are there any implications throughout the movie that it is the hotel, itself, that is doing the possessing? Does the movie (or novel for that matter) mention the hotel possessing other poeple before Jack's character?
Well, I haven't seen the movie or read the book in a few years, so I'm not sure if I can think of any specific examples, but I do remember that it was pretty clear in the novel that the hotel was the antagonist. In fact, IIRC, the hotel is actually only possessing Jack to acquire the boy's gift (i.e. the Shining).
I had a friend that had a license plate that read just "Room 367", IIRC (the actual room number might be different). It was the room in The Shining that those creepy twin little girls were hanging out in. Nobody ever really caught the reference but when he told them everyone pretty much had the same response: "Wiieerd...."
It's funny that the two little girls are one of the most memorable things about that movie because they weren't even in the novel. Nor was the blood rushing from the elevator, and a few other 'hauntings'. Still I found the novel much scarier.
You guys got power in KC? We don't.
Yeah, we have power. Everything's pretty fine here now. I got out of school two days last week due to the snow and ice, but most of it's melted by now. It's still really cold, though.