Several mentions of The Shining.
One thing I love about The Shining, is how it took 35 years to have a profound influence on the genre: The Babadook, Hereditary, Get Out, and others are the new style of horror... slow burns, genre bending, and the descending madness of its characters which twist the viewer perception of what is actually going on in the film.
Why did it take so long?
Slashers dominated for like 30 years - Basically the formula of "First victims killed, protagonist tie to the story, next set of victims killed (usually related to the protagonist), victim 3, victim 4, victim 5, etc... until most of the cast is dead and then the protagonist usually figures out how to stop the villain or escape."
Then along comes James Wan and Saw. But the difference really didn't make an impact, critics focused on the violence. So James Wan, with a tiny budget, made a film to answer the critics by showing that he could make a brilliant horror film with little to no violence: Insidious. This led to his much higher-budget and very similar style film The Conjuring, and its sequel Conjuring 2 - which is one of the most terrifying films I have ever seen... and almost no violence in it. Anyway, I'm getting away from my point - James Wan's films blew apart the dominance of the tired slasher genre and opened the doors to other styles of horror film. It didn't take long before production companies realized there was opportunity for auteurs to find success making horror films in the style of one of their all-time favourites: The Shining. Then 35-40 years later, we see a whole age of horror film based on the Shining; and IMO, this is one of the best periods of time to be a fan of the genre, it hasn't been this good since the late 1970s/early 1980s.
Do I find The Shining to be one of the most rewatchable films of all time? I don't, but it's still one of my favourites, and I'm glad there are many out there that do find it highly rewatchable.
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