1408 (2007)

3.5 / 5

Tagline: The Dolphin Hotel invites you to stay in any of its stunning rooms. Except one.

Directed By: Mikael Håfström

Written By: Matt Greenberg, Scott Alexander, Stephen King, Larry Karaszewski

Actors Include: John Cusack, Paul Birchard, Margot Leicester

Genre: Drama, Horror
Length: 112 minutes

Banned:  Nope

 

Review:

I like Stephen King and I like the actors involved in this film, so I went to see this 'un in the theatre. It's not terribly clever (the resolve was a bit disappointing...I'd expected more) actually considering it's based upon a Stephen King thing, but still it manages to be better than so many other modern horror tales. The story is about a man has lost his faith and his Daughter and now works as a disillusioned haunting inspector going from hotel to hotel looking for hauntings. Well he doesn't really believe in ghosts until he winds up at the Dolphin hotel room 1408. Not a bad premise really, sort of an interesting idea only parts of it could/should have been a bit better explained I think. Parts of the evil that attack him seem a bit cliche but I'm sure it's hard to be entirely inventive when dealing with ghosts. It's relatively intense, not much gore but still a few jumpy type moments. Not as good as it could have been, but worth watching none the less.

Availability:  On DVD & Blu-Ray