The Shining (1980)
144 min - Horror - 23 May 1980 (USA)A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where an evil and spiritual presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from the past and of the future.
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Writers: Stephen King (novel), Stanley Kubrick (screenplay), 1 more credit »
Stars: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd | See full cast and crew »
Storyline
Signing a contract, Jack Torrance, a normal writer and former teacher agrees to take care of a hotel which has a long, violent past that puts everyone in the hotel in a nervous situation. While Jack slowly gets more violent and angry of his life, his son, Danny, tries to use a special talent, the "Shining", to inform the people outside about whatever that is going on in the hotel. Written by J. S. GoldenPlot Summary | Plot Synopsis