1408 (2007)
Average Rating: 6.6/10
Reviews Counted: 170
Fresh: 133 | Rotten: 37
Relying on psychological tension rather than overt violence and gore, 1408 is a genuinely creepy thriller with a strong lead performance by John Cusack.
Average Rating: 6.6/10
Critic Reviews: 36
Fresh: 27 | Rotten: 9
Relying on psychological tension rather than overt violence and gore, 1408 is a genuinely creepy thriller with a strong lead performance by John Cusack.
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A writer renowned for debunking infamous paranormal events is confronted by a force that he cannot explain upon checking into room 1408 of the notoriously haunted Dolphin Hotel. Mike Enslin (John Cusack) is an author who specializes in horror, but who only believes in what he can see with his eyes and touch with his hands. Having constructed an entire career on his ability to dispel superstitious "haunted house" rumors, Mike is convinced that the afterlife is a manmade construct designed to
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John Cusack
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Samuel L. Jackson
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Mary McCormack
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Jasmine Jessica Anthony
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All Critics (171) | Top Critics (36) | Fresh (138) | Rotten (37) | DVD (23)
The tale is skimpy, mostly set in a New York City suite that, despite its bustling midtown location, is said to host unspeakable evil-and it doesn't even have Wi-Fi.
Top CriticIt reminds us what it's like to be scared in a theater rather than overwhelmed by buckets of blood and gore.
The movie attempts a false ending that doesn't quite work; the picture feels prolonged, dragged out, and its ennui lessens the impact of some of its more terrifying fillips.
A faithful and creepy adaptation of [King's] 2002 short story.
Even as haunted hotel King movies go, 1408 is certainly no Shining. Not even the TV-movie version.
A genuinely disturbing and ingenious piece of horror that's as much a brainteaser as it is a feast of visual creativity.
Like shacking up with a cheap hooker in a moderately priced hotel, 1408 delivers dirty thrills with few frills.
Another actor may have made 1408 seem as thin and fake as an episode of Tales from the Crypt, but Cusack lends it that badly needed extra milligram of conviction.
1408 is another Stephen King adaptation where the main protagonist is a writer. It is also a fine psychological horror movie and welcome change of pace from the ultra violent, gore polluted, torture porn flicks currently infecting cinema.
The success of 1408 rests squarely on [John Cusack's] Hawaiian shirt-clad shoulders, and he pulls it off. The role, that is. The tacky shirt stays on pretty well the whole time.
A good, old-fashioned horror flick, one that relies on supernatural chills, psychological twists and top-shelf special effects -- as opposed to the recent trend toward ball gags, bound wrists and bad lighting.
Cusack's gritty, near over-the-top performance goes a long way, as does the subtle slow burn from director Mikael Håfström, but Samuel L. Jackson needed to be nudged awake as the hotel manager.
Hotel room horror is more mental than physical.
Forcing the audience to experience his terror with an almost first-hand immediacy, Cusack runs the emotional gamut ...
Una buena idea y unos 20 minutos iniciales inquietantes y sugestivos se descarrilan rápidamente hacia la parafernalia y el exceso visual. Nada convence, excepto el esfuerzo de John Cusack por convencernos de que se lo ha tomado en serio.
From the start, it builds to a point of unbearable tension and then rewards us with a payoff that is cleverly executed and genuinely terrifying.
Cusack always manages to underscore panic with irony.
I'm very hard to please when it comes to the horror genre, but pleased I am with 1408, a dread concoction from Stephen King, sharply committed to film by a clever screenplay, solid direction and terrific performances.
Haunted houses aside, never were buildings such immense sources of creepiness and fright before 9/11.
There's a single-disc version, as well as a 2-Disc Collector's Edition which is, of course, the one to get.
John Cusack checks into an 'evil f***ing room' in 1408 (Two-Disc Collector's Edition), the 75th Stephen King movie to be made thus far. . .
Audience Reviews for 1408
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- Mike Enslin: $8 for beer nuts? This room is evil.
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- Mike Enslin: Sometimes you can't get rid if bad memories, you just gotta live with them.
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- Mike Enslin: Listen, I've been trapped.
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- Mike Enslin: ...but where's the bone-chilling terror?
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- Mike Enslin: Is this it?
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- Mike Enslin: Go to hell!
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