The Shining

The globe ofThe ShiningandSuper Mario Bros.collide in a trippy new crossover video recording that turns the Overlook Hotel into a television game stratum . free in 1980 , Stanley Kubrick’sadaptation of the Stephen King novelof the same name is now a horror classic , chronicling Jack Torrance ’s ( Jack Nicholson ) descent into madness while expect after a haunted hotel with his family unit . The film could n’t be any more different from the child - friendlySuper Mariofranchise , which includes 12 of Nintendo game and multiple movie adaptations , includingThe Super Mario Bros. Movie(2023 ) .

Now , Mark Cannataro Filmson Instagram imagines what a crossover betweenThe ShiningandSuper Mario Bros. would search like , and the result is quite unknown . The video open with Mario defeating Bowser before hack his way through the door of Overlook Hotel elbow room 237 , with the scene edit together with shaft of Shelley Duvall yell and cowering in the john as Wendy Torrance . The remainder of the video boast a figure of other moments fromThe ShininginSuper Marioform , including Jack ’s encounter in the room 237 bathroom . delay out the telecasting below :

The Shining References In The Super Mario Bros. Video Explained

How The Video Puts New Twists On Classic Kubrick Scenes

After that opening succession of Mario break the doorway down , which in reality mirrors theend ofThe Shiningwhen Jack has in full buy the farm delirious , the television puts a uniqueSuper Mariospin on what transpires in room 237 . In the picture , Jack embrace and snog a bare woman who ill-use out of the bathing tub before she then turns into an old charwoman with decompose form . The video , however , replaces the young bare woman with a clothed Princess Peach , with theSuperMarioprincess then transforming into Toad .

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From there , the video features a greatest hits ofmoments fromThe Shining . Mario hops onto a recreation of Danny ’s velocipede and witnesses a recreation of the picture show ’s iconic elevator picture , with blood pouring out into the hallway toward the television camera . The television then admit a more comedic take on one particularly haunting second fromThe Shiningin whichWendy witness a man in a dog costume do oral sex on another man . In the crossover , however , it ’s Mario in a dog costume and he ’s on the face of it using a emptiness .

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The last moments of the video featuretwin Princess Peaches as stand - Indiana for the Grady baby , severalise Mario to " Come and play with us . “In the movie , it ’s revealed thatDelbert Grady murdered his folk , including his twinned daughters , after going insane , but theSuper Mariovideo does n’t include this backstory . After Mario agrees to play with the twins , unlike Danny , who never did , the deuce-ace are get wind play a game as the camera zooms in on an old photo of Mario at the Overlook , with the picture finish just asThe Shiningdid .

The world ofMariowill retort to the big projection screen with theconfirmedThe Super Mario Bros. Movie 2 .

Our Take On The Shining & Super Mario Bros. Crossover

Why A Real Crossover Will Never Happen

A crossover betweenThe ShiningandSuper Mario Bros. is an odd one given the vastly different audience for the two franchises . WhileThe Shiningis shit R for the comprehension of strong spoken language , ferocity , and nakedness , all element of theSuper Mario Bros.franchise have been aimed at audiences of all eld . This is part of what makes certain elements of the crossover voter television so jarring and so comedic . While it ’s for certain mirthful in a sharpness - sized Instagram telecasting , audience should n’t ask a real - living crossover withThe Shiningin aSuper Mario Bros.game anytime soon .

Source:@markcannatarofilms

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The Grady Twins (Lisa Burns and Louise Burns) talk to Danny in “The Shining” (1980)

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