Jack Torrance, a struggling writer and recovering alcoholic accepts a position as the off-season caretaker of the historic Overlook Hotel in the Colorado Rockies .His family accompanies him on this job, including his young son, Danny, who possesses "the shining", an array of psychic abilities that allow the child to glimpse the hotel's horrific true nature. Soon, after a winter storm leaves the family snowbound, the supernatural forces inhabiting the hotel influence Jack's sanity, leaving his wife and son in grave danger.
