Sean's Movie Obessions

The Shining

Theories

There are a lot of continuity errors and geographical oddities in The Shining, but maybe that's because Jack and his family are hallucinating throughout their stay at the Overlook. In fact, maybe they're the subject of a government-run science experiment. According to this theory, Jack's employment at the Overlook is a front so that the US government can test out mind control techniques on isolated test subjects, and all the supernatural visions the Torrances experience are actually the results of these experiments.

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