1408

1408 is about a frightening as your granny shouting at you for not saying grace before meals.

John Cusack plays a writer who likes to stay in hotels that claim to be haunted. With titles like "10 nights in a haunted hotels" to his name, he hears of room 1408 in a New York hotel where many of its guest have met a strange end. Samuel L Jackson plays the hotel manger with all the cool you would expect from him. Reluctant at first, Jackson allows him to stay in the room that no one else stays in because as Jackson puts it "the room's just evil". What follows is Cusack giving us his best performance even when the film goes a little off track and becomes confusing. That said, this film is a very different take on what scary films should be and is well worth a look.

Plot Summary: Based on the short Stephen King horror story of the same name, 1408 surrounds supernatural writer Mike Enslin. As research for his latest book, Enslin is determined to check out the notorious room 1408 in a New York City hotel by personally staying as a guest. With the intention that 1408 is just a myth perpetuated by stories and rumor that Enslin has collected for his past works. However, hotel manager Mr. Olin has strong objections to Enslin's stay. Enslin is determined to go through and convinced that the horrific past of 1408 is just mere coincidence and a myth. But what Mike Enslin is about to experience is no myth, as 1408 truly is a room where the guests don't check out by noon.

This film is not what you expect at all. Well to be honest, I'm not sure what I was expecting, perhaps a true horror movie, some thing that made sense? This film has none of that. And to top it all off it has a terrible ending, I can imagine this was an excellent book, but like some of Stephen King's other movies, have failed to be as entertaining on screen.