Labradors Stare at Dad Just Like the Twins From ‘The Shining'
Jody Hartman is the dog dad to the internet-famous Labrador Retrievers Stella and Mabel. The two became instant stars because of their love of jumping into (and hiding in!) huge piles of leaves and refusing to come out of the snow cave Jody builds for them each winter.
Do you remember the 1980 horror movie The Shining, based on the bestselling novel by Stephen King? Twins Alexa and Alexie Grady were killed by their father at the haunted Overlook Hotel, and then continued to haunt visitors there. In this video, Jody shares clips of his girls staring at him every time he starts recording, and it's seriously giving The Shining twins vibe. Once you see it, you can't unsee it, and the ominous music just makes the whole thing even better!
@dognamedstella The Whining
Main Title (The Shining) - Wendy Carlos & Rachel Elkind
We laughed when we read Jody's caption: "The Whining." It's the perfect play on The Shining!
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Hilarious Reactions to the Labs' Intense Stares
Viewers left hundreds of funny comments about Stella and Mabel's very intense stares. @Sally the Salamander cracked everybody up when she shared a picture of the Labs dressed up like the twins from The Shining and said, "REDRUM." @PoindexterDog added, "I can see it... elevator doors open, leaves flowing out, then... DOGS!"
Everybody applauded when @JR shared, "Emithtab instead of Redrum." We laughed when @vigurimx added, "Can't believe this app is free, gdamit!"
@Panic Turtle joked, "Come on, walkies with us, Danny." @Kikue added, "Forever and ever and ever and ever..." @PotPoe chimed in with, "Furever and furever and furever. Sold!"
Commenter @Robin Shepherd said, "That's a little creepy..." @MemoryGirl agreed, "Nailed this. How does this not have more likes? I actually started to feel fear!" @RosieRita described it as, "Creepily cute." That's a great way to put it!
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This story was originally published April 21, 2026 at 6:35 AM.