1408
Review by Jeff

Directed by: Mikael Håfström

Starring:
John Cusack/Mike
Samuel L. Jackson/Gerald
Mary McCormack/Lily
Tony Shalhoub/Sam

Plot:
Based on the short Stephen King horror story of the same name, 1408 surrounds supernatural writer Mike Enslin, an author of two hit books focusing on supernatural phenomena. 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 in the fabled room. 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 and only warns him of possible danger to come. But 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.

Acting:
John Cusack(Mike) did what he did the best with what he had to work with and that wasn’t much, and Samuel Jackson(Gerald) was great in the small role he had, too bad he wasn’t in the movie more, other than that the most had a very small cast, so no one else to really talk about.

Gore:
We don’t get much at all here just a cut hand, and some blood coming from the walls, yea pretty lame but I guess this isn’t the type of movie for a bunch of gore.

T & A:
What do you think? Yeah, not shit.

Directing:
I thought the atmosphere was good at times, but there was almost too much going on at times to really enjoy it, there was also some ok camera shots, but nothing to really give you a scare.

Soundtrack:
We get a pretty eerie score, probably the best part of the film.

Final thoughts:
Not to much to say here, I thought the first 20 minutes or so were good but after that things just went all downhill for me. The film just seemed to unrealistic and didn’t deliver on the scares for me to get into, and the ending was just lame as hell. I give it a 2/10.