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UK Release Date: 05 October 1980 Certification: 15  Director: Stanley Kubrick Cast: Scatman Crothers, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Barry Nelson, Jack Nicholson, Phillip Stone  Rating:   92 % "Here's Johnny!" Review:  The Shining is an exceptional, suspenseful horror movie that is left open ended and up to interpretation due to it's brilliant but ambiguous ending.  The Shining  is my first exposure to iconic filmmaker Stanley   Kubrick, with a filmography containing movies such as; 2001: A Space Odyssey , Paths of Glory and Dr Strangelove or: How I learned to stop Worrying and Love the Bomb . His unique style is what makes the movie really work. He'd have actors shoot several takes until they became unhinged, displaying the effect The Overlook Hotel would have on them. Some of his imagery is utterly beautiful which isn't expected in a horror movie making the film utterly unique.  Jack Nicholson is mental, and I mean that in the best possi...