As we looked back at Halloween that was this past Friday, my question is: what is your scariest movie you have seen?

My scariest movie is “THE SHINING,” with Jack Nichalson.

Did you know that Stephen King didn’t like that version, so he had it redone?

I don’t know about you but you cannot go wrong with Jack Nichalson. He was just perfect for that role. I’ll go into my reason why I say that but first let’s go into Steven King, one of the greatest horror author of all time.

Before Stephen King became known as the scariest author, there was Edgar Allen Poe of the 1800’s. He wrote such stories as: THE RAVEN, THE FALL OF THE USHER, and THE TELL-TALE HEART. Who haven’t read these stories?

THE TELL-TALE HEART is a short story by Edgar Allen Poe about an unnamed narrator who insists on his sanity while describing the murder of an old man he was living with. This story is a gothic classic exploring themes of madness, guilt, and the psychological effects of paranoia.

Edgar Allen Poe suffered from paranoid schizophrenic, making him into a great writer of horror stories. I remembered reading THE TELL-TALE HEART when I was in high school. It was a required reading and one of the good stories I read. It was creepy and made you think in the process.

Now you can say that Stephen King is that type of author as well. A lot of his works had been made into movies and/or mini-series for television. I have a book that I’m in the process of writing and typing up called, “ROLLAG HILLS,” that could be on the same page as type of book Stephen King would right, without me giving away the plot.

Like I said earlier, Stephen King didn’t like the version of THE SHINING with Jack Nichalson for some reason. The reason he didn’t like Stanley Kubrick’s film adaptation of THE SHINING was because he felt it was an emotionally cold, misogynistic, and poorly adapted version of his novel.

I have this to say though, who can go wrong with Jack Nichalson? He was just so perfect in that role. He got that creepy personality to make him a perfect good actor. When he would say, “Here’s Johnny;” he say it with such a spell-binding way. Let’s look at other movies that Jack Nichalson starred in so you can get the picture of why I say he was perfect for THE SHINING.

One of Jack Nichalson first movie was ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO NEST. In that movie, he played a patient in a mental asylum, I couldn’t see no other actor portraying that character beside him.

When he played the Joker in the BATMAN MOVIE, starring Michael Keaton, he had the Joker’s grin down pact.

If you ever look at Jack Nichalson, you can see why I say that. He is known as often playing charismatic rebels fighting against social structure.

Another movie that Jack Nichalson was perfect in was A FEW GOOD MEN, also starring Tom Cruise and Demi Moore. The famous line that he used in the movie is “You want the truth-you can’t handle the truth.” I used that same line when it comes to my blog. If you read my blog you would understand why I used that line.

When you’re looking for a scary movie to watch by yourself or with your girlfriend or if you prefer boyfriend, I recommend you check out THE SHINING. It will scare the wits out of you.

Don’t get me wrong there are lots of scary movies out there to pick from. It just that for this blog, THE SHINING is my point of reference at this time. I have mentioned 2 scary movies 2 years ago with PSYCO and HALLOWEEN. There’s also SILENCE OF THE LAMB, but that could be a different blog. Just like the movie, SEVEN, starring Brad Pitt. And of course, the Japanese is known to make scarier movies than the United States.

So once again, what is your scariest movie you have ever seen? Do you agree with me with THE SHINING? Please let me know with your comment.