1408 (7)

Finally, at last, a Steven King adaption that is enjoyable! Unlike others I have seen, this a not a second-rate production with second rate actors. Even the music was very good - pulsing cellos, synthesiser beat, stringy tension and blasting brass - you have got to listen during the end credits.

Mike Enslin (John Cusack) is a jaded author who doesn't believe in ghosts and such, yet he writes books about haunted places. He has never experienced anything spooky (just like any sane person who lives in reality) until he stays in room 1408 in the Dolphin hotel. Trapped inside the "evil room" torments him with shock and the death of his daughter. He has been warned by hotel manager (Samuel L. Jackson) that nobody survives more than hour before killing themselves, yet he does, so why does everyone kill themselves in a hour? Because the friendly staff can help you checkout? Think of day for underground pigs.

There is the mandatory false ending, but Steven King followed his formula - "the good guy doesn't usually win, but sometimes neither does the bad guy" - so you know that there is more to come. While the story is as expected, Samuel Jackson and the music really added to the film, and some effects and filming angles are pretty cool too. Another 7 (I'm glad I watched it).

Oh and by the way, if anyone knows where I can get such a fantastic heating and air conditioning system, let know since I'd love one for my house.