Multiple interpretations but the stress is mostly on visuals

Rating: 7/10 (10 March 2015)

The good thing about this movie is that it allows for multiple interpretations. However on a second viewing my vision doesn't change. The room is evil and is playing tricks on its guests. I don't think it were just Mike Enslin's hallucinations, how else can the victims before him be explained? His experiences in room 1408 were also very useful as it made him realize it what really was the reason he was writing about haunted places, his own personal demons and what eventually drove him and his wife apart. Visually a treat even though sometimes over the top this movie doesn't give you a moment of rest once Enslin is in the room. There clearly is a moralistic undertone in the movie but I don't mind. It's a good movie allowing for multiple revisits but I would leave a considerable amount of time between them.