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Kubrick's film kills the TV adaption that was more faithful to King's novel.
Grady busting Jack out of the meat locker was part of his madness to me. Trippin' out delusional as fuck he realized you can open it from the inside (well all the lockers I've had the displeasure to be in workin' for the man and his killmachine) he just needed the white wabbit to show him the way.
The majority of SK adaptions leave a lot out of the books... it's a good or a bad thing depending on which version of the story you prefer.
At least Kubrick didn't dilute The Shining as much as Mary Harron did with American Psycho. It still has power and is faithful to the original text unlike Harron's take on Pyscho (people always bring up "you couldn't put that on film"...but thats just bullshit Kubrick left out some pervo twisted trademark King moments but did it subtely leaving it to the viewers imagination rather than ditching it completely).
I dig this Christine, Misery and The Dark Half a lot. Pet Semetary is dope too but it's nice to see directors given some freedom with his original texts rather than a 100% adaption.
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