Handlingen i Stanley Kubricks kultklassiker er lagt til "The Overlook Hotel", hvor forfatterspiren Jack Torrance blir ansatt som vaktmester for å passe på hotellet over vinteren. Han blir fortalt at det er vanlig at hotellet snør inne i løpet av vinteren, så han og familien må regne med å være totalt isolert i flere måneder. Dette er akkurat hva Jack tror han trenger for å finne inspirasjon og ro til å skrive en ny bok. Sammen med sin kone og sitt barn drar han opp til hotellet like før vinterstengingen for å inntre i jobben. Men etterhvert som tiden går blir han hjemsøkt av fortidens spøkelser og drives etterhvert fullstendig fra vettet.
Johnny Blaze, en motorsykkelstuntmann som selger sjelen sin til djevelen for å redde sin døende far. Han tvinges også til å skilles fra Roxanne, sitt livs store kjærlighet. Mange år senere treffer han igjen både Roxanne, som nå er reporter, og djevelen, som tilbyr å gi slipp på Johnnys sjel hvis han blir den sagnomsuste, flammende Ghost Rider – en overnaturlig forkjemper for hevn og rettferdighet.
An evil record tycoon is haunted and taunted by the disfigured composer Winslow Leach, whom he once wronged.
By the year 2056, an epidemic of organ failures has devastated the planet. The megacorporation GeneCo provides organ transplants on a payment plan - and those who can’t fulfill their plans have their organs repossessed. In the midst of this, a sickly teenager discovers a shocking secret about herself, her father, and their connection to GeneCo.
The fates of an apparently random group of strangers who each come into contact with a mysterious figure who they believe possesses the power to grant any wish, in return for which they must carry out a task he assigns them.
A doctor in early 19th-century Germany becomes infatuated with the sister of a man he unintentionally killed and bargains with the Devil incarnate to conjure their union in exchange for his soul.
After straight-arrow district attorney Joseph Foster says in frustration that he would sell his soul to bring down a local mob boss, a smooth-talking stranger named Nick Beal shows up with enough evidence to seal a conviction. When that success leads Foster to run for governor, Beal's unearthly hold on him turns the previously honest man corrupt, much to the displeasure of his wife and his steadfast minister.
Debbie goes to Hell after committing suicide. Once there, she finds herself in the middle of a power struggle. The Devil asks her to get his horns back so that he can regain control of his realm.
An orphaned young girl conjures an executed soldier back from the dead, and together they deliver hell in the Blackfoot territory of the late-1800s.