Stanley Kubrick is frequently cited as one of the most influential filmmakers in cinematic history.

Although it is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential horror films of all time, Stephen King criticized the film due to its deviations from his novel.

Jack Torrance, an aspiring writer and recovering alcoholic, accepts a position as the off-season caretaker of the historic Overlook Hotel in the Colorado Rockies.

Danny possesses "the shining", psychic abilities that enable him to see into the hotel's horrific past.

The hotel's cook, Dick Hallorann, surprises Danny by telepathically offering him ice cream.

Tony lives in Danny's mouth and hides in his stomach and manifests himself through Danny's finger wagging.

The hotel manager warns Jack that the previous caretaker, Charles Grady, developed cabin fever and killed himself and his family.

Danny visits room 237 after a ball rolls to him from its open door. Later, he claims that a "crazy woman" tried to strangle him.

JACK: Wendy? Darling? Light of my life? I'm not gonna hurt ya. You didn't let me finish my sentence. I said, I'm not gonna hurt ya. I'm just gonna bash your brains in.

Danny writes the word REDRUM on a door and his mother, Wendy Torrance, sees the word reflected into a mirror, where it reads MURDER.