1408

Pros: Quite a Few Terrifying Moments, Interesting Story Overall, Good Effects
Cons: Second Half of the Film is Less Thrilling Than the First

There are many things that I'm weary of when it comes to movies, and near the top of the list is modern Stephen King book movie adaptations. Recently directors have failed time and time again to capture the essence of what makes the rather prolific ...

Pros: Not stop action, creative, strong performances, satisfying ending
Cons: could use a bit more explanation of why it's haunted

This movie was horror rollercoaster ride! It starts off with just enough back story to understand Cusak's character then immediately jumps directly into the main dish of horror. Cusak holds the majority of the movie himself which is quite a feat given ...

Pros: Good graphics and some scenes were worth the rental fee
Cons: The rest of the movie but mainly the ending

1408 is a Stephen King thriller… right? Wrong. This movie, while defiantly having a few “spooky” moments is defiantly not the best thing Hollywood has put out to date. Many things that come to mind when I think just how bad this movie was. The ...

Pros: scary, fantastic, atypical
Cons: none

I think this is the best Stephen King flick yet, very good character development and the special effects were really good. This is not a slash and gore film, it is far more developed and classy than that. It tells a very good story that has a ...

Pros: Great psychological and jump out scares. Great performance from Cusack.
Cons: It's a bit short, but none other than that.

This is a rare occurrence... a PG-13 thriller that actually manages to thrill, and do it well. Cusack does a great job, having to talk to himself, and to his tape recorder nearly the entire movie, pulling off a man losing his mind. He definitely is ...

Pros: John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson turn in their usual fine work
Cons: More thrilling than truly scary

A funny thing happened on my way to see 1408. When I went to purchase my ticket for the show, my ticket seller informed me the theater where the movie was showing had no air conditioning. I was also told that I could get a refund within the first ...

Pros: John Cusak, use of sound, story
Cons: The Ending

I'm a fan of psychological thrillers. Not the blood and gore, slash 'em, gash 'em type...but the kind that distorts reality creating an edge of your seat mind ride. I was more than ready to go when a friend asked me to see 1408 with her. ...

Pros: Great spin on a been there done that premise, Cusack and Jackson are strong
Cons: None

Generally, a Stephen King story can go one way or the other when it comes to screen adaptation: it could really really suck or it could be really really great. For every Misery or The Green Mile is a few dozen waiting in the wings that generally suck: ...

Pros: Scariness, Acting, the fact that it's PG-13 and it's still terrifying.
Cons: Some unexplainable events, the END!

Before I begin my review, let me state that there has only been one horror movie ever to have scared me. The Blair Witch Project. I had really begun to give up on the horror genre, simply because we seem to be given thrice as many blood and guts ...

Pros: Terrifying, great acting, great imagination and special effects
Cons: Some parts a little cheesy, not sure about ending

I just want to start by saying that I haven’t seen a movie so creepy in a very long time. I’ve read review after review of 1408 by Epinionators as well as by critics, but I still wasn’t prepared for what I saw. Despite some cheesy ...

Pros: good story line, haunting, and super natural but not believable
Cons: poor all around, don't even know how to explain it

1408 is based on a short story but the horror novelist Stephen King. Mike Enslin, played by John Cusack, a paranormal, ghost, haunted places writer, is searching for a new adventure. He doesn't believe in what he researches, which is probably why ...

Pros: Decent acting, good story line, moderately creepy.
Cons: Drags at times, slight overuse of special effects

I like ghost stories, or should I say I like movies involving ghost stories. I loved ghost stories as a kid, especially those alleged to be true. As an adult I find most written ghost stories are repetitive or at least remind me of things I’ve ...

Pros: some effective moments
Cons: a lot of dross, a disappointment for fans of the story

Stephen King's short story "1408" was a rare treat - a genuinely chilling, uncanny piece from someone whose talent at writing such things has been steadily on the wane for years. When I found out they were turning the story into a movie, my first thought ...

Pros: You want fear - you got it!!!!
Cons: Slow starting- could have had a better ending.

Mike Enslin is an author who writes on the paranormal and the occult. He has been in search of ghosts for a few years and has to turn up anything. When he receives a postcard advising him not to stay in room 1408 at the Dolphin Hotel in New York he ...

Pros: Cusak, Jackson, great effects and imagery
Cons: Not enough Sam Jackson, an ending that should have been a bit more climactic

2007's psycho-thriller, "1408" takes us on a journey into the abyss of an imagination that just happens to belong to Stephen King. What do you get when you cross a 'mind trip' film like Jacob's Ladder with a film where the central character learns ...