

- A psychological horror that keeps you guessing to the very end, 1408 pulls you into a haunted hotel with seemingly no escape. The shots are engrossing and the score is purposely maddening as 1408 attempts to drive you insane right along with John Cusack. While it isn’t the strongest adaptation of Stephen King’s work 1408 will definitely satisfy King fans and horror fans alike.
- *1408* is a 2007 American supernatural psychological horror film based on Stephen King's short story published in 1999. It was directed by Mikael Håfström, written by Matt Greenberg, Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, and stars John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson. It was released in the United States on June 22, 2007. John Cusack plays Mike Enslin, a writer who debunks paranormal phenomena, as he checks into the infamous room 1408 at the Dolphin Hotel. Samuel L. Jackson plays hotel manager Gerald Olin, who tries to warn him away from that room. What makes *1408* so engaging is how small it feels — and how big it gets. Most of the film is just one man, in one room, with nowhere to go. Mike goes in as a skeptic, certain that every haunted place has a rational explanation. The room, though, does not play by those rules. It is a tense, claustrophobic Stephen King story about belief, grief, and what happens when a man who has made a career out of not believing is forced to face something he cannot explain away.
- One of the most elaborate horror/thrillers I've watched for quite a long time. At first look, the premise of the film suggests that it is just another trite and cliche-drenched tale of a "haunted place"; but as the story unfolds, the essence of the film turns out to be a different. Having a plot somewhat reminiscent of some old Stephen King adaptations like "The Shining" and "Rose Red", "1408" has lots of twists and turns with more than enough depth and dimension, working both paranormal and psychological level. Today's horror/thrillers depend too much on graphic violence; where blood, gore, decapitations, and dismembered bodies galore. But here, the film's appeal comes from its effectiveness in creating a foreboding mood and claustrophobic feel of a Kafkaesque hotel room, capturing the essence of King's story very well. Not overly violent and with almost no blood and gore, the villain of the story is not a psychopathic killer, pervert, monster, specter or a mutant, it's the room itself. John Cushack does a good job by being the vainly struggling foe of this evil and mysterious room.
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- juni 2007 blev 1408 udgivet.
1408 blev instrueret af Mikael Håfström.
1408 har en spilletid på 1 t 44 m.
1408 blev produceret af Lorenzo di Bonaventura.
Som så mange gange før er forfatteren Mike Enslin tjekket ind på et hotel. Som så mange gange før har han booket hotellets notorisk "hjemsøgte" værelse, nr. 1408. Som så mange gange før forventer Mike en lang, kedelig nat, hvor han vil få bekræftet, at spøgelseshistorierne bare er noget, hotellet bruger til at lokke kunder til. Men i nat får Mike Enslin sig en overraskelse!
Nøglepersonerne i 1408 er Mike Enslin (John Cusack), Gerald Olin (Samuel L. Jackson), Lilly Enslin (Mary McCormack).
1408 er bedømt 15.
1408 er en Gyser, Fantasy, Mysterium-film.
1408 har en seerbedømmelse på 6.1 ud af 10.
1408 havde et budget på 25 mio. US$.
1408 har indtjent 133 mio. US$ ved billetlugen.




















