Good adaption of the short story!

Rating: 7/10 (6 October 2008)

The main purpose of taking a story to be portrayed on a film is so that the audience can see the directors perspective. Some movies stay true to the book, while others veer from the book completely. I have not read Stephen King's short story "1408", but I was still impressed with the movie. What I really liked was the fact that this movie was able to do was stretch out a short story to a full length film. For a PG-13 film, this movie delivers higher than expected.
1408 is an overall good pop-corn horror flick. It supplies a decent amount of jumps and scares, while maintaining a chilling atmosphere.
What I thought was outstanding was the lead performance by John Cusack. He was able to make this movie something somewhat believable, rather than just have a guy talk to himself for an hour and a half. Since no other character received more than 15 minutes of screen time, it was good to see that he was able to make up for the small amount of characters with his one performance.
Overall, 1408 is a very fun way to kill an hour and a half. It is surprisingly effective, chilling, and it supplies a good amount of good entertainment, which is something that most modern horror films aren't able to do. Don't be turned off by the PG-13 rating, it's a good film.