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Cinematic Parallels
“The Shining” (1980)
“The Fall of the House of Usher” (2023)
— Some places are like people: some shine and some don't. THE SHINING, dir. Stanley Kubrick
Just watched the shining for the first time.
Ultimately, the movie was not about the Torrance family but Dick Halloran.
The movie opens with the Torrance family and closes with them. Basically, they are informed of the hotel's history, move in, demonstrate their shared helplessness and experience increasing tension until finally Jack snaps in the movie's climax. There appears to be no concrete beginning, middle or end. Now add in Dick. He appears in the beginning, meeting the Torrances and fellow psychic Danny. The pair bond over ice cream, and Dick mentions in passing that seeing the future is part of his gift. This implies that he may know what is to come. Later, we see that he has gone to Miami, and we observe his quiet, lonely life with an odd sense of foreboding. We them see him receive a vision, likely from Danny. This serves as a sort of catalyst for the climax, during which Dick drops everything to save the Torrances. His own brutal murder saves young Danny, securing the legacy of childless Dick and wrapping up the movie. All in all, Dick had only a few minutes of screen time, but it is his actions that formed a true storyline. His learning the Torrances' fate, deciding to save them and ultimately dying for them served as the movie's three acts. In the end, he was the hero.
Dr Seuss style horror by DrFaustusAU
Rest in peace angel - Shelley Duvall
Lemon & Lime, Cranberry and Grape Sprite
I did a part 2 of my horror Met Gala concept...maybe part 3?👀
The Shinning
Halloween
The Craft
rip to my forever fashion icon 💔
RIP Shelly Duvall, you will be missed 🎀🪦 She passed on the 11/7/24.
Some of my favorite Ghost Stories on film.
1) Casper
2) Personal Shopper
3) The Innocents (1961)
4) The Uninvited (1944)
5) Ringu (リング, "Ring")
6) The Haunting (1963)
7) The Stone Tape
8 ) The Shining (1980)
9) The Others (Spanish: Los otros)
10) The Sixth Sense
11) Kuroneko (藪の中の黒猫, "A Black Cat in a Bamboo Grove"; or simply "The Black Cat")
12) The Woman in Black (1989)
13) Any episode of BBC's A Ghost Story for Christmas
14) Kwaidan (怪談, "Ghost Stories")
15) David Lowery's A Ghost Story (Masterpiece.)
16) The Changeling
17) Hasta el viento tiene miedo (known in English as "Even the Wind is Afraid" and "The Wind of Fear")
18) Stir Of Echoes