1408

<b><a href="https://r.zdbb.net/u/2v2j" 1408 (2007)</b></a> <br> <br> King pretty much wrote the book when it comes to haunted hotel stories - literally - with The Shining. Even M.R. James would have been impressed. So you can imagine the surprise when it was learned that King planned on revisiting the haunted hotel formula with "1408" (released first in audiobook form via Blood and Smoke and in print as part of the collection Everything's Eventual). <br> <br> 1408 is about a writer named Mike Enslin (John Cusack), a man who built a career on visiting supposedly haunted spots and debunking them in his books. But one visit to the Dolphin Hotel in New York and its infamous room 1408 makes up for years of false leads. <br> <br> The original story was very short and to the point. Luckily, director Mikael Håfström and his writers managed to flesh out the tale and provide a more fully realized account of Enslin's terrifying stay. Like Samuel L. Jackson's hotel manager says, "It's an evil f***ing room," and the movie did a great job of conveying that with its pervasively, unsettling atmosphere and sudden scares.