This horror/suspense film lacks horror and suspense.

Rating: 3/10 (16 September 2009)

1408 starts strong out of the gate. The first half hour is captivating, interesting and well told. That said, the remainder of the film fails to provide excitement or suspense.
Once the film is really supposed to start rolling, it actually falls flat and stalls out. The back story is redundant, boring and told constantly throughout. The movie actually seems to move backwards instead of forward. At certain points of film I wanted to shout at the screen: "OK, I get it! Can we please move the story forward already?" At the very least I had hoped that there would be some kind of punch for an ending, but there wasn't. The ending was predictable and bland.
The only real bright spot was Samuel Jackson. His scenes were terrific (as usual). When this movie is shown on cable, I watch his scenes, then switch the channel.