The Shining was
one of Kubrick’s last movies. To be
precise, it was 3rd to last.
After The Shining, Kubrick made Full Metal Jacket and Eyes Wide
Shut. By then, Kubrick had dabbled with
all sorts of genres – Thriller (The Killing), War (Fear & Desire), Dark
Comedy (Dr. Strangelove), SciFi (2001) – you name it. The only one conspicuously missing was
Horror. And what a movie The Shining
turned out to be.