A man, his son and wife become the winter caretakers of an isolated hotel where Danny, the son, sees disturbing visions of the hotels past using a telepathic gift known as The Shining. The father, Jack Torrance, is underway in a writing project when he slowly slips into insanity as a result of cabin fever and former guests of the hotels ghosts. After being convinced by a waiters ghost to correct the family, Jack goes completely insane. The only thing that can save Danny and his mother is The Shining.