Heeeere's Johnny!!!!!

Rating: 10/10 (17 June 2007)

Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) is a struggling writer, former teacher, and recovering alcoholic. In order to provide for his family, the troubled man goes to the remote and Overlook Hotel in Colorado to work as the caretaker. At the hotel in 1970, the caretaker Charles Grady killed himself and his family. While he didn't tell his wife, Wendy (Shelley Duvall) about this, his son Danny (Danny Lloyd) has a gift that the hotel's claravoyant chef, Dick Halloran (Scatman Crothers) calls "the shining", which gives him visions from the past and future.
The hotel is haunted. The family is snowbound. Torrance is struggling with his demons and the hotel's, he eventually goes on a complete mental breakdown and tries to murder his family which the hotel's spirits convince him are "keeping him down".
The film is a very well-crafted horror film. Nicholson gave possibly his greatest performance in it. I love it and will never forget it. This film is very special to me.