1408 (2007) Reviews
- Starring:
- John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, (more)
- Director(s):
- Mikael Håfström
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13
- Category:
- Horror
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27 out of 31 people found this review helpful I was a bit gun shy when this movie was recommended to me since I try to avoid all "horror" movies. This movie definitely cannot be classified in that genre. It is an intense drama with great ... Read More I was a bit gun shy when this movie was recommended to me since I try to avoid all "horror" movies. This movie definitely cannot be classified in that genre. It is an intense drama with great completion. Well done...I highly recommend this movie Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No | ||
14 out of 16 people found this review helpful No doubt there will be comparisons to The Shining. Both involve alcoholics with difficult family histories who stay at a hotel with a similarly checkered past, and we become witness to the merging ... Read More No doubt there will be comparisons to The Shining. Both involve alcoholics with difficult family histories who stay at a hotel with a similarly checkered past, and we become witness to the merging of their twisted "souls". While this isn't up to the par of The Shining, it does a pretty good job of making that experience nearly as creepy. I agree that the ending falls short -- it was, after all, a short story, not a novel. If the final scene played the Carpenters song again, it would have been perfect -- a missed opportunity. The story could have done with some more thickening out of the creepy characters as well. We never really get a good sense for why they are there, whereas in The Shining, we meet some of them more intimately. Samuel Jackson is an odd choice, but he does a decent enough job. John Cusack is surprisingly fantastic though! Well done. Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No | ||
13 out of 15 people found this review helpful This movie is really good, but really disturbing. I mean it is so amazingly well done, and John Cusack is great, but
this movie is really disturbing. I left the theater with chills. I mean it really ... Read More This movie is really good, but really disturbing. I mean it is so amazingly well done, and John Cusack is great, but
this movie is really disturbing. I left the theater with chills. I mean it really makes you think. It's NOT A GOOD MOVIE
for people who get scared very easily. They could almost faint. Seriously. Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No | ||
9 out of 9 people found this review helpful 1408 starts off with a good horror flick. John Cusack plays a good character with an intense backline as a horror authority and his plight very legitimate. The movie provides you a good premise ... Read More 1408 starts off with a good horror flick. John Cusack plays a good character with an intense backline as a horror authority and his plight very legitimate. The movie provides you a good premise with a great strory line only to trip up at the end. There are no "jump out and scare you" moments but a general madness theme exists. The ending raises eyebrows though as it seems completely random . If you are expecting a standard horror flick ending you will be disssapoined as the end doesn't seem quite belivable or realistic. Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No | ||
12 out of 16 people found this review helpful WOW! I couldn't take my eyes off of it. It was a really good, really well acted, old fashion ghost story. I would have given it 5 stars if it had a better ending, though the DVD gave us a choice ... Read More WOW! I couldn't take my eyes off of it. It was a really good, really well acted, old fashion ghost story. I would have given it 5 stars if it had a better ending, though the DVD gave us a choice of three. None of them were the perfect ending for the otherwise great story. Don't let that stop you from seeing it though, if your heart can stand a few "GOT-CHAS". Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No | ||
12 out of 17 people found this review helpful Once again Hollywood fails to bring to the screen the full scope of a Stephen King story. This does not give justice to the story I read years ago. In fact no movie adapted from a Stephen King novel ... Read More Once again Hollywood fails to bring to the screen the full scope of a Stephen King story. This does not give justice to the story I read years ago. In fact no movie adapted from a Stephen King novel has ever lived up to the book. This was not scary, intense or suspenseful. I would not recommend it to anyone looking for these characteristics in a movie. I would not watch it again. Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No | ||
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