The Shining (novel)

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The Shining is a horror novel wrote by Stephen King in 1977. Stanley Kubrick made a movie adaptation about it in 1980. King also wrote a sequel for it, called Doctor Sleep, in 2013.

Plot
In The Shining, the Torrance family move into Overlook Hotel as the father, Jack Torrance, became the caretaker of it. The son of the family, Danny Torrance, meets Mr. Hallorann, who tells Danny that he has an ability to hear other people's thoughts and contact people that are miles away, called the shining. It appears that Mr. Hallorann also has it.

Overlook Hotel is not what it seems to be, and the family starts seeing weird things. In the hotel, there are many ghosts, and they don't seem to want anything good. Everyone else has left the hotel now and the Torrances are alone in the hotel with the ghosts.

The ghosts want Danny's ability and are ready to use his father to get it.