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Horror Without Horror

posted 4 years ago by johnmiller (4011)
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Stephen King is a book author. He is clearly NOT a filmmaker, as he has so clearly proved. So, he should not even worry about the movies and TV movies made from his books. He got the checks. He signed the contracts with zero conditions. So, you get what you get.

Kubrick's "The Shining" is the greatest horror movie ever made. And it is because Kubrick got horror right, which is rare. The slow, creeping dread that builds over the movie draws you in until you feel that you are trapped in that hotel with Wendy and Danny. Then, everything comes unglued, which is terrifying.

The TV version is close to inert. There are no actual scares, there is no atmosphere, there is no dread. Just TV actors trying to make their way through a directionless production.

[–] Kowalski (78914) 4 years ago

I AGREE ABOUT THE TV VERSION BUT DISAGREE ABOUT KUBRICK'S VERSION...I FIND KUBRICK'S SHINING TO BE DULL AND DEEPLY FLAWED...A GOOD MOVIE?...YES...THE GREATEST?...NOT EVEN CLOSE.

[–] johnmiller (4011) 4 years ago

This is why you get to rate movies on IMDb. Take your CAPS LOCK off and try it...

[–] Kowalski (78914) 4 years ago

IMDB IS ROTTING MEAT LEFT ON THE TABLE TOO LONG...I CEASED RATING FILMS THERE YEARS AGO...AS FOR THE CAPS...WHAT CAN I SAY...GO LOWERCASE YOURSELF.🙂

[–] johnmiller (4011) 4 years ago

I don't shout online to people. There are apparently things that take more than a quarter century to learn...

[–] Kowalski (78914) 4 years ago

I'M NOT SHOUTING AT YOU...IT'S YOUR HARD WIRED TO FOLLOW TRENDS BRAIN THAT MAKES YOU THINK SO...SOME NERD ONCE TOLD YOU CAPS WAS YELLING AND YOU CAN'T GET PAST IT...DON'T WORRY,I WILL KEEP ROCKING THE CAPS REGARDLESS AND MAYBE ONE DAY YOU WILL AWAKEN FROM YOUR STATUS QUO THINKING...PERHAPS.🤔

[–] johnmiller (4011) 4 years ago

It's the Internet. It's the most basic, 101 part of the Internet. :-) I know you're trolling, but, honestly... ;-)

[–] Kowalski (78914) 4 years ago

I DO NOT TROLL...EVERYTHING I TYPE I STAND BEHIND...EVERYTHING I TYPE IS IN CAPS AS WELL...HAS BEEN FOR 20 YEARS...PEOPLE WHO CAN'T GET PAST IT...CAN'T GET PAST IT...OH WELL.

[–] PrimeMinisterX (8857) 4 years ago

The caps really are awful. It's not cool or edgy or good branding. But I've told you this before.

Do as you do. Just don't think it actually accomplishes anything beyond making your posts harder to read.

[–] Kowalski (78914) 4 years ago

SO HARD TO READ.

SO SO HARD.

HARD HARD HARD...SO HARD!

[–] PrimeMinisterX (8857) 4 years ago

Bruh, all I'm going to tell you is that those who formed and fashioned the English language decided that uppercase and lowercase should be a thing for a reason.

[–] Kowalski (78914) 4 years ago

THEY SOUND BORING...WHICH I AM NOT...THUS THE EMPHASIS ON EMPHASIS.