The adaptation of Stephen King’s Stanley Kubrick is widely considered one of the best horror films of all time, and its influence continues to resonate with the modern public. For a proof, do not look for further than season 2 of “Nine Perfect Strangers” of Hulu, who follows various people who come together for psychedelic therapy in the Austrian Alps. The isolated framework, associated with the more mind -boggling elements of the series, made sure that certain viewers compare the drama with Nicole Kidman to the classic of Kubrick, and they have one point.
Although there is a “shiny” influence throughout “nine perfect foreigners” season 2, the final carries it to another level. The episode sees a crazy man – and strongly stumbled – called Martin (Lucas Englander) Chase Masha (Kidman) through the snow after having experienced a ghostly hallucination in a hotel. The sequence is a clear wink at the end of “The Shining”, which involves Jack Torrance by Jack Nicholson, hunting, hunting at the Overlook hotel before their final force in the snow. It is an emblematic sequence, and King agrees with the feeling that “nine perfect foreigners” pay tribute to it – and not in the right direction.
Responding to a user who highlighted the similarities between the scene and “The Shining” on the sons, King wrote: “It’s the Kubrick version, well”, continuing his tradition of throwing shadow on the classic of horror. In this spirit, why does the legendary author look like such an acclaimed adaptation of his work?
Why Stephen King hates the Shining by Stanley Kubrick
“The Shining” is one of Stephen King’s most personal stories because the character of Jack Torrance was inspired by his own difficulties with alcoholism and the tension that she caused within her family at the time. However, the original novel sees Jack gradually going down in madness after having presented it as a loving and warm character. Meanwhile, the film adaptation of Stanley Kubrick portrays him as a time bomb on the scale of departure and relegates Wendy Torrance to the key. Kubrick changes are not well with King, and he explained his problems with the film in an interview with Paris Review:
“Too cold. No feeling of emotional investment in the family on his part. I felt that the treatment of Shelley Duvall like Wendy – I mean, to speak of insulting women. She is essentially a screaming machine. There is no sense of her involvement in family dynamics … [Jack] is crazy. So where is the tragedy if the guy presents himself for his job interview and he is already crazy? No, I hated what Kubrick did with that. “”
Not only that, but King’s disdain from Kubrick’s point of view on “The Shining” led him to produce the 1997 mini-series, which is more faithful to the original history. However, if the tribute in “Nine Perfect Strangers” tells us something, it is that people are always in love with Kubrick’s film, and the author is undoubtedly in the minority with regard to his opinions on adaptation.
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