it could have been scary...but it just wasn't

Rating: 6/10 (16 December 2007)

Okay so Stephen King books are pretty damn scary right? Some movie adaptations have translated kings work onto the screen incredibly well.
1408 isn't one of those movies.
At first you still reckon there's hope- there are some tense moments and you do get reasonably creeped out- but then the whole thing takes a rapid turn into the absurd- a random mummy crawling around in the air vents? please!
The movie has only one redeeming quality which is its rather original concept which technically should be frightening.
After the first half hour or so you'll be tempted to laugh instead of scream.