If you're fans of the short story...

Rating: 9/10 (23 June 2007)

The movie stays very true to the story. It doesn't try to cheapen what King was trying to do, and it keeps the story fairly simple. I thought it would be really hard to transfer the short story of 1408 from page to screen, because it is so character driven, but it was done very well.
My favorite thing about 1408 was that it didn't need dramatic swells in the music to scare you. This movie is one of the view horror movies that has been released recently that is genuinely scary past the "jump out at you" moments. John Cusak's portrayal of Mike Eslin is fantastically believable.
Definitely worth seeing in theatres.