Stephen King’s 1408
Thanks to the virtue of LOVEFILM online DVD rental service (not Sky Plus this time) I finally got around to see last years 1408 a horror film based on the book of the same name by Stephen King.
My experience of films of Stephen King books is mixed at best. The best adaptation I can think of is Stephen King’s IT, with Tim Curry, if they are ever tempted to remake this I will not be happy, if they want to do anything they can fix the ending which really lets the ‘film’ down.
In 1408 John Cusack plays Mike Enslin a novelist (please can someone direct me to a Stephen King plot that doesn’t involve a novelist as the protagonist) of ’factual’ books about haunted hotels. Originally trying to seek the truth of life after death for his own needs, he has become a hack novelist who has lost all faith in everything.
1408 refers to a haunted room in a hotel in New York that has been responsible for a multitude of deaths. The room has been closed by the hotel, but using a legal loophole Mike manges to reserve it for one night.
Of course the room is actually haunted and proceeds to make Mike’s life a living hell. But the movie covers much more than this. It covers a number of ‘jump in your seat’ horror cliches, but has a powerful storyline and a nice little twist.
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