One of the Best Entries Into the Horror Genre in Recent Years

Rating: 8/10 (6 August 2007)

Finally a horror movie that messes with your head instead of your stomach. 1408 doesn't try to scare you by throwing gallons of blood onto the screen. It gets its scares by taking a trip into the depths of the human mind. Psychological horror has always been scarier to me, and this film definitely delivers on that.
Great acting all around. You literally feel like your losing your mind along with John Cusack's character. He conquers a hard task by spending most of the time on screen by himself, and he also interacts very well with his surroundings. Samuel L. Jackson was also good in his small role.
The director Mikael Hafstrom really took a step forward from his mediocre American film debut, Derailed. I'm sure its hard to make a full length film about one man in a single room, but he does so successfully. He manages to capture the essence of a Stephen King story like very few directors have been able to do. The only other director that comes to mind off of the top of my head is Frank Darabont, and thats pretty good company to be with.