The Shining by Stephen King

The Shining was my first venture into the land of Stephen King.

I haven't been the same since.

I vividly remember the hair on the back of my neck red zoning me to impending danger of mere shrubbery.

Wikipedia

The Shining (novel)

• "Jack Torrance, an aspiring writer, is hired as the winter caretaker at the Overlook Hotel, an isolated resort hotel in the Colorado Rockies. Jack is a recovering alcoholic with anger issues, which previously caused him to accidentally break his son Danny's arm and lose a teaching job after assaulting a student. Jack hopes that the hotel's seclusion will help him reconnect with Danny and his wife, Wendy, and give him the motivation needed to complete his unfinished manuscript."