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.