Jack Torrance | A Chilling Icon of Psychological Horror

Jack Torrance, the haunting protagonist of Stephen King’s The Shining, is a writer and recovering alcoholic who takes a winter caretaker job at the isolated Overlook Hotel with his family. As the hotel's sinister supernatural forces awaken, they prey on Jack’s insecurities, alcoholism, and repressed rage, driving him into madness. Manipulated by the Overlook’s malevolent energy, Jack becomes a danger to his wife, Wendy, and his psychic son, Danny, who possesses the "shining" ability to perceive the hotel's horrors. Jack’s descent into violence and insanity, coupled with the Overlook’s eerie presence, cements him as a chilling icon of psychological horror.