The Room That Dripped Boredom.

Rating: Null/10 (25 July 2007)

Writer John Cusack specializes in books about haunted houses. He is inexplicably sent a postcard telling him to stay out of the titled place, located in a hotel in New York City. Naturally, Cusack becomes intrigued as he thinks he will prove the room to be harmless as with the other so-called haunted places he has encountered. Cusack though is a bit of a lost soul himself, leaving his wife (Mary McCormack) after the death of their young daughter. Strange little flick which is based on a short story by Stephen King. Basically "1408" turns into a nutty one-man show that just kind of spins frantically into nothing. Plot holes galore will turn most viewers off very quickly and Samuel L. Jackson's creepy hotel manager could have been eliminated from the final product all together. Intermediate film-making scares may frighten those who have not seen a movie since 1933, but the rest of us will be yawning instead. Totally forgettable. 2.5 stars out of 5.