| The movie 1408 is creepy and haunting story about a | | | | but the skeptical writer still checks in room 1408. When |
| writer struggling to survive in a hotel room. Mike Enslin | | | | Mike first enters the room he notices subtle things, like |
| (played by John Cusack) enters a hotel room named | | | | the alarm clock and noises. As the movie progresses |
| 1408 in New York, but he soon discovers things are | | | | he begins seeing ghosts; however, he believes the |
| not what they seem. Mr. Enslin is a talented writer who | | | | alcohol is making him hallucinate. This is where the plot |
| go to the room in order to get ideas for writing his | | | | thickens. There are some flaws in the storyline, |
| book. The hotel manager, Gerald Olin, adamantly | | | | conversely that should not deter you from seeing it. |
| forbids Mike to enter the room. All of Gerald's | | | | You should have an open mind with these type of |
| warnings fall on deaf ears because Mike believes that | | | | movies. John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson do a |
| the room perfectly adequate. The hotel manager | | | | stellar job in 1408; this is a movie without any gore, |
| (Samuel L. Jackson) incessantly claims that no one has | | | | violence, or sex. I had goose bumps all over watching |
| lasted more than 1 hour in that room, and feverously | | | | this frightening hotel room horror movie. |
| mentions that 50 people have died there. Olin | | | | Final Verdict: See it because it is not a usual horror |
| emphatically accentuates how hazardous the room is, | | | | movie with blood and violence. |