Stanley Kubrick's chilling, subversive, and influential staple of the horror genre. Jack Torrence (Jack Nicholson) accepts a job at the Overlook Hotel as an off-season caretaker. Isolated at the hotel with his wife Wendy (Shelley Duvall) and their son, madness ensues.
Jack Torrence (Nicholson) accepts a job at the Overlook Hotel as an off-season caretaker. Here he must live for the coming winter, along with his wife Wendy (Duvall) and their son, isolated from the rest of the world. None of them are prepared for the madness that follows. Adapted from Stephen King’s classic 1977 novel, Stanley Kubrick’s film is chilling, subversive, and remains an influential staple of the horror genre.