Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) becomes the caretaker of the Overlook Hotel in up in the secluded mountains of Colorado. Jack, being a family man, takes his wife (Shelley Duvall) and son (Danny Lloyd) to the hotel to keep him company throughout the long, isolated nights.

During their stay, strange things occur when Jack's son Danny sees gruesome images powered by a force called 'the shining' and Jack is heavily affected by this. Along with writer's block and the demons of the hotel haunting him, Jack has a complete mental breakdown and the situation takes a sinister turn for the worse.

Directed by
Stanley Kubrick

Cast
Jack Nicholson - Jack Torrance
Shelley Duvall - Wendy Torrance
Danny Lloyd - Danny
Scatman Crothers - Halloran
Barry Nelson - Ullman
Philip Stone - Grady
Joe Turkel - Lloyd
Anne Jackson - Doctor
Tony Burton - Durkin
Lia Beldam - Young Woman in Bath
Billie Gibson - Old Woman in Bath
Barry Dennen - Watson

Production Co.
Peregrine Film
The Producer Circle Company

Produced by
Jan Harlan
Stanley Kubrick
Robert Fryer

Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures

Writer
Stanley Kubrick
Stephen King
Diane Johnson

Music
Wendy Carlos
Rachel Elkind
Gyorgy Ligeti