23 January 2009

1408 (2007)

1408 is another Stephen King adaptation. John Cusack writes books on hauntings, although he doesn’t believe in the supernatural, and goes to Samuel L Jackson’s hotel to investigate Room 1408. It doesn’t take long for the thrills to start once Cusack is in the room, and the tension doesn’t let up once it does. Had this film stopped 5 or 10 minutes before it did (at the point where Cusack makes an important decision in the room) I would rate his film highly, but the actual ending weakens the movie and is hopelessly cliched.

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