
Name: Room 1408
Released: 2007
Genre: Horror/Thriller
Director: Mikael Håfström
Cast: John Cusak, Samuel L. Jackson, Mary McCormack, Tony Shalhoub, Len Cariou, Benny Urquidez, Lily Gracy Alexander (only in director’s cut)
Plot: A writer named Mike Enslin (John Cusak) is writing a book about haunted hotels. He finds out about a hotel named The Dolphin Hotel in New York that’s said to have a room where the last 50-something guests have commited suicide within one hour. He calls the hotel and tries to book the room but he is not allowed to by the clerk on the phone, so he drives down there and convinces the hotel manager (Samuel L. Jackson) that if the room is not occupied then he should, by law, be able to book it. The manager tries to convince him not to take the room by showing him photos of the recent suicides. He takes the room anyway and scary and messed up things are starting to happen; a psychopath with a hammer, sees himself across the street, living corpses and many other, worse things.
My Thoughts: Since the movie is based on a novel by Mr. Stephen King, I expected the movie to be real good, and I was right. It’s an amazing movie with an intruiging plot and great acting from John Cusak. It’s a horryfieing, cruel, thrilling and, most of all, real movie. Don’t get me wrong, the movie can’t be called a “true story”, but the feeling when you watching the movie makes your skin crawl. The Swedish director, Mikael Håfström, really found a way to put the people watching the movie into the movie. Big thumbs up!
Grade: 10/10 – This movie was just about everything I had expected from it. I was ready for a horryfieing experience that Stephen King, like no other, can create and I got it. I was expecting good acting by Samuel L. Jackson and John Cusak and I got it. I expected a good script and I got that to. I got everything I wanted. Therefore, this is the first review that I give grade ten.
In other words: If you like Stephen King’s books and movies, and if you like horror and thriller and if you like to get scared out of your seat, too scared to go to bed, then watch this. And stay away from hotels afterwards, just in case.



