How did Jack hurt Danny in The Shining?

One of the biggest giveaway's that Jack strangled Danny is a shot in which Jack walks down a mustard coloured hallway before switching on the lights of the Gold Room. In the previous scene he was accused by his wife of choking the boy and in this scene his reaction to the presence of mirrors confirms her accusation.
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What did Jack do to Danny in The Shining?

In the "fatherly love" scene, Jack strangles Danny and sexually abuses him. In the "naked woman" scene Danny is manifested as his own father and witnesses the encounter. Thus, the disgust Jack sees in the mirror is actually the disgust that Danny feels as he encounters the experience.
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How did Jack breaks Danny's arm?

Jack's father abused him regularly, and Jack physically injures Danny three times. 1) He drops baby Danny when drunk. 2) Also drunk, he breaks Danny's arm when Danny tears up his study and pours beer on Jack's writing.
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Was Jack abusive in The Shining?

While it is not highlighted as much in the sequel, The Shining does not shy away from establishing the fact that Jack Torrance abused his wife and child. Due to the abusive nature of the character and Kubrick's own abuse of his cast, the film has not aged well in the modern day.
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Why is Jack limping in The Shining?

After wrestling with an angel who injures Jacob's thigh, his name is changed from Ya'acov to Yisrael (Israel). The damage caused to his thigh causes him to limp. In a close parallel, Jack is injured by his wife Wendy during the course of the film, crippling his leg.
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What was the point of the bear scene in The Shining?

The Bear Man Is A Reference To Sexual Abuse

One of the most persuasive is the reoccurrence of bear symbolism. For example, during the scene where Danny is speaking to his psychiatrist, he is laying on stuffed bears.
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Was Jack always the caretaker in The Shining?

Jack Torrance has always been the caretaker. His alcoholic tendencies come back to tempt him when he's in the Overlook's grip. Wendy sees Danny injured and immediately thinks it was Jack, because he's hurt their son before. Grady killed his family, and his daughters warn Danny of what's to come for him.
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Why did Danny write Redrum?

Danny even manages to anticipate what is about to happen by writing “redrum” on the bathroom door because this is where the murder will take place. The separation of Danny's alter ego voices into manifestations of Tony and Jack, through the presence / absence of his wagging finger, fits very well throughout the film.
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Who tried to strangle Danny in The Shining?

Lorraine Massey — One of the most violent and frightening ghosts of the hotel. She lures Danny to Room 237 and strangles him.
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Who is the lady in room 237?

Lia Beldam is best known for playing the super sexy babe in the bathtub in room 237 -- whose flesh rots off while in Jack's arms -- in the Stanley Kubrick's 1980 masterpiece "The Shining." Guess what ...
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Was Danny abused in The Shining book?

Danny has been sexually abused by Jack.
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Was Jack a ghost in The Shining?

Interestingly, in the 1997 Shining miniseries, which King himself wrote, there's a brief epilogue in which a graduating Danny is visited by the ghost of Jack, beaming with pride, suggesting that Jack's spirit was fully freed when the Overlook blew up.
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What mental illness does Jack Torrance have?

Following the success of Halloween, Stanley Kubrick's The Shining was released in 1980. The Shining follows Jack Torrance, a man recovering from alcohol use disorder, who has delusions and develops psychosis over the course of the film.
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Who bruised Danny's neck in The Shining?

Room 237 is basically a dream logic version of the Torrance apartment and the neck injuries inflicted upon Danny for having woken his father up. One of the biggest giveaway's that Jack strangled Danny is a shot in which Jack walks down a mustard coloured hallway before switching on the lights of the Gold Room.
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Was Jack Torrance a good father?

Jack is an extremely sympathetic character. His power as a protagonist lies in his deep desire, and great potential, to be a good person – a good father, a good husband, and a good writer.
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What does the woman in the bathtub mean in The Shining?

The old woman rising from the bathtub represents Jack waking up from his nap as an ugly, evil person, and the shot only comes late in the scene because Danny only realizes too late that he was fooled by his father's reassuring demeanor.
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Why is Danny's imaginary friend Tony?

Tony (his name taken from Danny's middle name, Anthony), is at first to Danny an imaginary playmate, then a source of fear, and finally a source of strength.
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Can you stay in Room 237?

Think of it as the hotel's classy version of a haunted house experience. The promotion includes “special accommodations” in Room 237, for $237 a night. If you'll recall, Room 237 is where all manner of terror occurs at the story's Overlook Hotel. Marketing materials for Hotel Clermont's “Here's Johnny” package.
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Why does the kid in The Shining say Red Rum?

REDRUM (/ɹidː. ɹʌm/), also stylized as REDЯUM, refers to the word murder, spelled backwards. Danny's drawn redrum in a mirror, seen by Wendy Torrance.
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What do the wasps represent in The Shining?

The wasps' nest, in this case, symbolizes danger and Danny's misplaced trust in Jack, and it proves instead to be an omen for a devastating future. Danny isn't the only character who has an experience with a wasps' nest.
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Why does Jack say here's Johnny?

Jack Nicholson ad-libbed the line "Here's Johnny!" in imitation of announcer Ed McMahon's famous introduction of Johnny Carson on the TV program "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" (1962-1992).
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Why is the Overlook Hotel evil?

In The Shining, many things are overlooked: past murders at the hotel, leaving the hotel in the possession of an abusive alcoholic, and checking the boilers, among many other things. Because of this, the Overlook Hotel is an extremely haunted and evil place.
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Why did Stephen King not like The Shining movie?

From the very beginning of production, Stephen King was very vocal regarding his disappointment with Kubrick's filmmaking decisions. Rather than deliver a faithful adaptation of King's work, Kubrick made "The Shining" his own, going against the wishes and artistic intent of King, and deviating from his original story.
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Did Jack Torrance have the shine?

Jack and Danny Torrance Both Have the Shining in Kubrick's Film.
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