Stephen King
17 September 2016
Stephen King: Portrait
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21 Friday Oct 2016
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Stephen King
17 September 2016
Spot on! I love it!
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I first read The Shining when I was in the 7th or 8th grade so, like you, when I reread it the paternal antagonist struck me more than the haunted hotel. Even Jack Torrence’s own father beating Jack’s mom in front of him with a cane. I followed it with Jay Anson’s The Amityville Horror that came out later the same year as Stephen King’s novel (1977). I’m not sure what period it was written, but it seems heavily influenced by The Shining. However, following the books up with the films, Amityville Horror (1979) and Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining (1980), the stories seem to feed off of each other as they evolve; such as Kubrick’s film wisely replacing the roque mallet with the ax. The Shining (both novel and film) are superior works, but as I see Amityville continue to resonate in pop culture (including the opening scene of this year’s The Conjuring 2) I can’t not think of it as at least a step child in the lineage of The Shining.
PS Of course the initial inspiration for The Amityville Horror was the truely terrifying murders in Amityville when Ronnie DeFeo actually murdered his father and mother and 4 siblings. (Oh… and of course the haunting of the Lutz family if you believe in supernatural of course! lol)
I’m curious of your thoughts on the two stories or the familial antagonist.
This is for your analysis of The Shining, not just the Stephen King portrait.
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