Its an evil f*****g room....

Rating: 7/10 (19 August 2013)

Mike Enslin writes books evaluating supernatural phenomena in hotels, graveyards and other haunted places, usually debunking the mystery.
He travels to New York to spend one night in room 1408 of the Dolphin Hotel, which is permanently unavailable for guests.
Reluctant manager Gerald Olin objects to his request and offers an upgrade, expensive booze and finally the reports relating the death of more than fifty guests along decades in the room.
However, Mike checks in to the room, and the beer nuts are $7....
After so many years of bad Stephen King horror movies, this finally brings the writers imagination back to the screen, and its mainly thanks to Jackson and Cusack. Usually with King movies, you don't get two actors as prolific as this, with the exception of a few, and when there are limited characters in the film (Misery, and The Shining), we have more time to focus on the main characters.
For the most part, its the John Cusack show, and like him or not, he really puts in a great performance as the cynic who finally starts to believe. Jackson is great,but he is little more than en extended cameo.
Its pretty scary, and deals with loss to good effect, and whichever version you have seen, its still a satisfying, unnerving experience.
And it was refreshing to see a 'classical' ghost story released during a time when every other horror movie relied on gore for the thrills.