Who hurt Danny's neck in The Shining?

AND IT WAS THREE GODDAMN YEARS AGO!!!” This huge mismatch of time is very difficult to pass off as a script error. Combine this with the revelation that it was Jack who strangled Danny in the Overlook and a simple truth is revealed … Jack Torrance was and still is a violently abusive father.
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Who attacked 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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What happened to dannys neck shining?

So the bruises on Danny's neck were indeed inflicted by Jack off screen. Jack denies this to Lloyd, but he does so right before exclaiming that the last time he hurt his son was “three goddamn years ago,” demonstrating that at this time he is personifying his “past” incarnation, and his accounts are not applicable.
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Did Jack Abuse Danny 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.
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Why is Room 237 haunted in The Shining?

The room was inhabited in the past, by a Lorraine Massey who would usually seduce young bellboys who would visit her room. One time Danny Torrance visited this room after a ball strangely rolled to him from its open doors. Later, he claimed that a "crazy woman" tried to strangle him.
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Indications for #17: "The shining" - Jack's nightmare



Who is the old woman in Room 237?

He instead encountered a young naked woman in the bathroom, having a bath who came out and kissed him. That woman then became a rather ugly, rotting old woman who chased Jack out, cackling at his infidelity. It is assumed that the rotting old woman is Lorraine Massey.
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Why does Johnny go crazy in The Shining?

Jack becomes obsessed enough with the hotel's sordid past that he wants to write a book about it. He makes a long-distance call to the hotel's manager, Stuart Ullmann, and antagonizes him with this knowledge. Eventually, he goes mad thanks to the influence of the hotel's ghosts and attempts to kill Wendy and Danny.
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Why did Jack breaks Danny's arm?

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. 3) Sober, but under the influence of the Overlook, Jack slaps Danny for calling him out on his experience with the moving hedge animals.
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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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How did Jack injure Danny 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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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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What did the bear mean 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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Who was the man in the bear costume in The Shining?

Roger isn't mentioned in the 1980 film, but the character being depicted in the gay liaison who is dressed in a bear costume may be a throwback to this scene, Wendy is the one who witnesses the sexual activity between the two men in the film.
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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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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 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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Why does Danny talk to his finger in The Shining?

In the film, Danny talks to his imaginary friend Tony and moves his finger in a particular way whenever Tony speaks back. The iconic finger movement was actually improvised by Lloyd, making it seem like Tony is a parasitic worm living inside Danny.
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Why does he 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 U.S. network NBC-TV's long-running late night television program The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.
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Who is the villain in The Shining?

Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of The Shining was designed with the character of Jack Torrance as the Antagonist from the very beginning of the narrative.
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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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Was Jack always the caretaker in The Shining?

Delbert Grady tells Jack that he's “always been the caretaker,” implying the hotel continues to revisit its past inhabitants. It keeps calling back Gradys and Torrances to offer them a good vs. evil scenario, and they choose evil.
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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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Did Jack Torrance have the shine?

Jack and Danny Torrance Both Have the Shining in Kubrick's Film.
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Why was room 217 changed to 237?

Kubrick agreed to change the infamous room number from 217 to 237 (which does not exist) in the movie because the hotel was worried people would not want to stay in the room in the future. Ironically, room 217 is most often requested at Timberline Lodge, according to the hotel's website.
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Why does the Overlook want Danny?

In the book The Shining it's made clear to the readers that the Overlook Hotel wants to possess Danny Torrance so it can use his powerful telepathic power (his 'shine'). It does this by possessing his vulnerable father, Jack Torrance and using him as a puppet to hopefully kill Danny.
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