The Shining (1980)
The Shining is a 1980 psychological horror film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick and co-written with novelist Diane Johnson. It is based on Stephen King’s 1977 novel and stars Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd and Scatman Crothers. The film presents the descent into insanity of a recovering alcoholic and aspiring novelist (Nicholson) who takes a job as winter caretaker for a mountain resort hotel with his wife (Duvall) and clairvoyant son (Lloyd).
Plot:
Jack Torrance takes a caretaker position to look after the remote Overlook Hotel in the Colorado Rocky Mountains, while it is closed for the winter. After his arrival, hotel manager Stuart Ullman informs Jack that a previous caretaker, Charles Grady, killed his wife, two young daughters, and himself in the hotel a decade prior. In Boulder, Jack’s son, Danny, has a premonition and seizure. Jack’s wife, Wendy,
btells the doctor about a past incident when Jack accidentally dislocated Danny’s shoulder during a drunken rage. Jack has been sober ever since. Before leaving for the seasonal break, the Overlook’s head chef, Dick Hallorann, informs Danny of a telepathic ability the two share, which his grandmother called “shining”. Hallorann tells Danny that the hotel also “shines” due to residue from unpleasant past events and warns him to avoid Room 237.
