Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) je porodični čovek, opsednut pisanjem i lečeni alkoholičar. Živi sa ženom (Shelley Duvall) i sinom (Danny Lloyd). Jack je pisac koji ima problema s koncentracijom, za koju mu je neophodan mir i tišina. Dobija sezonski posao čuvara u hotelu usred ničega, što vidi kao izvrsnu priliku za izolacijom u kojoj će moći da piše. Sa sabom vodi i porodicu. Bivši nadzornik hotela počinio je brutalno ubistvo smaknuvši ženu i dve kćeri.
Čudne stvari počinju da se događaju kada se Dannyju počnu ukazivati zaštrašujući prizori iza kojih stoji sila zvana 'isijavanje'. Reč je o sposobnosti koja omogućuje komunikaciju bez razgovora ili direktnog kontakta. Jacka takođe počinju da proganjaju demoni pa nakon telepatske komunikacije s duhom doživljava nervni slom.
Movie Info: With wife Wendy (Shelley Duvall) and psychic son Danny (Danny Lloyd) in tow, frustrated writer Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) takes a job as the winter caretaker at the opulently ominous, mountain-locked Overlook Hotel so that he can write in peace. Before the Overlook is vacated for the Torrances, the manager (Barry Nelson) informs Jack that a previous caretaker went crazy and slaughtered his family; Jack thinks it's no problem, but Danny's "shining" hints otherwise.
Settling into their routine, Danny cruises through the empty corridors on his Big Wheel and plays in the topiary maze with Wendy, while Jack sets up shop in a cavernous lounge with strict orders not to be disturbed. Danny's alter ego, "Tony," however, starts warning of "redrum" as Danny is plagued by more blood-soaked visions of the past, and a blocked Jack starts visiting the hotel bar for a few visions of his own. Frightened by her husband's behavior and Danny's visit to the forbidding Room 237, Wendy soon discovers what Jack has really been doing in his study all day, and what the hotel has done to Jack.
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
Produced by: Stanley Kubrick
Written By: Stanley Kubrick, Diane Johnson, Stephen King
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall and Danny Lloyd