Content Warning
May contain: domestic abuse.
Some guests never leave!
A new caretaker moves with his family into the mysterious Overlook Hotel for the winter.
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Part 1
Struggling writer Jack Torrance takes his wife and psychic young son along to his winter job as caretaker of a sinister mountain resort.
Part 2
Jack begins his slide into dementia when he uncovers the hotel's devious past, while Danny encounters the thing in room 217 and the horrific topiary.
Part 3
Danny uses his "shining" to call Halloran for help as Jack finally goes over the edge.
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- Release Date 04/27/1997
- Network ABC
- Country United States
- Companies Lakeside Productions, Warner Bros. Television
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