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Today, I was looking at my Netflix Instant Queue and noticed The Shining won't be available after June 1st. So of course, I decided I should watch it while I can. Mistake? Perhaps.

See, I am currently home alone, and will be for another couple days. So I might have some difficulty sleeping tonight. Oh well. Who needs sleep anyways, right?

I'm not actually a big fan of Kubrick, but I do feel the need to watch his films. Probably something to do with the fact he is a film god or something like that. So, I watched the movie.

Actually, I was really excited for the first half of the film. This could have something to do with the establishing shot of the apartment. Yeah, that 2 second shot within the first 5 minutes of the film. I've lived in that building. It was exciting.

Unfortunately, my enthusiasm waned as the film progressed. I mean, its not a bad movie. It's a classic for Christsakes. It's just I really don't like horror movies. To be fair, films like these are so much better than Saw 3d or whatever horror movies are in theaters nowadays, but still.

All I could think about while Shelley Duvall was running around flapping her arms was, "Didn't anyone tell you not to run with sharp objects that could kill you?" I mean seriously, I was kind of hoping she would die by the end. And I'm not the kind of person who likes it when everyone dies in a movie. That says a lot about how obnoxious her character was. I was rooting for Jack Nicholson's character! Eeek...

As for Jack Nicholson, oh boy. Jack Nicholson has always creeped me out. I never really knew what about him was so creepy, until I watched this movie. He just has the crazy person look or something. Which I suppose says a lot about the casting director for this film. Way to go--lemme look it up---James Liggat. You go James Liggat! This film was perfectly cast.

If you want to be seriously creeped out, this is one of the creepiest films I have ever seen. So I recommend it. If you are like my roommate and hate being scared, stay far, far away from this movie. I would post the trailer or something, but I figure most people already know what it's about. If you really need to see one, leave a comment and I might get back to you. Or just look it up on Youtube.