Simple Joys

THE SHINING 1980 | dir. Stanley Kubrick

“Toph, when I was in town, I found something that you’re not gonna like.” | “Well it sounds like a sheet of paper, but I guess you’re referring to what’s on the sheet of paper.” | “It’s a wanted poster, of you. They’ve nicknamed you ’The Runaway.’” | “A wanted poster! That’s so great. The Runaway. I love my new nickname. Is there a picture of me? Does it look good?” | “Well, yeah, actually. It does look pretty good.”

“This is not a dream... not a dream. We are using your brain’s electrical system as a receiver. We are unable to transmit through conscious neural interference. You are receiving this broadcast as a dream. We are transmitting from the year one, nine, nine, nine. You are receiving this broadcast in order to alter the events you are seeing. Our technology has not developed a transmitter strong enough to reach your conscious state of awareness, but this is not a dream. You are seeing what is actually occurring for the purpose of causality violation.”

endless list of my favourite male horror characters:

Shelley Duvall in the deleted hospital scene from the original ending of THE SHINING (1980)