Real scary entertainment

Rating: 10/10 (23 February 2012)

What better is there to write about a film, but that it is catchy every time I see it. By now I saw it five times - and it happened again. And this time it got a very special side effect: I saw it under the aspect of the ego. With that, the whole movie wins even more depth. Imagine the whole film as a metaphor for how the ego acts - and what results you earn. When you do that, it gets a real close portrait of the acting of any "normal" person in modern society. Mike Enslin had the free choice - but driven by unconscious motives he checks in to his personal hell. A behavior most people do all the time. And then his ego finds guilt in anything - but never in himself. The whole movie can be seen as a fight of an ego to escape the truth. But room 1408 doesn't allow that. Therefore the room isn't actual "evil". It's just what l-i-v-e happens. Mike Enslin has to face the facts of his life. The room is kind of a mirror to him. If you are able to make a connection to your own life, this film is even educating. But most of all: It is so well done, that it is hard to believe, that this film isn't known too well. So: If you are looking for a spooky event: This is the first choice.