears in the photo at the end.
As the landscape becomes less hospitable and the group faces hunger, bad weather, and attacks from hostile creatures, bilbo often thinks fondly of home and questions his decision to come on this journey. Chapter 2s the shining reference makes pennywise even scarier. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading doctor sleep. Shutter islands ending explained david cox film the. Lets talk about the ending of mike flanagans doctor sleep movie, and how it diverges from. Doctor sleep is a sequel to the shining the way american gods is a sequel to anansi boys. What the it miniseries did better than it chapter two. The popular interpretation is that the scene is a throwback to a subplot of stephen kings book, in which a party guest in a dog costume has a homosexual relationship with one of the hotels former owners. Here are a few of his with a few others which i have added. In the novel, jack manages to fight the hotels possession long enough for him to tell danny to run for his life. What scares you when youre little can come back to haunt you, and it.
How does the ending of the shining differ from stephen. The hotel will soon close for the winter, but cant be left unattended. It makes jack less of a villain more of a ghost influenced, then possessed person and you get to see more of why he is sorta on the edge. In the end, his fate is left slightly open to interpretation and potential sequels. The chapter with the hedge animals is the scariest part of the book. Heres every difference between the shining book and the. If you accept that the film is primarily examining violence domestic and against racialdemographic groups, the cycle of violence the repeated, but slightly altered, stories of child abuse and murder, and the difficulty of escaping this cycle the maze like interior and exterior of the hotel then the ending is simply a confirmation that. Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides that feature detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, quotes, and essay topics. Stanley kubricks the shining is widely considered to be among the best bigscreen adaptations of a stephen king storyand with good reason. The shinings 1980 hedge maze chase is one of the most iconic. With more and more stephen kingbased movies being made every year, its become increasingly common for them to throw in references to kings other work, or other adaptations of it. He begins thinking of writing a book about the overlook. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
The shining is one of the all time classic horror movies, buts its also a pretty great book too. Apr 17, 2018 the shining how a red book could explain everything read pinned comment duration. Her gullible nature, her compassion for danny and her husband seems to be her only flaws. The first chapter of the shining sets up most of the conflicts that will drive the rest of the story.
However, the book and movie differ in some key areas, like how the iconic ending of the movie was. Either way, the end result is jack becoming part of the hotel. How does the ending of the shining differ from stephen king. It chapter 2 contains lots of stephen king easter eggs, but its reference to the.
Many believe jack was a reincarnated soul who was always meant to be part of that cycle. A sequel, titled doctor sleep, was published in 20 summary. Eclipsed perhaps only by its 1980 film adaptation, the novel is one of the most popular and enduring horror stories of all time. Stephen kings the shining, published in 1977, is a horror novel.
The shining novel, however, has a very different ending, and one that even made way for a sequel. Fiveyearold danny torrence and his parents, jack and wendy, are spending the winter at a resort high in the colorado mountains. The shining begins with jack torrance being interviewed for the caretakers job at the overlook hotel. Jack instinctively dislikes the hotel manager, stuart ullman, and the feeling is mutual. How the end of doctor sleep works with the shining, both stephen kings. The shining, gothic horror novel by stephen king, first published in 1977. The shining is a tragedy, and wed be remiss to classify the ending otherwise. Jack is blown away, imaging the scene of wealth and splendor. Nicholson did, the only logical explanation is that hes seen the film.
They had to remember their old fears that they overcame in order to remember how they defeated it last time. The unmasking will happen at the stroke of midnight. The shining explanation what happened at the end of. At the end of the film, jack and the overlook freeze. Whether hes on a list of victims or a reincarnation, hes doomed to be stuck within the walls of the overlook forever. During that era, severe mental disturbances were often dealt with physically. At the end of the shining, why is jack in the photo of. Danny wears a shirt numbered 42, and watches summer of 42 with wendy, the sum of the numbers of room 237 when multiplied together equals 42 2 x 3 x 7. Kings book is a direct sequel to his 1977 novel the shining, and most definitely not a. The final shot of the shining, its ambiguity forever helping stanley kubricks most popular film hold its enduring legacy for nearly thirty years. The book reached the first position on the new york times best seller list for print and ebook fiction combined, hardcover fiction, and ebook fiction.
How it chapter 2s shining reference creates a plot hole. The shining is a gothic horror novel by stephen king, first published in 1977. The tension felt when jack jack nicholson chases danny danny lloyd through the hotel grounds is incredible. Note this was also used for the remake 2007 shining movie, where instead of a bee hive its a different insect nest which fills up that night when it was suppose to be empty. For the first time, the shining s producer and cowriter explain in detail why the horror tales ending changed from stephen kings novel and how it evolved again and again during the filming. The director has carefully changed background score on things which were not present in 1920s when dick is showing the facilities to danny and. At first, it feels like a traditional horror setup a guy gets hired to spend the winter in an enormous hotel, secluded from civilization, where obviously something will go very wrong. Doctor sleep is a 20 horror novel by american writer stephen king and the sequel to his 1977 novel the shining. In america, more than 40,000 patients were lobotomised over a 30year period. Stanley kubricks the shining is regarded by many as one of the greatest films ever made, and one that to this day continues to be the subject of many analyses and discussions. But kubricks original version of the film included another scene inserted between these two iconic. One of the many mysteries of stanley kubricks the shining is why jack appears in the photo at the end, and it actually has a semisimple explanation.