The Mother of All Haunted Rooms

Rating: 7/10 (27 June 2014)

There have been plenty of haunted houses: Poltergeist, House, and Amityville Horror immediately come to mind, but how many haunted hotel rooms have there been? 1408 is about a writer, Michael Enslin (John Cusak), who writes about haunted hotels and motels. He debunks many myths of haunted locations until he tries room 1408 of the Dolphin Hotel in New York.
Almost immediately the hotel room begins to give you chills. On top of that it was played up very well by the hotel manager played by Samuel L. Jackson. He didn't chillingly rundown the hotel room's history, rather he matter-of-factly stated its bane in an attempt to keep Mr. Enslin from staying there. Of course he failed at that and so we were treated to the hair-raising ride that was Michael's stay in 1408.
There are startling moments, eerie moments and even depressing moments. The room, and the movie merges from creepy to scary to massively depressing within the span of an hour.
If you already have hang ups about haunted locations then this movie will give you a thrill. If you are looking to be scared from beginning to end, then this isn't the movie for you. The movie centers around one character and you can only be kept on edge for so long awaiting someones peril. Eventually, you and the character will say, "just end it already."