1408 (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
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Actor: John CusackDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Collector's Edition, Color, NTSC, Widescreen
Running Time: 104 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-10-02
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Weinstein Company
DVD Reviews of 1408 (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
DVD Review: Good Enough
Summary: 4 Stars
This movie is good enough for me. But if you like true Horror MOVIES, this movie may disapoint you !DVD Review: Fantastic horror movie with an original idea!
Summary: 5 Stars
I love horror films, but so many of them follow the same formulas with ghosts/poltergeists, slashers, zombies, or vampires. 1408 stands out from the crowd because it does something I haven't seen any other horror story do--it makes the ROOM evil for absolutely no reason at all. Normally I prefer to know why something is the way it is, but in this case, not knowing what makes the room evil is one of the best parts. And the way it tortures John Cusack is inspired! Even after several viewings the events in the movie still scare and sadden me. I always cry at a certain point. The acting is astounding, the special effects are incredible, and it has a lot of twists and turns that I didn't really expect. I haven't read the short story, but I love the movie. I think every horror fan should watch this film. DVD Review: 1408
Summary: 5 Stars
I recieved my dvd on time and making the payment was very easy. I would use this user againDVD Review: For a book to film comparison, the book will always be better.
Summary: 3 Stars
The book scared the $**!T out of me, and even MORE the second time. The movie-barely at all. Two or three good scares through the whole film. As for the theatrical release verses the Director's cut, I disagree with previous reviews and by far prefer the Director's cut. I feel I could watch that MANY more times then I could watch the other, where as the other I don't think I'd need more than the first viewing. And the D's cut has a much creepier feel and added scare. And this set also comes with post cards!DVD Review: A ho-hum psychological thriller
Summary: 2 Stars
Mike Enslin (John Cusack) is a `true story' horror writer in the fact that he writes about haunted houses or places he visits. Never has he actually come across a ghost or even anything remotely haunting and it shows in his cynicism when people ask him questions or when people tell him about something that is haunted. One day while going through all the `come to my haunted place' mail he gets, he comes across a simple post card saying `Do Not Enter 1408', and it grabs his attention and he decides to try out the room. After some legal action, he finally gets his room booked and heads to the hotel. The manager of the hotel, Gerald Olin (Samuel Jackson), tries his best to convince Mike to not go into the room and to just take a penthouse suite and go to a Knicks game... anything but go in there. After some very convincing arguments from Gerald, Mike still goes in the room. Once in the room, Mike begins to witness some strange and scary events from a room that isn't just haunted, but more like evil and demonic. Mike is convinced he's just drugged from liquor that Gerald gave him and is hallucinating everything until things begin to hurt him.
I really didn't care for this movie for the fact that, due to the trailers, I thought I was going to be watching a scary haunted room movie. But in fact it was more of a scary psychological thriller movie. That doesn't really bother me, but most of the scenes were just plain or not that interesting. There were a couple scenes that were really good, but there were just too many that made me wish the movie was over. I for one could have done without the daughter scenes, but that's only because I didn't know I was going into a `thinker' movie. Sure, I get the point that the room was bringing out his inner demons or whatever, but at the time, it was just out of place for me. And then the whole `is he in the room or is this in his head' and `did he escape or did he not' stuff was just not well thought out. If you wanted to leave it open for us for thinking, I don't think the ending should have been what it was. I heard there were two different ending though and I saw the one that was on the single disc DVD.
I'll tell you what though; Samuel L. Jackson is a great actor. While he was trying to convince Mike to not go in that room, I was thinking, "DON'T GO IN THAT ROOM. LISTEN TO SAM! HE GOT ATE BY A SHARK! HE KNOWS THINGS!" The dialogue between John and Sam was really done well by both actors. I shouldn't really have to say much about John Cusack, he's awesome in everything he does. It's just his style that I really like. Like when Sam was hovering over John in a chair while telling a story, you see John look up and say "What are you doing?" It just felt like it wasn't scripted to me and I started giggling a little.
Well in the end, I would say give it a try. These movies are seriously hit or miss for all different types of people. But to this guy, I really hated it both times I saw it.
P.S. - My room was haunted when I was growing up! Seriously!
Description of 1408 (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
(Thriller) Based on a short story by Stephen King, a man who specializes in debunking the paranormal checks into the infamous room 1408 in the Dolphin Hotel, only to discover. the terror is real.As creepfests go, 1408 is right up there with The Shining, also inspired by a Stephen King work and featuring a menacing hotel and the wobbly sanity of a writer lodging there. "It's an evil [bleep]-ing room!" intones Samuel L. Jackson, who plays the smooth but vaguely sinister manager of the Dolphin Hotel. John Cusack is stellar as Mike Enslin, a cynical Everyschlub who writes "occult travel guides," but believes in nothing, especially anything resembling an afterlife.
What happens in room 1408 of the Dolphin may change Enslin forever--if he survives the first hour. The thrills range from jumpy "gotcha" moments involving mirror images, to more traditional horror fare like bleeding walls, to truly diabolical touches like the recurrence of the Carpenters' "We've Only Just Begun." (Shudder.) The film does a nice job of weaving the operatic horror effects with the truly heart-breaking backstory of the death of Enslin's young daughter and his marriage--perhaps the only two things Enslin has ever believed in. And thankfully, there's just enough humor to leaven the intensity at key moments; Cusack is unparalleled when it comes to delivering a self-deprecating wisecrack, even as his life passes before his eyes. Get your adrenaline pumping and check into this room. Oh, and sorry, no refunds. A.T. Hurley
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