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His books have titles such as ten nights in haunted hotel rooms and take a. Towards the beginning of his stay in room 1408, mike mentions that some. One thing in his mail is a postcard for the dolphin motel. Director mikael hafstrom takes his time, going for the offkilter shots that render the commonplace surreal and investing a sense of vertigo in the audience. Jackson, based on a stephen king short story by the same name cusack plays horror writer mike enslin, who specializes in investigating supposedly haunted houses and other sites of supernatural activity, which he has documented previously in books like ten haunted graveyards and ten. For threequarters of the movie, its just him in the room witnessing all these bizarre and scary events. Taken from a stephen king short story, 1408 has the actor playing. Knight at the moviesknight thoughts1408stephen king dvd.

If we could just get the key to room 1408, said dean. He runs around the room to catch somebody trying to fool him, but finds nobody. Add to watchlist mike enslin john cusack is an unprosperous, skeptical author who, after the death of his daughter katie jasmine jessica anthony, writes books appraising supernatural events in. Enslin receives a postcard from the hotels staff, inviting him to explore what sets room 1408 in new yorks fictional dolphin hotel apart from any of the other ghostinfested inns.

The manager reluctantly agrees, and mike settles in for a night in 1408. The evil hotel room 1408 mocks enslin through the radio by playing the carpenters weve only just begun repeatedly. Cusack plays a writer who has made it his mission to disprove hotels spinechilling reputations. The supposed fun in this shallow undertaking is watching cusack relate to the room and all the gimmickry special effects such as ghosts jumping out windows, a clock radio blaring out of control to air whenever it pleases the carpenters sugary pop hit weve only just begun, windows slamming without reason, both bathroom faucets. It is a room not only of suicides but of strokes and heart attacks and epileptic seizures. He featured it in his book on writing called wait for it on writing and then. Everybody who has ever stayed there has died in the room, until eventually the. Now the menu is a picture of a wolf eating a small child. Then he tells the girls that no woman has ever lasted more than one hour in the room. John cusack plays mike enslin, cynic trying to cope with the death of his daughter and subsequent breakup of his marriage and skeptical author of books dealing with the.

The recurring use of weve only just begun by the carpenters. Lily tells him that the police have already entered 1408, but the room is empty. Very complicated but highly entertaining plot based on a stephen king short story, with lots of similarities to the shining and misery. While the dolphin hotel, the building in which stephen kings infamous room 1408 resides in, is fictional, it was, indeed based on a real hotel. Why did they play the carpenters song weve only just. While addressing his audience at the book signing, mike says, stay scared.

The film was released in the united states on june 22, 2007, although july. The only exception to that rule i have ever madeand the only talk like this i have ever hadis on account of room 1408, a room on the thirteenth floor whose very numerals add up to thirteen. The song is featured prominently in the 2007 stephen king horror film, 1408. The cynical and skeptical writer mike enslin writes books evaluating supernatural phenomena in hotels, graveyards and other haunted places, usually debunking the mystery. Matek about the defeat of the polish army in the context of the war against the. Mike enslin is a skeptic and author who debunks supernatural occurrences after the untimely death of his daughter katie. Much of the credit goes to cusack, who for much of the running time is the only actor on screen. Hes even rattled when the alarm clock goes off blaring the carpenters only just begun, and surprised when a hotel mechanic refuses to enter, instead instructing him on how to fix a malfunctioning thermostat. This film sets up something that could at least be entertaining and it is, but after the first 45 minutes the pacing is heavily affected by some really awful execution. Even the postcard that first informs enslin about the room says, dont enter 1408, 9 letters and 4 digits equals.

As research for his latest book, enslin is determined to check out the notorious room 1408 in a new york city hotel by personally staying as a guest in the fabled room. If youve ever seen oculus, this movie is similar to that, only in a hotel room. But even better, when mike looks out a window to a room across the street hoping to signal for help, he sees a mirror version of himself dressed differently, unspeaking. His books have titles such as ten nights in haunted hotel. At first, mike fails to believe there is anything strange about the room. Jackson, mary mccormack, tony shalhoub, len cariou, isiah whitlock, jr. He approaches the window, and when he turns around, his previously unmade bed and uncleaned room are made and cleaned.

After his latest book, he receives an anonymous postcard. Hallucinating, mike sees the paintings transform into evil. Jackson, mary mccormack, tony shalhoub, jasmine jessica anthony. So its off to 1408, where the bathroom faucet gushes scalding water, the window conspires to crush his hand, and the clock radio plays the carpenterss weve only just begun whenever it pleases. Doing some private research, he learns that the dolphin has had a long and tragic history of deaths, all of them surrounding the guests that have stayed in room 1408. Since his only daughter died, cusack has been touring haunted hotels and writing books that ultimately debunk any reports of supernatural occurrences. The clock radio suddenly starts playing weve only just begun, a hit song by the carpenters. Techs are also firstrate with the past victims of the room shown to good effect. It is directed by mikael hafstrom and stars john cusack, samuel l.

Based on the short stephen king horror story of the same name, 1408 is about supernatural writer mike enslin, an author of two successful books on supernatural phenomena. I also suggest that you pick up the short story of room 1408 as this adaptation fully captures its essence, something we can. The bedroom has no windows and one of the artworks is vaguely sinister. The rooms most deliciously perverse and always jarring assault is the clock radios autoturnon, which repeatedly blares the carpenters weve only just begun. Great use of weve only just begun thruout the flick. As mike enslin john cusack is walking to room 1408, reading the files gerald.

The special fx have a high creep factor as room 1408 closes in on the frightened enslin. The weve only just begun song and the express checkout phonecall. The movie was directed by mikael hafstrom from a screenplay written by matt greenberg, scott alexander, and larry karaszewski. Hes told that the room is unavailableeven though he hasnt given a date. Mike enslin john cusack is an author who specializes in horror, but who only believes in what he can. After 30 years of stephen king books this tic continues to work but the same isnt true of the movies based on those novels. Similarities and differences in the movie 1408 by stephen. The film was released in the united states on june 22, 2007, although july which in 2007 fell on a friday is. And of course since the hotel doesnt have an official th floor, the floor room 1408 is on is actually.

He gives an emotional center to a film that could easily have been just another specialeffects light show. Jackson, based on a stephen king short story by the same name cusack plays horror writer mike enslin, who specializes in investigating supposedly haunted houses and other sites of supernatural activity, which he has documented previously in books like ten haunted. Finally, just to keep the motif going, the movie was released on june 22, 2007, yet another. As thrillers go, 1408 leaves too much room for fun the boston globe. Even so, you have to give 1408 bonus points, in these tortureporn times, for daring to depend on character and chills rather than gore. Mike hears the radio in room 1408 come on by itself and play the song weve only just begun, but he dismisses it as olin attempting to trick him.

If you two would humor me by coming to my office for a more private conversation. S tephen king has 106 adaptation credits to his name, but its difficult to remember anything memorable since 1994s the shawshank redemption. Deciding it was time to check out of the room, mike reaches for the phone. After his latest book, he receives an anonymous postcard of the dolphin hotel. Realizing the only way out is for him to set himself on fire. Any film that uses the carpenters pop hit weve only just begun for. As thrillers go, 1408 leaves too much room for fun the. A radio that plays all by itself the syrupy carpenters ballad weve only just begun for a piquant contrast to the ghostly goingson, and then starts a countdown from 60 minutes. Theres a guy on etsy that sells replica 1408 room keys and i want one so badly.

It is telling of a good horror flick when the carpenters song, we only just. Mike books the room, despite the warnings of the hotel manager, gerald olin samuel l. No man has ever exited room 1408, gerald lied darkly, and, no one has ever lasted an hour. Is stephen kings 1408 hotel real and where is it if it is.

Cusacks character is holed up in an evil hotel room. Weve only just begun written by roger nichols as roger s. So it is with 1408, a perfectly good frightfest that has a wonderful build up and pretty good middle section but then just an. The movie 1408 is about a hotel room in new york city that is haunted by an evil presence. Check in to 1408, no reservations needed the spool. A nice hauntedroom story, and of course, nobody ever pays attention to what michael says. Cusack plays mike enslin, a jaded writer who traffics in trashy books about. We were thinking of upgrading you to a penthouse suite, no extra charge, said olin. Jackson, based on a stephen king short story by the same name. Even the clock radio, which turns itself on and plays weve only just begun by the carpenters, doesnt faze him. He meets his paranormal match when a postcard beckons him to the dolphin hotel, an oldfashioned new york highrise with a room1408thats claimed so many victims that its no longer rented out. Mikes latest project is a book entitled ten nights in haunted hotel.

Mike john cusack arrives in room 1408 and is disappointed by its. Weve only just begun plays on the clock radio, which has reset itself to 60. As ghoststory, horror flicks go, there are high production values in 1408, but there are just too many loose ends and an unfulfilling worldview to make this worth a 94minute stay. But when he checks into room 1408 of new yorks dolphin hotel, the. Then as the room begins to unveil some of its more. The film adapted from stephen kings short story of the same name, 1408 proves itself one of the better king adaptations brought to the screen and one of the most compelling horror movies in recent times. Being based on a very short story, the structure of this movie is extremely simple.