As long as you mention it, the Shining is a pet subject...
Which, as it turns out--much like the tunnel scene, not used in the film, but also not in the (GAK)miniseries--only really works on the page, not a diminishment; it's a tribute to what horror prose can do that other media cannot, because of its unique power to present internal experiences--a lot of the young King's horror came from thoughts racing in the characters' heads, especially Danny. In the case of the topiary animals, I figured out that Kubrick's stories that he tried to achieve the effect and failed had to be BS; he just figured out that the bit, along with a lot else that didn't end up in the film, would be ruined on film. Because there's nothing so monstrously difficult or expensive about things that only change when you're not looking. But then when King did that thing on ABC, we saw them morph and move, and it was among the stupider things I've ever seen. The horror depends on Jack's internal reaction to it, like the horror of the tunnel scene has to do with something Danny can't see, that's behind him, and also from claustrophobic imagery that's very internal.