Sure. It could be what Kubrick intended. I just don't see it that way. For me, it works better as a non-supernatural film. But I can watch it also as a ghost film and that's the way it seems to appeal to most.

And there's evidence for…ghosts? Ghosts? Really?

Not "they". One of them. As I said…it's the one fly in the ointment. Also…at that particular point, Jack wasn't in any shape to fly anywhere. Wendy whacked him pretty good.

https://vimeo.com/84724277

Also, I've been told that Kubrick told Barry Nelson that his character had already been "possessed" by the Overlook when he interviews Jack Torrance. I've never been able to confirm this.

Yes, I've discussed that point before. Initially, it was the one thing in the film that I couldn't explain away through hallucinations or hysteria or insanity. But…do we know it was a ghost who let him out? Yes, we heard Delbert Grady's voice, but that could have been Jack's insanity. So…who let him out? Well…there…

Kubrick's version is a masterpiece and has stood the test of time. King's TV version was a laughable piece of shit that you have to be a moron to enjoy.