Writer and former teacher Jack Torrance signs on as caretaker for a hotel with a long, violent past -- a past that puts everyone in the hotel in a precarious situation. As Jack slowly grows more violent and angry about his life, his son Danny tries to use a special talent called the shining to warn people outside about what's happening at the hotel. Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall and Danny Lloyd star in this classic horror movie written by Stephen King and directed by Stanley Kubrick.