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Genres:
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Horror /
Thriller
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Director:
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Mikael Håfström
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Actors:
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Eric Meyers,
Paul Birchard,
Margot Leicester,
Walter Lewis,
David Nicholson,
Holly Hayes,
Alexandra Silber,
John Cusack,
Samuel L. Jackson,
Mary McCormack,
Tony Shalhoub,
Len Cariou,
Isiah Whitlock Jr.,
Jasmine Jessica Anthony,
Johann Urb
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Duration:
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112 min.
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Rating:
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(6.9/10)156.5
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Plot Summary:
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Based on the dwarfish Stephen Royal horror story of the constant rating, 1408 is take arcane writer Mike Enslin, an author of two affluent books on inexplicable phenomena. As research on the side of his latest post, Enslin is steady to obstruct into the open air the notorious scope 1408 in a New York City motor hotel by by oneself staying as a guest in the fabled leeway. He believes that 1408 is no more than a allegory perpetuated on stories and rumors that Enslin has collected concerning his past works. However, inn manager Mr. Olin has strong objections to Enslin's stay and on the contrary ... warns him of admissible danger to come. Enslin is identified to go anyway. But what Mike Enslin is about to wisdom is no fable, as 1408 truly is a room where the guests don't inhibition into public notice by .
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1408
John AndersonOne can only imagine, with horror, what would happen if a guest asked for more towels at the Hotel Dolphin, the locale of the freakily scary 1408, yet another film that puts "hostile" back in hostelry. While it's certainly been the season for hotel/motel movies -- see Bug, Vacancy and Sympathy -- helmer Mikael (Derailed) Hafstrom's take on single-room occupancy is the most cinematically ambitious. For star John Cusack, it's a perfect fit and, with a little massaging from the Weinstein Co., should emerge as one of the surprise hits of the summer.
An unnerving movie that here and there succumbs to fits of effects mania, 1408 actually manages to combine elements of Jean-Paul Sartre's No Exit, The Poseidon Adventure and the Carpenters -- making them all more t...
1408
After receiving a mysterious postcard, horror writer and closet cynic Mike Enslin resolves to spend a night in The Dolphin Hotel's dread room, 1408. John Cusack and Samuel L Jackson star in this Stephen King adaptation
No stranger to recycling his own material, there's a touch of the familiar about master of terror Stephen King's '1408', first published as a short story in his macabre collection 'Everything's Eventual'. Unhappy families, spooky suites, a writer with a case of the crazies; it's like a brochure detailing the delights of The Shining's Overlook Hotel, itself masterfully brought to life by Stanley Kubrick.
1408 certainly won't cause the same nightmares, but at a tight 94 minutes, dotted with genuine scares and boasting a...
1408
Scott BowlesTerror, for Stephen King, must be wondering what will happen to his stories once they make it to the big screen; he once vowed never to direct again for fear it would come out looking like Maximum Overdrive. But he has no need to worry this time around in 1408, a faithful and creepy adaptation of his 2002 short story. At his best, King's most effective creatures are not the ones behind creaking doors, but inside crooked minds. And director Mikael H??fstr??m (Derailed) takes the principle to heart in this story about Mike Enslin, a hack author (John Cusack) who doesn't believe in ghosts but makes a healthy living rating haunted hotels. Enslin changes his tune when he checks into room 1408 of Manhattan's Dolphin Hotel. Enslin learns from the ...
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