With a script that he co-adapted from a novel by Stephen King, Stanley Kubrick combines vivid performances, horrific settings and dream and shocking scenes, turning this movie into a landmark of the macabre. Torrance arrives at the elegant and secluded Overlook Hotel to be the caretaker during the off-season in the company of his wife and son. This is the first time that Torrance is there but is this the truth? The answer lies in a disturbing fit of madness and murder.