为了能够静心写作,杰克(斯蒂文·韦伯 Steven Weber 饰)带着妻子温蒂(瑞贝卡·德·莫妮 Rebecca De Mornay 饰)和儿子丹尼(Courtland Mead 饰)来到了地处边远被大雪封闭的山间饭店里,他们要在这空旷华丽的别墅中度过整个冬季。关于这间饭店,有一个恐怖的传说,它的前一任管理者突然丧心病狂,用斧头残忍的杀死了自己的妻子和孩子,对此,杰克一笑而过,不以为意。 饭店里的生活舒适而惬意,就在大家渐渐淡忘了恐怖传说之时,丹尼却发现了一些科学无法结识的现象。莫名其妙出现的房间、神出鬼没的幽灵,午夜酒吧中聚集的人群和陌生的侍者,这一切都显示着这幢房子并不寻常。更可怕的是,杰克似乎被某些不知名的力量吸引和改变着,他开始变得残暴起来。Television adaptation of Stephen King novel that follows a recovering alcoholic professor. He ends up taking a job as a winter caretaker for a remote Colorado hotel which he seeks as an opportunity to finish a piece of work. With his wife and son with him, the caretaker settles in, only to see visions of the hotel's long deceased employees and guests. With evil intentions, they manipulate him into his dark side which takes a toll on he and his family.