The Shining : I don't understand the ending?

I don't understand the ending?

I watched the Netflix version. 1 hour 59 mins. I don't understand the photo of him dated 1921 at the hotel??

Re: I don't understand the ending?

Jack was at the hotel in 1921 as Mr Torrance. Just the same as Grady was at the Overlook in 1921 as Delbert Grady.

Re: I don't understand the ending?

The main theories are;

The scary/supernatural parts and the end are all Jack's story that he's writing

The hotel lies, as Halloran tells Danny and it's absorbed Jack

Jack and all the others are reincarnated and each life go to the overlook and die

The reason I prefer theory 1 is when Jack gets the job, he is told of Charles Grady who killed his wife along with his 8 and 10 year old daughters. Chopped them up with an axe.
When Jack meets Grady later in the bathroom Grady says his name is Delbert. When Danny is haunted by the Grady children they appear to be twins or at least a year apart (at most)

Ultimately we never got to hear as Kubrick would never say.
This movie had millions of blogs and youtube videos dedicated to this question. That's how I came by these theories :)

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Oh...and the twins weren't chopped up, they were slashed across the belly

Re: I don't understand the ending?

I like number 1 as well, a look into the mind of a writer.
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