In Stephen King's novel The Shining, the Torrance family stays at the Overlook Hotel.
The Overlook is a fictional resort in Colorado where Jack Torrance becomes the winter caretaker. Its isolation, supernatural history, and severe winter conditions create the novel's central setting. Jack brings his wife Wendy and son Danny to the hotel, hoping the job will help him recover from personal and professional troubles.
The hotel is not simply a haunted building. King uses it as a force that exploits Jack's weaknesses, while Danny's psychic ability allows him to perceive the danger more clearly. The novel's hotel is often confused with the Timberline Lodge in Oregon, which represented the exterior of the Overlook in Stanley Kubrick's 1980 film. Kubrick's production also changed several details, including aspects of the hotel's design and location.
The Shining was published in 1977 and became one of King's best-known novels.