Fans of a popular horror movie have been speaking out in terror after spotting 'something odd happening' throughout the entire film they never noticed before.
As if horror movies aren't scary enough already, a cult classic among horror lovers has just gotten 'a whole lot creepier' after a fan of the film pointed out a disconcerting recurring detail others may've not spotted before.
X user Filippo Ulivieri - who goes by @nessuno2001 - took to the platform last year to share his findings, acknowledging while there are 'plenty of odd things' which take place in 1980's The Shining directed by Stanley Kubrick, there's something particularly 'weird' he's just noticed.
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His thread continued: "I don’t think anyone has ever noticed it before, because I cannot find anything about it. No article, no video, nothing.
"Well, it *has* been noticed before, but only once. I mean, one instance. This one. While in fact there are many, many more, as you see."
But what is this 'really weird' moment which happens persistently throughout the psychological horror which has got under the viewer's skin so much?
Well, Ulivieri said he's 'talking about [actor] Jack Nicholson looking right into the camera'.
The viewer explained: "I am not talking about when he looks at the camera because he is talking to someone else. This type of shot is called subjective camera - a technique that places the audience in the shoes of a character.
"I am talking about all the times in which Jack Torrance looks at the camera but there’s no one to look at. This thing happens throughout the entire film."
And yup, it's as disconcerting to see as you'd expect it to be, the actor looking at the camera in 'very brief moments' - really 'just a glance' - which appear as if the character is 'casting a brief look at something, as if he's peeking' or when his eyes 'move from one point of space to another'.
But why do such moments occur and what does it all mean?
Well, Ulivieri claimed the moments 'cannot be accidental' and in the documentary about making the film, Kubrick even 'explicitly asks Nicholson to find a way to look down, right where the camera is'.
And by breaking what's known as the fourth wall - the imaginary wall separating the actor's world from that of the audience - the result is the audience no longer feel like they're just watching The Shining, but are a part of it.
While Ulivieri noted Jack's looks don't 'feel deliberate' or 'seem to mean much' given how few people have noticed them, for him, 'if this look at the camera means anything [...] it means that *we* are not safe from Jack’s fury'.
"He knows where we are. He may come for us next," the viewer added.
And it's not taken long for people to flood to the thread to weigh in on the theory.
One X user wrote: "Interesting - I never noticed this. I always like hearing new theories about The Shining."
Another added: "This is kinda boggling my mind."
A third commented: "Fantastic thread, Filippo! Really enjoyed it. And The Shining just got a whole lot creepier."
So, what do you think?
Topics: Film and TV, Horror, Jack Nicholson, Social Media
Poppy Bilderbeck