The Shining

Jack Torrance's alcoholism and explosive temper cost him his teaching job and threaten his family. After a blow-up with Wendy, he vows that if he ever drinks again he will leave them or kill himself rather than harm them.

Seeking redemption, Jack accepts a winter caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel in Colorado to finish his first play. He hopes the isolation will give him time and quiet to write.

Danny discovers he can telepathically communicate with the hotel's chef, Dick Hallorann, who tells him he 'shines'. Hallorann departs on vacation but promises to answer if Danny needs help.

Danny experiences visions of the hotel's dark history and the coming winter as a malevolent force begins to stir. The boy's psychic abilities are reinforced by the presence of this unseen influence.

Jack becomes obsessed with the hotel's past after exploring the memorabilia-filled basement. He even hears his late father's voice on the CB radio urging punishment of Danny, and he smashes the radio in a fit of anger.

Danny is attacked by the ghost of a woman who killed herself in Room 217. The apparition says 'We've all been waiting for you' as she pulls him away.

Danny returns home bruised and with lipstick on his neck, telling his parents the ghosts forced him into Room 217. Wendy wants to leave, but Jack sabotages their snowmobile, trapping them in the hotel.

Desperately, Danny shines to Hallorann, who rushes from Florida to find him. Hallorann's journey foreshadows help that might arrive just in time.

Delbert Grady, the hotel's former caretaker, appears in the ballroom and urges Jack to join the world of depravity. He tells Jack that he must murder his family and Hallorann to stay here.

Wendy knocks Jack out and they lock him in a cooler, realizing the true danger is the hotel itself. They resolve to protect Danny and escape.

Grady frees Jack to resume his assault on Wendy. Jack ambushes Hallorann and beats him as the hotel pushes them toward a deadly end.

Danny shows Jack the boiler's imminent explosion and calls out to him with his shining power. Jack finally reverses the valve, sacrificing himself to save his family as the hotel erupts.

Danny has grown into a tall young man and seems to bear Tony's influence as his future self. Wendy and Hallorann attend his high school graduation while Jack's spirit watches and the hotel is under reconstruction, with croquet spirits at play.