 The Stanley Hotel is not only where the movie was filmed but is also  the hotel that originally inspired Stephen King (I) (qv) to write  the novel, having booked a vacation there just as the hotel was  closing for the season and was nearly empty of guests and employees.  He stayed in Room 217, which had long been said to be haunted. (The  actual hotel room is on a corner, not in the middle of the hallway  as it appears in the film.)