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In Colorado, 10 inches of snow

fell in just a few hours tonight.

Travel in the Rockies

is almost impossible.

Airports are shut down, stranding

thousands of passengers.

Highways are blocked

by snowdrifts.

Railroad tracks are frozen.

Officials in Colorado

tell Newswatch...

...at least 3 have been killed

by exposure to freezing winds.

The governor of Colorado

is expected...

...to declare

a weather emergency.

The National Guard

might be called out...

...to clear streets and roads.

Weather forecasters

predict more snow...

...and heavy winds

tonight and tomorrow...

...with temperatures dropping

well below zero.

Back here in Florida,

we've got the opposite problem.

The heat and humidity

are supposed to climb.

Local beaches

should be jammed.

Our weather expert,

Walter Cronice...

...will have the local forecast

later on Newswatch.

We're sorry. Your call cannot

be completed as dialed.

If you need assistance,

please call the operator.

Yes, it's me.

Thank God.

Did you find anything?

No. Nothing at all.

I didn't see one goddamn thing.

You went into the room Danny said?

To 237?

Yes, I did.

And you didn't see anything at all?

Absolutely nothing.

How is he?

He's still asleep.

Good.

I'm sure he'll be himself again

in the morning.

Are you sure it was the right room?

I mean, maybe Danny made a mistake.

He must have gone in that room.

The door was open,

the lights were on.

I just don't understand it.

What about those bruises

on his neck?

Somebody did that to him.

I think...

...he did it to himself.

No.

That's not possible.

Once you rule out his version

of what happened...

...there is no other explanation.

Is there?

It wouldn't be that different

from the episode...

...that he had before

we came up here.

Would it?

Whatever the explanation is...

...l think we...

...have to get Danny out of here.

Get him out of here?

You mean...

...just leave the hotel?

It is so...

...typical of you to create

a problem like this...

...when I finally have a chance

to accomplish something!

When I'm really into my work!

I could really write my own ticket

if I went back now, couldn't l?

Shoveling out driveways,

work in a car wash.

Any of that appeal to you?

I have let you f*** up my life

so far...

...but I am not going to let you

f*** this up.

Good evening. Forest Service.

My name is Dick Hallorann.

I'm the head chef at

the Overlook Hotel.

Good evening.

What can I do for you?

I've been trying to make

an urgent phone call up there...

...but the operator said

that the phone lines are down.

A lot of lines around here

are down due to the storm.

I hate to put you through

any trouble...

...but there's a family up there

all by themselves with a young kid.

And with this storm

and everything...

...Id appreciate it if you'd give

them a call on your radio...

...just to see if

everything's okay.

I'll be glad to do that.

Why don't you call me back

in about 20 minutes?

Thank you very much.

I'll do that.

All right, sir.

Good evening, Mr. Torrance.

Good evening.

Hi, Lloyd.

Been away, but now I'm back.

Good evening, Mr. Torrance.

It's good to see you.

It's good to be back, Lloyd.

What'll it be, sir?

Hair of the dog that bit me.

Bourbon on the rocks.

That'll do her.

No charge to you, Mr. Torrance.

No charge?

Your money's no good here.

Orders from the house.

Orders from the house.

Drink up, Mr. Torrance.

I'm the kind of man likes to know

who's buying their drinks, Lloyd.

It's not a matter that concerns you,

Mr. Torrance.

At least, not at this point.

Anything you say, Lloyd.

Anything you say.

Oh, dear! I'm so sorry, sir.

Oh, dear. Oh, dear.

I've made an awful mess

of your jacket, sir.

That's all right.

I've got plenty of jackets.

I'm afraid it's advocaat, sir.

It tends to stain.

Advocaat, is it?

Yes, sir.

I think the best thing...

...is to come along

to the gentlemen's room...

...and we'll get

some water to it, sir.

Looks like you might have got a

spot of it on yourself...

...Jeevesy old boy.

That doesn't matter, sir.

You're the important one.

Awfully nice of you to say.

Of course, I intended to change

my jacket this evening...

...before the fish and

goose soiree.

Very wise, sir. Very wise.

Here. I'll just...

...hold this for you there,

Jeevesy.

Thank you, sir. Thank you.

Let's see if we can improve this

with a little water, sir.

All right. I'll just...

...set my bourbon and advocaat

down right there.

Won't keep you a moment.

Fine.

What do they call you,

Jeevesy?

Grady, sir. Delbert Grady.

Grady?

Yes, sir.

Delbert Grady.

That's right, sir.

Mr. Grady...

...haven't I seen you

somewhere before?

Why, no, sir. I don't believe so.

It's coming off now, sir.

Mr. Grady...

...weren't you once

the caretaker here?

Why, no, sir. I don't believe so.

You a married man, are you,

Mr. Grady?

Yes, sir.

I have a wife and

two daughters, sir.

And...

...where are they now?

They're somewhere around.

I'm not quite sure at the moment.

You were the caretaker here.

I recognize you.

I saw your picture

in the newspapers.

You...

...chopped your wife and daughter

up into little bits.

And...

...then you blew your brains out.

That's strange, sir.

I don't have any recollection

of that at all.

Mr. Grady...

...you were the caretaker here.

I'm sorry to differ with you, sir.

But you...

...are the caretaker.

You've always been the caretaker.

I should know, sir.

I've always been here.

Did you know, Mr. Torrance...

...that your son...

...is attempting to bring

an outside party...

...into this situation?

Did you know that?

He is, Mr. Torrance.

Who?

A n*gger.

A n*gger?

A n*gger...

...cook.

How?

Your son...

...has a very great talent.

I don't think you are aware

how great it is.

But he is attempting to use

that very talent...

...against your will.

Well...

...he is a very willful boy.

Indeed he is, Mr. Torrance.

A very willful boy.

A rather...

...naughty boy...

...if I may be so bold, sir.

It's his mother.

She...

...interferes.

Perhaps they need a good...

...talking-to.

If...

...you don't mind my saying so.

Perhaps...

...a bit more.

My girls, sir...

...they didn't care for

the Overlook at first.

One of them actually stole

a pack of matches...

...and tried to burn it down.

But l...

...corrected them, sir.

And when my wife tried to prevent me

from doing my duty...

...l...

...corrected her.

We have the Snowcat.

If the weather breaks...

...we might just be able...

...to get down the mountain.

I could call

the forest rangers first...

...and...

...tell them that we're coming...

....so that...

...they could start searching

for us in case we didn't make it.

And if Jack won't come with us...

...Ill just have to tell him that

we're going by ourselves.

That's all there is to it.

Redrum.

Redrum.

What's the matter, hon?

Redrum!

Are you having a bad dream?

Hon?

Danny's not here, Mrs. Torrance.

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