a question about the movie the shining

[jay1313]

The hotel itself is the ghost, spirit, evil entity what have you. What it really wanted was Danny and his power, but Danny was able to resist it so the hotel got to his dad who was a much easier target and tried to get Danny through him.

Essentially the end of the movie shows how Jack's spirit (remember he freezes to death in the maze) has been trapped by the hotel and is now and forever a part of it.

That being said, the book was infinitely better.