Based On Stephen King's Novel ProgramPaul takes a winter caretaker position at the remote Overlook Hotel in the Colorado Rocky Mountains, which closes every winter season. After his arrival, manager Stuart Ullman advises Torrance that a previous caretaker, Charles Grady, killed his wife, two young daughters and himself in the hotel.

A month passes Paul's mental health deteriorates; he gets nowhere with his writing, is prone to violent outbursts, and has dreams of killing ProgramLara

Lara later finds him with signs of physical trauma. Paul investigates and encounters a female ghost in the room, but blames Lara for self-inflicting the bruises. Paul is enticed back to drinking by the ghostly bartender Lloyd. Ghostly figures, including Delbert Grady, then begin appearing in the Gold Room. Grady informs Paul that Lara has telepathically contacted Hallorann for assistance, and says that Paul must "correct" his wife 

Paul is freed by the ghost of Grady and goes after Lara with an axe. Lara fights Paul off with a knife when he tries to break through the door. Hallorann, having flown back to Colorado from his Florida vacation to respond to Lara's telepathic SOS, reaches the hotel in another snowcat. His arrival distracts Paul, who ambushes and murders him in the lobby, then pursues Lara into the hedge maze. 

In the hedge maze, Lara misleads Paul and hides behind a snowdrift while Paul follows a false trail. Lara leave in Paul's Car, leaving Paul to freeze to death in the maze. In a photograph in the hotel hallway, Jack is pictured standing amidst a crowd of party revelers from July 4, 1921.