The Shining

The Shining

In The Puppet Show, Xander holds up Sid the Dummy and says, “Redrum, Redrum”. Redrum is from Stephen King’s novel The Shining, and for those not in the know, it’s ‘murder’ spelt backwards. The Shining was made into a movie starring Jack Nicholson as Jack Torrance.
In Gone, Buffy says, “All work and no play makes Doris a dull girl”. This is a reference to The Shining in which the main character, Jack Torrance, writes the words “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy” when he starts to go crazy from cabin fever.
In Normal Again, Jonathan says, “I’m going all Jack Torrance here, you know?” referring to the main character in The Shining.
In Are You Now or Have You Ever Been?, Angel is staying in room 217 in the hotel. This is the same room number in The Shining in which young Danny Torrance finds a dead woman in the bathtub.
In Billy, the scenes of Wesley chasing Fred through the hotel with an axe are reminiscent of the move version of The Shining, in which Jack Torrence does the same thing.

   
Source:BBC Buffy
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    Added: › 26th August 2004
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    7 Comments about “The Shining”

    1. kp says:

      “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy” is MUCH older than “The Shining.” Stephen King is quoting a very old proverb — he certainly shouldn’t be given credit for writing it himself.

    2. Saintsaucey says:

      I prefer “All work and no play makes Homer go crazy”

    3. BringTheNoise says:

      The proverb is very old, but covering pages and pages in it (as Buffy does) is a very deliberate reference to The Shining.

    4. MagicBone says:

      In Gone, she writes ‘All work and no play makes Doris a dull girl’

    5. NotFadeAway says:

      Just wanted to mention that it is “No T.V. and no beer make Homer go crazy.” Anyway, it’s very funny.

    6. mairceridwen says:

      It’s actually, “No TV and no beer make Homer something something”

    7. Smash says:

      That is my favorite Halloween Simpsons special ever.

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