1408 (Blu-ray) PG-13
The only demons in room 1408 are those within you.
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: PG-13
- Run Time: 1 hours, 44 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: September 16, 2008
- Originally Released: 2007
- Label: Weinstein
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Samuel L. Jackson & John Cusack | |
Performer: | Mary McCormack & Tony Shalhoub | |
Directed by | Mikael Håfström | |
Screenwriting by | Matt Greenberg, Scott Alexander & Larry Karaszewski | |
Composition by | Gabriel Yared | |
Produced by | Lorenzo di Bonaventura | |
Director of Photography: | Benoît Delhomme |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 3/5 --
Cusack always manages to underscore panic with irony.
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Sydney Morning Herald
3 stars out of 4 -- [A] faithful and creepy adaptation....Cusack's performance slowly reveals a man trying to exorcise his own demons by debunking others.
USA Today
[I]t's a deft Stephen King freak-out....What happens to Cusack is a roller coaster of a head trip... -- Grade: B
Entertainment Weekly
Rating: 4/5 --
Unpretentious and effective.
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Guardian
Rating: 3.5/5 --
A nifty, shifty and refreshingly gore-free horror film...
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Herald Sun (Australia)
3 stars out of 5 -- Cusack, a master of understatement, plays it cool and quiet, so when he does freak out, it's all the more powerful.
Empire
A sharp and well paced horror film with heavy overtones of grief, anguish, and horrors of the real world that we sometimes unfortunately can never conquer.
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Cinema Crazed
Product Description:
The PG-13 rating given to 1408 belies this film's truly terrifying effects on its audience. Though it's far less gory than its peers, it has frightening moments and a creepy mood throughout. John Cusack (IDENTITY) plays Mike Enslin, a gifted writer who has turned his talents to paranormal travel books. His stays in haunted hotels never shake him, but he's intrigued by New York's Dolphin Hotel. Room 1408 has been the site of dozens of deaths, and this is a selling point for the skeptic in Mike. Despite the warnings of the hotel manager (Samuel L. Jackson, BLACK SNAKE MOAN), Mike resolves to stay in the haunted room. No one has lasted more than an hour in 1408, and Mike has his work cut out for him.
Though Cusack got his acting pedigree in comedies, he proves he's able to adeptly carry a horror film. He's in practically every frame of the film, often alone, and he's great at making the audience share in his fear. This is the second English-language film from director Mikael Hafstrom (DERAILED), and he does a good job of establishing tension. A lot of the credit is due to the film's sound crew, whose detailed work goes far in giving 1408 its unsettling feeling. Like THE SHINING, this is based on writing from horror master Stephen King, and it's a similarly creepy tale set in a hotel. But in its execution, 1408 is far more indebted to classic horror films such as the original 1963 version of THE HAUNTING.
Though Cusack got his acting pedigree in comedies, he proves he's able to adeptly carry a horror film. He's in practically every frame of the film, often alone, and he's great at making the audience share in his fear. This is the second English-language film from director Mikael Hafstrom (DERAILED), and he does a good job of establishing tension. A lot of the credit is due to the film's sound crew, whose detailed work goes far in giving 1408 its unsettling feeling. Like THE SHINING, this is based on writing from horror master Stephen King, and it's a similarly creepy tale set in a hotel. But in its execution, 1408 is far more indebted to classic horror films such as the original 1963 version of THE HAUNTING.
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