1408

Category: Horror  |  Tags: horror

posted by: Roger 59 days ago          

As in the movie Secret Window starring Johnny Depp, 1408 is based on a Stephen King short story about a writer with nothing left to lose except his sanity.

The writer in this case is Mike Enslin (John Cusack), who has been disappointed in life and now makes a living tearing the illusions of others to shreds in his books on the paranormal.

Following a chilling interview with the manager of the Dolphin Hotel in New York (played by Samuel L Jackson), Mike insists on staying the night in a supposedly haunted room, firmly convinced the horror stories connected with it are a fiction.

From this point on we are left with two characters: what turns out to be a super evil hotel room and a petrified Mike Enslin trapped alone in it, understandably freaking out and throwing things ... and it works.

As far as haunted hotels go, Stanley Kubrick’s Overlook beats the Dolphin by about a mile, but for sheer creepiness and emotional impact (unfortunately the tear-jerker kind), the movie ends up being a surprisingly haunting watch.

1408 is definitely worth the price of admission, if not a slightly higher than usual electricity bill at the end of the month.