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WARNING: This review contains content inappropriate for children
Jack Torrance had his problems. Sure, he was a drunk, but he loved his kid. Eventually he got sober for a while, that's when he got offered a job as a winter caretaker for the Overlook Hotel. He takes his wife and his son Danny up to the beautiful mountain hotel. You'd think the story would end there. They have a nice time and spend time together as a family.
Cabin fever soon comes. With mild facts that Jack hurts his son and gets angry. Later, he would be perfectly fine and to his wife he looks like he's drunk even though he hasn't had a single drop of alcohol. Danny has also lied to his parents about what his creepy imaginary friend Tony has been saying to him about the hotel.
Even if you've seen or know the premise of the 1980 film of the same name, a few things are changed, as with all the movies. But, it is still thrilling all the same.
Language: 60 or more uses of f-ck and s-it, one use of c-ck, 4 uses of c-nt, many uses of hell and damn, and uses of a--, a--hole, prick, b-tch, and SOB
Sexual Content: Some sexual references and people had had sex in the past. A woman in a dress has her dress fall down so that one of her breasts is exposed. A woman Jack dances with asks him if he wants to go upstairs, he says yes, but they never do. He thinks the same woman is naked under her dress. One scene of foreplay in which Jack caresses his wife's breasts. Mentions of a couple of ghosts being nude, both male and female. Reference to masturbation and erections once or twice each.
Violent content: Danny sees some gross images, including blood and brains spattered all over the wall and a naked decomposed woman who tries to strangle him. Jack's father beats his mother for no reason until she is bloody. Jack is stung by wasps. Jack breaks Danny's arm. Jack and Al think that they hit a kid drunk driving when they find a broken bicycle. (They didn't) There are sounds of heard of hammers hitting flesh- repeatedly. Then that actually happens. Jack hits his wife several times in several different areas with a roque mallet. She stabs him in the back with a knife and cuts his hands with a razor blade. Another man is hit by Jack's mallet also. Jack verbally abuses his wife and son. Jack beats his own face in with the mallet also, his hands are then burned and he is ultimately killed in an explosion. Overall, the body count in this film is one. "Hedge" animals (the hedges shaped as animals) attack Danny and another man and come close to attacking Jack. A man lights his arm on fire.
Drug and alcohol: Jack used to be a raving drunk. In most of the story he isn't, but we definitely get a taste for how much he misses it sometimes. He also, takes a lot of Excedrin and instead of swallowing them for headaches he chews them. He sometimes gets brief highs from them. Lots of people smoke
Other content: For any kids under 14 this book is scary. (and probably too mature!)
My Rating:16+
Rating: R for Disturbing and bloody images, pervasive language, graphic nudity, and for some thematic elements
(The movie did earn an R rating)
WARNING: This review contains content inappropriate for children
Jack Torrance had his problems. Sure, he was a drunk, but he loved his kid. Eventually he got sober for a while, that's when he got offered a job as a winter caretaker for the Overlook Hotel. He takes his wife and his son Danny up to the beautiful mountain hotel. You'd think the story would end there. They have a nice time and spend time together as a family.
Cabin fever soon comes. With mild facts that Jack hurts his son and gets angry. Later, he would be perfectly fine and to his wife he looks like he's drunk even though he hasn't had a single drop of alcohol. Danny has also lied to his parents about what his creepy imaginary friend Tony has been saying to him about the hotel.
Even if you've seen or know the premise of the 1980 film of the same name, a few things are changed, as with all the movies. But, it is still thrilling all the same.
Language: 60 or more uses of f-ck and s-it, one use of c-ck, 4 uses of c-nt, many uses of hell and damn, and uses of a--, a--hole, prick, b-tch, and SOB
Sexual Content: Some sexual references and people had had sex in the past. A woman in a dress has her dress fall down so that one of her breasts is exposed. A woman Jack dances with asks him if he wants to go upstairs, he says yes, but they never do. He thinks the same woman is naked under her dress. One scene of foreplay in which Jack caresses his wife's breasts. Mentions of a couple of ghosts being nude, both male and female. Reference to masturbation and erections once or twice each.
Violent content: Danny sees some gross images, including blood and brains spattered all over the wall and a naked decomposed woman who tries to strangle him. Jack's father beats his mother for no reason until she is bloody. Jack is stung by wasps. Jack breaks Danny's arm. Jack and Al think that they hit a kid drunk driving when they find a broken bicycle. (They didn't) There are sounds of heard of hammers hitting flesh- repeatedly. Then that actually happens. Jack hits his wife several times in several different areas with a roque mallet. She stabs him in the back with a knife and cuts his hands with a razor blade. Another man is hit by Jack's mallet also. Jack verbally abuses his wife and son. Jack beats his own face in with the mallet also, his hands are then burned and he is ultimately killed in an explosion. Overall, the body count in this film is one. "Hedge" animals (the hedges shaped as animals) attack Danny and another man and come close to attacking Jack. A man lights his arm on fire.
Drug and alcohol: Jack used to be a raving drunk. In most of the story he isn't, but we definitely get a taste for how much he misses it sometimes. He also, takes a lot of Excedrin and instead of swallowing them for headaches he chews them. He sometimes gets brief highs from them. Lots of people smoke
Other content: For any kids under 14 this book is scary. (and probably too mature!)
My Rating:16+
Rating: R for Disturbing and bloody images, pervasive language, graphic nudity, and for some thematic elements
(The movie did earn an R rating)
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