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The Shining's Grady twins reveal how movie led to them being shunned. It’s one of the world’s scariest movies and has chilled and thrilled audiences for 3. Horror classic The Shining, starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall and Danny Lloyd, established Stanley Kubrick as one of the finest directors of his generation. As Halloween is celebrated today, the hit movie - adapted from Stephen King’s first hardback best- seller – is sure to be watched over and over again. Now in an exclusive interview, twins Lisa and Louise Burns, who sent shivers down viewers’ spines as the Grady daughters, have spoken about their experience working on the classic movie. Watch Lullaby For Pi Online.

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Scroll down for video Twins Lisa and Louise Burns, who sent shivers down viewers’ spines as the Grady daughters, have spoken about their experience working on the horror classic The Shining. The sisters (pictured), now 4.

Jack Nicholson, who plays Jack Torrance in the film, acted as a father- figure and mentor for the then 1. London, England. They reveal how Nicholson, despite his maniacal performance and playboy reputation, acted as a father- figure and mentor for the then 1.

London, England. The pair say Nicholson took naps on the floor between scenes to stay in character, talked about missing his daughter Jennifer from his first marriage to Sandra Knight and appeared to be a more devoted family man than his public image ever personified. Lisa, who today is a lawyer and Louise, a published scientist, both 4. They claim they were turned down by a number of acting schools because they’d been in the horror movie.‘Oh my God, we loved it,’ Louise and Lisa Burns say about their once in a lifetime gig working with Kubrick.‘Everyday felt like we’d been invited to a very exclusive party and we were the youngest, luckiest people to be there.’The two sisters said they relished every moment working at Elstree Studios in Hertfordshire, England with the legendary filmmaker.‘Stanley wanted us on set every single day, so between scenes we would play with Danny and Jack,’ said Louise. Watch D4 Download. The Shining tells the tale of aspiring writer and recovering alcoholic Jack Torrance (played expertly by Nicholson), who agrees to become a caretaker for the Overlook Hotel in the Colorado Rockies, and takes his wife Wendy and son Danny along for the ride. Soon, Danny develops a psychic ability, which allows him to see the hotel’s horrific back- story, while Jack becomes influenced by supernatural forces that put his family in grave danger. Nicholson’s career defining portrayal of unhinged family man Torrance and his delivery of the unforgettable line, ‘Here’s Johnny’, has stayed with audiences for over three decades.

The pair say Nicholson took naps on the floor between scenes to stay in character, talked about missing his daughter Jennifer from his first marriage to Sandra Knight. Louise has fond memories of her time on set with Nicholson, she said: ‘I clearly remember sitting on Jack’s knee and joking with him.‘We talked about his daughter Jennifer a lot because she was in America and wasn’t able to visit Jack. We played chess and just generally chewing the cud.‘Jack wasn’t a strange man at all, he was just a regular person, in fact he was very sweet.‘He really missed Jennifer, he broke up with his wife Sandra some 1. Jennifer was in the US with her.‘But at that time, he was actually going out with Anjelica Huston and Jack really wanted Anjelica to play Shelley Duvall’s character, Wendy Torrance, who was his on- screen wife.‘Sometimes he would lie on the floor and fall asleep because he was so tired from jetting back and forth to see Anjelica in America.‘They were extremely long days and I think Stanley would have had Jack work until the matchsticks fell out of his eyes, so he needed to nap between scenes.’Despite his grueling schedule, the girls say Nicholson never complained.‘Jack was a big film star at the time but he never acted like a big film star and never had any tantrums or said, “I’m too big for this”, he really never ran the fame game at all,’ said Lisa.‘We’d see Jack acting on set and he wasn’t anything like his character in reality.‘For Jack, it was like putting on a mask.

One minute he would be completely normal and then suddenly he would be Jack Torrance.‘Jack is a brilliant method actor who is so comfortable with his own identity that he can afford to let it wash away.'In the film, they terrify little Danny Torrance (pictured) when they chant, 'Come and play with us, Danny, forever, and ever, and ever,' in their English accents before the film flashes to their dead and bloody bodies. Lisa, who today is a lawyer and Louise, a published scientist, both 4. In the years since The Shining was released bizarre stories about life on set have fueled rumors claiming actress Duvall was tormented so badly by Kubrick that her hair fell out and she became ill and lost weight, but Lisa and Louise disagree.‘All those rumors were complete rubbish and totally unfounded. There’s been a theory that violence on screen meant violence on set, but we now know that is not true at all,’ says Lisa.‘We’ve always thought Shelley made an extremely good Mrs Torrance because she came across as being very meek and subservient, but she wasn’t at all like that in real life.‘She wasn’t stressed out and she didn’t lose weight, she was a naturally long, thin, beanpole of a woman.‘Shelley was a great method actor too, so she just embraced the role.’The twins admit that the question they have been asked most over the years is, ‘Was Jack Nicholson really creepy?’. Louise says: ‘He wasn’t creepy at all, he was acting.

When you meet him in real life he’s just a normal person.'In the film the two young girls are murdered violently with an axe after their hotel- caretaker father develops cabin fever. They terrify little Danny Torrance when they chant, 'Come and play with us, Danny, forever, and ever, and ever,' in their English accents before the film flashes to their dead and bloody bodies.

Since its release in 1. The Shining has become one of the most quoted horror movies of all time, with phrases like ‘Red Rum’ and ‘Here’s Johnny’ a hit with fans of the genre.

And despite mixed reviews and an Oscar snub for Nicholson as Best Actor, it still tops the list of best all- time horror movies list and will be a firm favorite this Halloween. Thanks to Kubrick’s knack of scaring the audience witless The Shining was given an 1. England for being a thriller with violence and blood. But it never felt creepy or weird for the girls when they were young. The Shining tells the tale of aspiring writer and recovering alcoholic Jack Torrance (played expertly by Nicholson), who agrees to become a caretaker for the Overlook Hotel in the Colorado Rockies, and takes his wife Wendy and son Danny along for the ride.

The pair said Nicholson (pictured on Wednesday) appeared to be a more devoted family man than his public image ever personified. The twins even celebrated their 1. Kubrick's wife, Vivian Kubrick, gave them each an autograph book that she had everyone sign. Fittingly Mrs Kubrick signed her signature with fake blood that they used in the film.‘What was so wonderful to us was that Stanley had found the time to celebrate the 1. It really did feel like we were all family by then,’ said Louise.