In the same league as Jacobs ladder, the Machinist and Memento

Rating: 9/10 (16 September 2007)

Firstly there are two main characters in this movie and the movie totally relies on these two main characters - 1408 the room and John Cusack. It is all about the interplay between these 2 central characters mentally and physically. So thank god Cusack acted to the hefty acting ability the nature of this movie demands.
Secondly what is the definition of a horror movie these days? Good looking teenagers being chased by a stranger from an isolated part of the remote country? Lots of blood and the occasional jump and scream? Yes. Because in a generation of hostels and saws no one gets scared or disturbed in the true sense of the word. Everyone is just disgusted or shocked because of the gravity of the torture and the deaths. There is no pharmacologically effect brought, only a display a guts. 1408 is a hopefully the start of a fresh wave of horrors.
Lastly i hope this movie makes you think. It is not just a horror but almost in the same league of the machinist, memento, spider and Jacobs ladder. The movie is dealing with a man whose lost his daughter, has a tricky relationship with his wife and has human qualities like arrogance and selfishness. We are dealing with a human here.
Watch this.