Scary trailer countdown, Oct. 25: 'The Shining'
The Shining' featured one of the most disturbing teasers ever made - and more recently, has inspired a hilarious 'end credits song' from Joe Cornish.
Many trailers advocate a minimalistic approach, frequently keeping dialogue and story details on the down-low. This teaser for Stanley Kubrick's 1980 adaptation of the Stephen King novel doesn't even feature any actors or narrators, just an increasingly unsettling soundtrack drone and scrolling credits that culminate with one of the film's most surreal and iconic images.
Shudder. On a lighter note, you've probably seen or heard of the recut trailer that imagines the film as a romantic comedy. You may not have seen, however, Joe Cornish's "end title song," which sums up The Shining in upbeat, spoiler-filled fashion. Cornish proposed a hilarious title song for the James Bond film Quantum of Solace, and this has a similarly cheeky sense of humor. It follows after the jump.