What a shame, Could've been better

Rating: 5/10 (22 April 2010)

Stephen King is a horror/writing legend. I read The Shining, Cujo, Carrie, and Needful Things. Anway enough about what I read, lets review this movie. 1408 is about a man named Mike Enlsin (John Cusack) who debunks the paranormal activities in hotels. He checks into the Dolphin Hotel in New York and realizes that room 1408 is haunted. He ignores the warning of the hotel manager Gerald Olin (Samuel Jackson) and stays in the room confronting terrifying chaos with no escape. Even though I disliked this movie, it started off pretty well with good character development. John Cusack delivered a superb performance as did Samuel Jackson. However I thought there were some parts that were very confusing and it was more depressing than scary. At least thats the way I saw it. Also the appearance of the ghosts were digital hologram effects, which looked downright pathetic. So 1408 is an intense movie, but then it goes ridiculously over the top.