Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) becomes winter caretaker at the isolated Overlook Hotel in Colorado, hoping to cure his writer's block. He settles in along with his wife, Wendy (Shelley Duvall), and his son, Danny (Danny Lloyd), who is plagued by psychic premonitions. As Jack's writing goes nowhere and Danny's visions become more disturbing, Jack discovers the hotel's dark secrets and begins to unravel into a homicidal maniac hell-bent on terrorizing his family.
Release date: May 23, 1980 (USA)
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Sequels: Room 237, Doctor Sleep
Adapted from: The Shining
Screenplay: Stanley Kubrick, Diane Johnson
Story by: Stephen King