Gradually the whole town starts turning on each other, building to a hellish conclusion.
Before we rank into every theatrically-released Stephen King adaptation let's give out one honorable mention.
Gugino gives a tour-de-force performance, and Mike Flanagan's smart and intense direction makes every moment feel like an important piece of a puzzle.
Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall are stuck at the Overlook Hotel throughout the summer, and madness takes hold, possibly but not necessarily urged on by supernatural forces.
It's one of the better horror movies about the insidious power of temptation.
They're plotting to suck the life force out of virginal Mädchen Amick, and their one weakness is actual house cats, which leads to one hilarious feline moment after another.