Nick and Nora's hopes for a pleasant afternoon at the local race track are dashed when a jockey is found shot dead in the locker room. Nick's friend Lt. Abrams wants him to help out but Nick is enjoying the good life too much to get involved. However, he is subsequently approached by Major Scully to look into corruptio…

杰克（杰克•尼科尔森 Jack Nicholson 饰）是一个作家。一个冬天，他获取了一个看管山顶酒店的差事。这正合杰克的意义，他正好可以有一个清幽的地方写作。因此杰克带着妻儿搬进了酒店。　　冬天大雪封路，山顶酒店只有杰克一家三口。从他们一搬进来，杰克的妃耦温蒂（谢莉·杜瓦尔 Shelley Duvall 饰）就发明这里空气诡异，杰克的儿子丹尼（丹尼…