Джак Торънс приема да работи като пазач в хотел "Овърлук", където заедно със съпругата си Уенди и сина им Дани трябва да живеят изолирани от останалия свят през зимата. Но те не са подготвени за лудостта, която ги дебне вътре.

A neurotic, twice-divorced sci-fi writer moves back in with his mother to solve his personal problems.

Josef finds a propeller hat and does everything he can to be able to fly with it. That's roughly the short film narrative of film student Claudius, who does everything in his power to finally shoot his graduation film. But making films isn't that easy, not to mention flying.