As in many of his films, director Kubrick exploresthe dimensions of the genre to create the ultimate horror film - hedeliberately reduces the pace of the narrative and expands the rather simpleplot of a domestic tragedy to over two hours in length, creates lush imageswithin the ornate interior of the main set, adds a disturbing synthesizedsoundtrack (selecting musical works from Bela Bartok, Gyorgy Ligeti, and Polishcomposer Krzysztof Penderecki), filmed most of the gothic horror in …showed first 75 words of 764 total…

…showed last 75 words of 764 total…a different way. Her heavy-liddedgaze takes an age to wake to the problem in hand; afterwards she resists theflow of terror and rarely makes a stupid move. Ultimately Kubrick leaves usshort-changed, wrapping events up too rapidly and leaving deeper motivationsunexplored, while the concluding ambiguous note is intriguing. A good to moralto this movie would be evil is timeless and spans eternity. As Jack hasreminded us, the potential for violence and murder is present in everyone.