Way over the top.

Rating: 3/10 (10 December 2007)

I had extremely high hopes for this one when seeing previews. I'd have to say that before I saw this, I was more excited than I had been in years to see a horror film. How could I not be excited, The Shining is one of my favorite movies and how could another horror film that takes place at a hotel be bad? Oh, 1408 will show you just how bad it can be. Now, I'm all for movies that are cramped, I enjoyed Signs, which all took place in the basement practically, Night of the Living Dead takes place mostly in a living room, but this movie couldn't pull off that feat of having very little locations. 1408 starts off so-so, the main character was developed well enough so that I liked him by the time he got to room 1408, and Samuel Jackson added a lot when explaining all the events that took place in the room, it's only after Cusack is in room 1408 for about 20 minutes that you start to wonder what the point is. You'll get the token sudden noises but you'll also get completely ridiculous events, like the painting scene. Just another example of CGI over story, I suggest you save your money or bum a friends copy. Gee, I'm starting to think that the Steven King fans are voting his movies high just because it's Steven King, nah, they wouldn't do that would they? ;)