10 Horror Movies That Went Too Far

The Shining is a horror movie masterpiece - lauded the world over for its intelligent storytelling and lasting impression it's made on the industry. And whilst everything we see on screen is a meticulously rendered example of Stanley Kubrick's insane talent, he definitely went too far in trying to attain his artistic vision behind the scenes. Of course, Shelley Duvall's treatment during filming has been no secret, and became a legend in its own right.

Kubrick continually bullied and belittled Duvall throughout the whole 13 month filmmaking extravaganza, telling crew not to sympathise with her and consistently coming down hard on her acting abilities, essentially telling her she was worthless and wasting everyone's time. Infamously, he made her shoot the baseball-bat scene 127 times in a row, meaning her mental anguish that's captured on film is very, very real from Kubrick's relentless provocation.

At the end of the day, Kubrick hired an actor, capable of acting, and should have felt no desire to traumatise her into compliance to get what he deemed the right level of hysteria. Considering Duvall's disappearance and strange behaviour in the years since too, it really was a case of too high a cost.