 All of the interior rooms of The Overlook Hotel were filmed at  Elstree Studios in England, including The Colorado Lounge, where  Jack does his typing. Because of the intense heat generated from the  lighting used to recreate window sunlight, the lounge set caught  fire. Fortunately all of the scenes had been completed there, so the  set was rebuilt with a higher ceiling, and the same area was  eventually used by Steven Spielberg (I) (qv) as the snake