Don't go in the room!

Rating: 7/10 (22 June 2007)

****Not really a spoiler****
"1408" begins with us meeting Mike Enslin, played by John Cusack, who is a haunted house book writer/detective. Enslin, being the unbeliever of sorts, receives a letter in the mail from Dolphin Hotel manager Gerald Olin (Sam Jackson) saying not to enter room 1408. Being the cynic, Enslin promptly gathers information about the hotel.
From the opening of the hotel in 1920, people have been killing themselves by way of strangulation, wrist cuttings, even drowning in a bowl of food. Even with all the warnings and bribes from Manager Olin, Enslin dutifully requests the room.
Upon entry, Enslin notices the makings of the most average room imaginable. With this he makes the most laughable comment in the entire movie, "This is it? You gotta be sh*tting me." This is where the real fun begins. All the way from seeing his dead daughter to finding out that he isn't occupying the room, 1408 lacks the scare tactics it would take to make the even most terrified movie goer to jump.
Sure, there is a few little tense sequences. But all in all, 1408 is another movie that, although good, lacks the power to make in memorable