Excellent movie

Rating: 10/10 (4 December 2007)

Anyone who like psychological thrillers should definitely see 1408. It is the best movie ever to reproduce effects of a delirium. It shows the horror and disorientation that a person can experience while being under influence of a mind altering substance. The state of mind where you no longer can distinguish what's real and what isn't. The story does not mention any mind altering substances though, and just models the whole experience as a horrible dream.
Though a little exaggerated, the experiences that Mike Enslin was going through could very well be experienced while on influence of psychedelic drugs. This movie shows what a bad trip can be like and gives the insight into the minds of people that commit suicides while on drugs. People who are not ready at all for the effects that await them. People not ready to turn their mind inside out and who just think it's all fun and games. I think Stephen King did a great job at describing his own psychedelic experiences and he also wrapped it all up into an innocent horror movie package so that only certain kind of people can really see whats deep inside. General public on the other hand just sees the outside and wanders how somebody could come up with such a genuine idea.
This was one of the best movies I have ever seen :)