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Published 18:29 IST, November 4th 2019

David Harbour recreates 'Here's Johnny' scene from 'The Shining'

David Harbour recently recreated a scene from the Stephen King book adaption The Shining to celebrate the festival of Halloween. Fans were left wanting for more

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Stranger Things actor David Harbour recently recreated a scene from the Stephen King book adaption The Shining to celebrate the festival of Halloween. On November 1, Harbour posted a video on his Instagram handle. He recreated the horror scene from The Shining that was played by Jack Nicholson in the movie.

David Harbour's Halloween treat

Considered to be one of the scariest scenes, Nicholson, plays the role of a struggling writer and alcoholic, Jack Torrance, who finally goes crazy and admits to the fact that he a psychopath killer. Exploiting the horror factor, Harbour dressed up as the movie character and nailed the deranged Jack's expression with perfection. Although the video ends when the so-called "axe" that Harbour was used to break the door, broke.

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At the beginning of the video, David can be seen knocking on the closed door and starts mouthing off the dialogues by saying Little pigs, Little pigs let me in and then goes on to say that "I will huff, I will Puff and I will blow your house in", before the toy ax that he planned on using to enact the final sequence broke as soon as he hit it on the door.

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The video was shot by Kris Jenner and it prompted the users to comment and ask for a remake of the 1980 horror classic with Harbour as the deranged killer, Jack Torrance. Another user was surprised with the ease with which the Stranger Things actor played the role and added that first, he looked like Orson Welles and late as Jack Nicholson.

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The Shining

The Shining was an adaptation of famous horror writer, Stephen King's book by the same name and focused on Jack Torrance's character slowly losing itself in the world of madness. The much talked about scene had the character poke his head through the hole in the door after making it with an axe and say "Here's Johny", even as his on-screen wife was on the other side of the door.

Read: 5 Stephen King Novels That Will Send Shivers Down Your Spine

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(With inputs from agencies)

15:20 IST, November 4th 2019