Atlanta United fans conjure "The Shining" with menacing Josef Martinez tifo

Atlanta United tifo - Josef Martinez "The Shining" theme - 2019 playoffs

It's not quite Halloween yet, but Atlanta United's supporters got into a frightful mood with their tifo display for Saturday's Audi 2019 MLS Cup Playoffs duel with the New England Revolution


Paying tribute to their famously intense and hard-charging striker Josef Martinez, the Five Stripes faithful recreated his toothy snarl in the place of Jack Nicholson's face in his iconic door scene from "The Shining," the 1980 horror film that still terrorizes viewers to this day.

So, did they get this one right?


Here's a clip from that unsettling scene to use as a comparison...