Why did The Shining appear in the horror film 1?

I haven't seen this film for a long time before I saw The Shining. Because of the title of "Horror FilmNo. 1", I even kept trembling for fear that an uncomfortable picture would pop up suddenly. However, watching the whole movie didn't make me feel particularly scary.

If you simply look at it, you may not care about the brand 1 at all.

In fact, this film is suitable for watching several times carefully before you can taste the fear in your heart.

There are many seemingly illogical plots in the film, which just gives the audience a lot of room for discussion. For example, Danny writes "murder" backwards. What does the mirror image that Mom saw in the mirror mean?

Jack who was locked up let him out; When he was put in, the door handle was in the opposite direction; What is Uncle Black's identity and why he is as "sharp" as Danny; Sharpness is good or bad;

Who left the cut on Jack's neck? What does room 237 mean? Why can Danny and Jack see the woman in the bathtub, but mom can't ... There is no answer in the film, and everything is left to the audience to infer.

So there are different interpretations, and it seems that everyone is very reasonable.

A horror film that doesn't look too scary has left so many mysteries, and the more you guess, the more horrible it is, which is very extraordinary. This feeling can be described as "careful thinking and extreme fear".

The climax of the film is the black and white photo on the hotel wall at the end, so Jack becomes one of the evil spirits hotels?

Some people interpret this film as a microcosm of the American pioneer era, and it seems that there is nothing wrong with it, because Jack and the bartender in the film have repeatedly mentioned "white people's anxiety", which is also consistent with this inference in the plot direction and ending. But people who don't know American history can simply think that this is just a large haunted house that destroys the spirit of a family.

No matter what kind of interpretation, the director will laugh happily in the sky. Isn't that what you want? If you can see through it at a glance, can you still call it a classic?

Only from the perspective of human nature, this film also captures the idea that Wendy and Jack once had a very happy life. As Jack's financial situation went from bad to worse, the family moved into this empty hotel. Jack types and writes articles day after day, Wendy does housework and the children explore every corner of the hotel. It looks very beautiful.

However, career setbacks can not be easily solved by changing the environment. If there is no paranormal in this hotel and the family lives alone in a large space that is almost isolated from the world, normal people will feel anxious. Without social environment, it is difficult for people to deal with problems correctly, let alone encounter so many incredible things.

The scar on her son's neck made Wendy blame Jack irrationally. She never considered whether the injury was caused by her son, and the trust between husband and wife gradually lost. The wife faced her husband who might be prone to domestic violence, and later witnessed the crazy words printed on the printer: All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, which made Jack crazy. The wife's mentality is also out of balance, and the bad blood between them leads to the drastic changes in the future. We saw that Jack looked crazy, Wendy was frightened, and Danny acted strangely.

All these scenes constitute a horrible picture that makes people tremble from the bottom of their hearts, rather than the horror that the eyes can see.

The highest level of horror movies is to break your defense psychologically, and sharping did it.

So this is also the reason why The Shining can be recognized by the world as a 1 horror film. Later, in Ready Player One, Steven Allan Spielberg paid tribute to the "sea of blood" and twin girls in The Shining, which is also the most visually shocking picture in The Shining.