Sunday, October 03, 2010

The Shining



(1980)

Secluded hotel
Indian burial ground
Arctic storm, hedge maze

5 comments:

Octopunk said...

I was thinking about this after reading AC's review: there's never anything overtly linked to the whole Indian burial ground thing, is there? Or is that just the key to the hotel's menace? And why can't I get a drink in this place?

DKC said...

Ah, the return of Gretchen stars and haiku reviews. All is right with the world.

Catfreeek said...

Yay for haiku reviews!

Whirlygirl said...

I forgot about Gretchen stars.

AC said...

octo, it's never explicit in the movie, but building on an indian burial ground seems a classic blunder akin to "never get involved in a land war in asia."

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