More Stephen King bog..

Rating: 1/10 (27 April 2008)

The scares amounted to: one moment no one there, next camera shot "surprise!" there's a cheesy looking burned-person. So cheap and boooooooriiiiiiiiiing.
With all the fx technology about in this day, why can't anyone design ghosts properly? Why isn't there genuine 'spook' anymore? The "ghosts" in this movie are malfunctioning electronic projections. How is that spooky? The turn of events in the room lacks originality. A radio that plays wobbly music? A melting phone hand piece? the lead character (name already forgotten) confronting his demons? The guy suddenly waking up on the beach? Nothing occurred which suggested there were ghosts at all! Everything was in the head of the lead character. This wasn't a "ghost" story, it was a psychological thriller with cheap thrills. Trashy. Cheesy. Corny.
When the door numbers melted as the room burned I said out loud "oh whatever.." and pressed full forward. So corny corny corny. Corn-fed to sickness. I once enjoyed Stephen King books; I read 19 of them before i realised his characters were repetitively corny American stereotypes, and his idea of "horror" was neither horrific nor scary, it was just cheesy. I don't know whether the book was as cr*p as this adaption, but please already! my god, how much cheese does a person need before dying of cholesterol poisoning!
There are 2 endings to this film, but on the official DVD version the main character is killed. On a version i watched months ago the lead dude survived! The last scene was him back with his wife discovering his daughters voice on the tape recorder which suggested that his experience had been real - it was the only moment of 'class' in the entire film - and IT MADE SENSE!! But with the DVD ending it's Samuel Jackson's character listening to the tape recorder after the lead dudes funeral, and then we get another "surprise!"-burned-person moment in the car. So now the "surprise!"-burned-person "ghost" is in the car? You morons it was the ROOM that was meant to be "evil", the "ghosts" were directly attached to the room! You chose the wrong ending to put on the DVD!
Remember Green Mile? Shawshank Redemption? I want that kind of classy approach to a horror film! Watch "The Others" or "The Changeling" and you'll know how subtlety can win out over crud like 1308 (that's minus the 100 minutes i just reclaimed..).