1408 [Blu-ray] | ![1408 [Blu-ray]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Zwpo33ksL._SL500_.jpg) | Director: Mikael Håfström
Actors: John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, Tony Shalhoub, Mary McCormack, Jasmine Jessica Anthony
Studio: Weinstein Company
Category: DVD
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Rating:  195 reviews
Sales Rank: 27600
Format: Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: Blu-ray
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 112 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 5.4 x 0.5
MPN: 81524
UPC: 796019815246
EAN: 0796019815246
ASIN: B001AR0D4K
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Release Date: September 16, 2008
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As creepfests go, 1408 is right up there with The Shining, also inspired by a Stephen King work and featuring a menacing hotel and the wobbly sanity of a writer lodging there. "It's an evil [bleep]-ing room!" intones Samuel L. Jackson, who plays the smooth but vaguely sinister manager of the Dolphin Hotel. John Cusack is stellar as Mike Enslin, a cynical Everyschlub who writes "occult travel guides," but believes in nothing, especially anything resembling an afterlife. What happens in room 1408 of the Dolphin may change Enslin forever--if he survives the first hour. The thrills range from jumpy "gotcha" moments involving mirror images, to more traditional horror fare like bleeding walls, to truly diabolical touches like the recurrence of the Carpenters' "We've Only Just Begun." (Shudder.) The film does a nice job of weaving the operatic horror effects with the truly heart-breaking backstory of the death of Enslin's young daughter and his marriage--perhaps the only two things Enslin has ever believed in. And thankfully, there's just enough humor to leaven the intensity at key moments; Cusack is unparalleled when it comes to delivering a self-deprecating wisecrack, even as his life passes before his eyes. Get your adrenaline pumping and check into this room. Oh, and sorry, no refunds. A.T. Hurley
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 A Thinking Person's Thriller January 22, 2010
Tim Warneka (Cleveland, OH USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I enjoy being scared every now and then. I despise most of the current horror films that are little more than semi-porn snuff films.
1408 is not one of these.
John Cusack is wonderful in this film, almost single-handedly carrying the plot forward. Samuel Jackson is great in his supporting role as well.
Scary, edgy, sad, thought-provoking, poignant ... just a good solid adaptation of Stephen King's writing.
Recommended.
 Don't watch it in the dark! January 22, 2010
Jesse Stubblefield (Jackson, TN United States)
A supuerb horror movie that will keep you on the edge of your seat through out. A cinical travel writer is warned about a hotel and, well, it goes from there. Although there are excellent special effects, the movie doesn't rely on them to make you "jump from your seat". I suppose a night-time viewing is OK, but if your easy to scare, I advise daytime viewing only. Enjoy!
Probably the one of the better Stephen Kings..... January 16, 2010
Danilo Buendia (San Diego, CA)
This is surprisely decent. The ending is a much better ending than the ususal suspense films and is a great surprise in respect to the ususal Stephen King movie adaptations. Pretty good for a short story to movie flick.
 Another hit of bad acid with Stephan King December 15, 2009
C. Rocklein
It's quick to draw you in, and it does fairly get under your skin in a kind of frustrating way, although it's not a seamless movie and you can feel the hand of the movie makers in it too much. Samuel Jackson wasn't convincing as the hotel manager in spite of his two words of French, and he gets more billing than he deserves as he must occupy about 15 minutes worth of movie time. Cusack wasn't bad. The chill factor is akin to the kind of drug paranoia associated with people who went off the deep end with LSD or some other such substance and never 'made it back' (Syd Barret?). Sixties child S. King's work has often been influenced by the psychedelic potential, which offers interesting possibilities for his novels and more so when left to the imagination rather than the screen. There are some decent visual moments in the film, but there are just as many others that simply feel like gaudy Hollywood manipulation. The premise of stepping into this room is that you are stepping into another dimension simutaneously - a dimension which doesn't follow the laws of logic or time, is bent on tormenting those who enter, and from which there is no escape, as it is hardly of this world in the first place. Charming, eh?
The film doesn't really compare with Kubrick's Shining. Yes, they were both Stephan King, yes they both take place in hotels. But where The Shining is a masterful work of art on all levels (story, acting, cinematography), 1408 is a kind of fast food by comparison, with a quick story, so-so character acting and more special effects than dynamite film work. It does leave a mark though as do so many of King's stories, tapping into a kind of primal paranoia. I give this film 3.5 stars, and maybe it deserved 4, but not 5. I'm going to watch the alternate ending on the second dvd now, which supposedly does away with the "happy ending" of the theater version on disc one.
Preview was better than movie. December 5, 2009
Wayne A. Duszczak (Toms River NJ)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I may not be a fair judge of this movie but most of the events in this movie seemed to far fetched. I liked the Shining alot but using that movie to rate this might not be fair?
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