The shining ends with a shot of a 1921 photograph showing jack with other guests in the hotel’s ballroom.. Eclipsed perhaps only by its 1980 film adaptation, the novel is one of the most popular and enduring horror.
This scene has been interpreted in many ways, and one of the most popular.. Jack torrance descends into madness — terrorizing his wife and young son — after living at a deserted and eerie hotel during its off season.