From writer Stephen King and director Stanley Kubrick comes a classic tale of madness and terror that has climbed the list of greatest horror films since it s initial release. Struggling writer Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) his wife Wendy (Shelley Duvall) and their psychic son Danny (Danny Lloyd) spend the winter overseeing the deserted and isolated Overlook hotel where the ghosts of the site s shocking and bloody past plague Jack s sanity. With Scatman Crothers Barry Nelson.