Really creepy! I always love John Cusack in any role he plays and he was great playing this horror novelist. He was fearless and really convincing.
The movie was really entertaining, however, it got really strange and kind of confusing towards the end.
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The way he kind left the hotel room, but he was still there, and then he got out again by putting it on fire? That confused me a little. It was still really thrilling and a great 2 hours of John Cusack at his best.
This was profounly scary, some of the most inventive scenes I have seen in a long time. Cusack is very well cast in this role. It loses momentum towards the end, but what a ride!
good spooky moments throughout the movie but overall, the script is ok and the overcome was little predictable. one more thing, why is samuel jackson in the movie cover? he only was like in 3 scenes
Its amazing. Compilcated to a point to get you to think about it but not to where ryour like WTF? I don't understand anything. You can have you own little story to what you think happened while others can totally disagree. The end is totaly unexpected and it has no real ending to be truthful
awsumn movie...\
infact this movie has wo ends...
ppl prefer where john cusack actually survives but i like the one where john cusack dies...
but still a perfect past tym...
Steven King has long been a favorite author of mine and 1408 is just another basic example of his work. I quite liked this movie adaptation but I have yet to read the original story. While the movie is not particularly scary.
At the beginning of the movie, employees of the Dolphin Hotel claim that nobody stays in room 1408 very long. Mike Enslin, played by John Cusak, is a paranormal invesigator who doesn't believe in ghosts. He feels hotel managers claim places are haunted to boast interest in the hotel. Believable. He thinks that everything believe to be a "haunting," can be contributed to other real factors. Still believable. Once he enters room 1408 in the Dolphin Hotel, everything he has believed before changes. The radio turns on and off. A repair man will not enter the room out of fear, windows open and shut, ghostly images seen around the room, hanging pictures move on their own, and the bed makes itself. I still felt like it needed more. However it's still a good Stephen King Movie.
Be ready for a roller coaster of twists, turns and false endings, some predictable and some surprising. Expect a few horror movie clichés but also look forward to a few genuinely interesting oddities. John Cusack has tried something new but Stephen King is up to his old tricks. This is not another gore-filled serial killer story in the style of Texas Chainsaw Massacre; 1408 is the twisted story of evil, insanity and the strength of the human will to live.
Terrific film adaptation of the Stephen King short story - lacks information on the evil that resides in the room, however, such as what it is and why it haunts the room.
A pretty decent film, played well by the always enjoyable Cusack and Jackson. The ending (the very ending) could have been better, but I generally don't expect masterpieces out of this genre. My favorite scene was, I believe, Jackson's best.
It's stylish, creepy, fun, and suspenseful in every way it wants to be, all while being skillfully presented by John Cusack's more than incredible preformance in this near-one-man-show. There's some nice support from Mary McCormack, Samuel L. Jackson, and Tony Shalhoub. Surely worth a look.
it's sooo not scary and such a typical hunted room story with scared child scenes with all those ,,daddy help me'' lines that are becoming unbearable patetic. This star is for hard effort to make it scary...
Finally some mind screwing scary shit!... See?... And you don't really have to rely solely on gore scenes while making a frightening movie. The way I see it, psychological horror can actually be far more intense than just plain visual horror. And that's exactly what happened here. If you're only looking for some bloody messy scenes, then do not watch this. But if you enjoy jumping a few times out of your seat while watching a chilling movie, than you've got green light to give this one a go. The screenplay is a very good and original one, with some pretty good humorous lines all the way through. It's the kind of screenplay that can surprise you in a very good way, just when you thought it had surprised you in a very bad way. And the performances are just fantastic. Plus, the room's dark sense of humour (a rather egocentric kind of room, I must say) is the cherry on top of the cake. They really can make you believe that the goddam room has a mind of its own. Evil and twisted, but not like all the other evil displays in former movies. I can't quite put my finger on it, but there's something about the way this wicked room operates that makes it different from all of the other 7th Art's evil real estates. And, needless to say... different = fuck yeah!
A movie that takes place in one room. Yet, the audience never looses interest. Respectable plot, built tension well. John Cusack fans best cross their fingers for a comeback...
I always think Stephen King's novels should be read and not watched... there's not many that live up to the amazing standard of one of my all time favourite authors... unfortunatly this is maybe one of them! I say maybe as i gave up reading a long time ago, but i'm guessing the book is a whole lot more atmospheric and at least a little scary along the way... Quite poorly acted and a few inconsistancies along the way and i was happy to finally see the end... there's little or no tension throughout, it seems to whip from act to act cramming far too much into the just over 90 min slot. So... my opinion... not the best... but not the worst either! Ps: There's no need for Samuel L.Jackson... i think his name appears to attract viewers... his part could have been played by anybody... or nobody!
Finally a PG-13 horror flick that cuts the mustard. Creepy and convincing. Central to its success is a top performance by John Cusack but Samuel L Jackson is a distraction.
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