Stephen King’s bestseller ‘The Shining’ was a chart-topping book that brought fear back to the front of a lot of people’s minds, and Stanley Kubrick took it upon himself to turn the chilling book into an even more chilling 1980 movie starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Scatman Crothers, and Danny Lloyd.
The movie brought us the trope of the creepy ghost twins, who only want Danny to come play with them forever, and it’s one of the enduring scary things that writers and filmmakers have gone back to over and over again. But how were the twins backstage?
CGI Swings the Other Way
The 'Jurassic Park' series began in the early nineties and is still rolling along, having come out with a few new films recently that really show what a good action movie reboot can do. Famous actors like Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard act amazing together, as a dinosaur trainer and an operations manager at the titular dinosaur theme park.
They've used improved CGI technology, just like the originals, and brought dinosaur power to the box office. The movies were a hit, with the first claiming the top spot on the all-time earnings list until 'Stars Wars: The Force Awakens' came out.
We're Lucky These Monsters Aren't Around Anymore
Taking a look at the behind-the-scenes photo takes away a lot of the tense power the dinosaurs have in the film, and even though the filmmakers used plenty of CGI to create the beasts, the filmmakers smartly went for plenty of practical effects as well. The actors are so good at pretending they're facing down real prehistoric dinosaurs.
There's lots of information about how the artists and consulting experts were able to create these amazing creatures, and able to make them look so good. The movie definitely profited from their expertise, and viewers all over the world seemed to love it.
Nothing Wrong With These Girls
Little kids in horror films are, for some reason, one of the creepiest ways to send chills down your viewers' spines, but when the cameras weren't rolling, these twins were just a pair of young actresses. It's very likely that Danny Lloyd, who played Danny Torrance, did actually play with them when they weren't needed on set.
The twins won the hearts of everyone on the set. It's known that Stanley Kubrick didn't let Lloyd know what kind of movie 'The Shining' was, and Lloyd only found out when he watched the film as a teenager. We wonder if Kubrick used the same tactic with the twins?
Batman and Bane Coming to Blows
Actor Tom Hardy is a hunk and a heartthrob, but when he put on the mask and the military-inspired outfit of Bane for the third installation of the Christopher Nolan Batman series, 'Dark Knight Rises', Hardy became a violent and brutal villain.
His mask gave his voice an unmistakable timbre, and he even managed to bring Batman down and cast him into the darkness. He almost manages to bring down the entire city of Gotham, until Bruce Wayne seemingly makes the ultimate sacrifice to keep the city safe. Why don't you go ahead and guess how the actors acted when off camera?