Almost nailed it

Rating: 7/10 (2 April 2008)

This is a creepy, scary movie.
It wisely starts off by setting up the main character, and making it clear that he's pretty bored with going to so-called haunted hotel rooms and finding nothing. Apparently writing about having seen no ghosts doesn't sell many books, either, which may explain why there are so many authors that apparently see them, and not many that don't.
After the initial setup, which was very well paced, there is the (basically) one and only scene with Samuel L. Jackson, who must have been able to film all of his parts in a single day. That's a shame, too, because he has a great deal of screen presence, and the parts he is in are very effective.
Then begins the roller-coaster ride of scary things that go bump in the night. This is done a *lot* better than I expected, and there is quite a bit of frenetic energy in this scare-a-thon.
And then... the movie basically just ends. It is almost like they weren't sure what to do, and just flipped the switch. The final scene with his wife seemed tacked on. I think it was intended to be some sort of revelation, but of what I'm not entirely sure. I guess that his next book is going to sell a lot better than the previous ones!