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Mythbuster Adam Savage Built His Own ‘Shining’ Maze
I think we can all agree that “Mythbusters” is a pretty awesome show. After all, who doesn’t love seeing people put weird science myths to the test, oftentimes resulting in a few explosions and some serious harm inflicted upon Buster?
Show co-host Adam Savage is also a blast (pun…intended?), his passion for science and all things nerdy, geeky, and fandom-related highly infectious and very relatable. After all, how many of us get really excited when we get to talk about horror and everything about it that makes us go nuts?
Turns out that Adam is also quite the horror fan, as he self-professes. And, according to him, Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, “…is one of my all-time favorite horror movies.” In fact, Savage loves the film so much that he got inspired by the Kubrick archives exhibitions, which were traveling the country at the time, to create his own miniature version of the iconic hedge maze.
“It’s such an iconic character in the film,” Savage explains, although he full admits that the is was a way that the film departed from author Stephen King’s novel. But his passion for the maze doesn’t just extend to creating it. In addition, it also goes so far as to go into detail about the various mazes that we, the viewer, see throughout the film, of which there are five (click the link below to read more about this).
Coming back to the maze that Adam created, he also created a whole post about his process and shared tons of images that detail the entire process. It’s something I think is worth the time to go over because this is the perfect example of passion meeting determination. Plus, I love the absolute hell out of The Shining and with it about to be winter, I feel like this is the perfect time to share this!
Below are a few images from the build. The full set of images as well as detailed explanation of calculated ratios can be found over at Tested.
We have an exclusive first look at A Man in the Woods With an Axe, a blood-soaked, genre-twisting homage to 1980s slasher films.
Spanning four decades, A Man in the Woods With an Axe begins in the summer of 1987 before pushing into the modern era, weaving together timelines and perspectives in a way that builds both dread and intrigue.
Drawing inspiration from genre standouts like Tucker and Dale vs. Evil, Hatchet, and The Cabin in the Woods, the film blends visceral horror with moments of dark humor, creating a uniquely balanced experience that honors tradition while carving its own identity.
Writer-director Dillon Brown (Primal Darkness) aims to deliver everything fans crave from a slasher while boldly subverting expectations with a mid-film twist that redefines the story.
“This is an unapologetic love letter to the films that made me fall in love with horror,” Brown tells Bloody Disgusting. “But I didn’t just want to recreate that feeling; I wanted to challenge it. About halfway through, the film takes a turn that completely changes how you view not only this story, but the genre itself.”
Brown describes the vintage-inspired production as “far and away the bloodiest film I’ve ever made,” with practical effects helmed by Cody Ruch (The Mill, Pig Hill), an instructor at Tom Savini’s Special Make-Up Effects Program.
From Horror Dadz Productions, A Man in the Woods With an Axe is currently in production and targeting an early 2027 release.
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