Phenomenal

Rating: 9/10 (17 September 2015)

I bought 1408 simply because of a 'buy-one-get-one-free' sale. Not expecting much, I was surprised to find that this was easily one of the best horror movies I've ever seen.
I typically don't watch horror movies, with the exception of a few, such as 'The Babadook' and 'The Others', both of which were fantastic, but 1408 is worthy of standing up there with those. The story is simple, yet still manages to keep you on the edge of your seat for every minute of its 104 minute run-time.
It starts off unsettling, with obviously something wrong. It quickly goes from little hints of haunted-ness to all out intensity, delving into the character of Mike Enslin and revealing more than you'd ever expect from a horror flick, with the craziness of the haunted hotel room looming all around him.
By the end of the movie I was laughing. Not because of how stupidly bad it was, but because of how unbelievably impressed I was with this movie. I've given an 8/10 to lots of movies (it's pretty easy to do), but 1408 earned this 8/10. It's fantastic, its the movie that made me realize that I love horror movies. Despite its greatness, it isn't quite a 9/10. It's easily the best free movie I've ever gotten, but it still doesn't stand up to movies like 'The Babadook' Nevertheless it is a phenomenal movie that I highly recommend to horror movie and movie fans alike.