5/16/2023 0 Comments The shining twins mini series![]() ![]() ![]() Hearing the engine of a Snowcat that Halloran has borrowed to get up the mountain, Jack leaves the room and begins to wander about the hotel, ambushing and killing Hallorann with the axe in the lobby. Jack then starts chopping down the bathroom door with the axe and leers through the hole he has made, yelling the iconic "Here's Johnny!" line, but retreats after Wendy slashes his hand with a butcher knife. In a frantic maneuver, Wendy sends Danny out through the bathroom window but is unable fit through it herself. At that moment, Jack, armed with a fire axe, begins to chop through the door leading to his family's living quarters. Jack converses through the door with Grady, who then unlocks the door, releasing him.ĭanny has written "REDRUM" in lipstick on the door of Wendy’s bedroom, which is "MURDER" spelled backwards as seen from a mirror. Horrified, she confronts Jack, but he attacks her before she knocks him unconscious with a baseball bat and locks him in a kitchen pantry. Danny starts calling out the word "redrum" frantically and goes into a trance, now referring to himself as "Tony." Wendy discovers Jack's typewriter and that he has been typing endless pages of a repetitive manuscript "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" formatted in various styles. Meanwhile, in Florida, Hallorann gets a premonition that something is wrong at the hotel and takes a flight back to Colorado to investigate. Later, Jack sabotages the hotel's two-way radio and the Snowcat (by removing several relays and its magneto, respectively) cutting off communication and access to the outside world. Here, he meets who he believes is the ghost of the previous caretaker, Grady, who tells Jack that he has to "correct" his wife and child. Wendy and Jack argue about whether Danny should be removed from the hotel and Jack returns to the Gold Room, now filled with ghosts having a costume party. During that kiss, she then morphed into a rather old rotting woman who chases Jack out, cackling at his infidelity. Jack investigates Room 237 and encounters a ghost named Lorraine as a young naked woman in the bathroom, having a bath who comes out and kisses him. Afterward, Wendy shows up and apologizes for accusing Jack, explaining that Danny told her a "crazy woman in one of the rooms" was responsible for his injuries. Jack complains to the bartender about his relationship with Wendy. Jack wanders into the hotel’s Gold Room where he meets the ghostly bartender Lloyd who serves him bourbon on the rocks. Later, Danny shows up injured and visibly traumatized, causing Wendy to think that Jack has been abusing Danny. Danny’s curiosity about Room 237 finally gets the better of him when he sees the room has been opened. As time passes, Jack slowly starts acting strange and frustrated, often prone to violent outbursts. Wendy is concerned about the phone lines being out due to the heavy snowfall and Danny has more frightening visions. Meanwhile, Danny and Wendy have fun and go in the hotel's hedge maze Jack discovers a model of this maze, showing Wendy and Danny inside it, in one of the hotel lounges. He strictly warns Danny to avoid room 237.Ī month passes and Jack's writing project is going nowhere. Hallorann tells Danny that the hotel itself has a "shine" to it along with many memories, not all of which are good. He explains to Danny that he and his grandmother shared the gift, which he calls "shining." Danny asks if there is anything to be afraid of in the hotel, particularly Room 237. ![]() The head chef Dick Hallorann surprises Danny by speaking with him telepathically and offering him some ice cream. The family arrives at the hotel on closing day and is given a tour. Jack's wife, Wendy, tells a visiting doctor about Danny's imaginary friend Tony and that Jack had given up drinking because he had physically abused Danny after a binge. Jack’s son, Danny, has ESP and has had a terrifying premonition about the hotel. Manager Stuart Ullman warns him that a previous caretaker got cabin fever and killed his family and himself. The hotel itself is built on the site of an Indian burial ground and becomes completely snowbound during the long winters. Jack Torrance arrives at the Overlook Hotel to interview for the open position of winter caretaker. 6.7 Spatial layout of the Overlook Hotel.6.1.2 Geoffrey Cocks and Kubrick's concern with the Holocaust. ![]()
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