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Aug 18 '08
Pros: Quite a Few Terrifying Moments, Interesting Story Overall, Good Effects
Cons: Second Half of the Film is Less Thrilling Than the First
Summary: There are many things that I'm weary of when it comes to movies, and near the top of the list is modern Stephen King book movie adaptations. Recently directors have failed time and time again to capture the essence of what makes the rather prolific ...
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Aug 09 '08
Pros: Not stop action, creative, strong performances, satisfying ending
Cons: could use a bit more explanation of why it's haunted
Summary: This movie was horror rollercoaster ride! It starts off with just enough back story to understand Cusak's character then immediately jumps directly into the main dish of horror. Cusak holds the majority of the movie himself which is quite a feat given ...
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Jul 29 '08
Pros: Good graphics and some scenes were worth the rental fee
Cons: The rest of the movie but mainly the ending
Summary: 1408 is a Stephen King thriller… right? Wrong. This movie, while defiantly having a few “spooky” moments is defiantly not the best thing Hollywood has put out to date. Many things that come to mind when I think just how bad this movie was. The ...
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Dec 28 '07
Pros: scary, fantastic, atypical
Cons: none
Summary: I think this is the best Stephen King flick yet, very good character development and the special effects were really good. This is not a slash and gore film, it is far more developed and classy than that. It tells a very good story that has a ...
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Sep 17 '07
Pros: Great psychological and jump out scares. Great performance from Cusack.
Cons: It's a bit short, but none other than that.
Summary: This is a rare occurrence... a PG-13 thriller that actually manages to thrill, and do it well. Cusack does a great job, having to talk to himself, and to his tape recorder nearly the entire movie, pulling off a man losing his mind. He definitely is ...
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Aug 07 '07
Pros: John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson turn in their usual fine work
Cons: More thrilling than truly scary
Summary: A funny thing happened on my way to see 1408. When I went to purchase my ticket for the show, my ticket seller informed me the theater where the movie was showing had no air conditioning. I was also told that I could get a refund within the first ...
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Jul 16 '07
Pros: John Cusak, use of sound, story
Cons: The Ending
Summary: I'm a fan of psychological thrillers. Not the blood and gore, slash 'em, gash 'em type...but the kind that distorts reality creating an edge of your seat mind ride. I was more than ready to go when a friend asked me to see 1408 with her. ...
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Jul 13 '07
Pros: Great spin on a been there done that premise, Cusack and Jackson are strong
Cons: None
Summary: Generally, a Stephen King story can go one way or the other when it comes to screen adaptation: it could really really suck or it could be really really great. For every Misery or The Green Mile is a few dozen waiting in the wings that generally suck: ...
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Jul 12 '07
Pros: Scariness, Acting, the fact that it's PG-13 and it's still terrifying.
Cons: Some unexplainable events, the END!
Summary: Before I begin my review, let me state that there has only been one horror movie ever to have scared me. The Blair Witch Project. I had really begun to give up on the horror genre, simply because we seem to be given thrice as many blood and guts ...
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Jul 09 '07
Pros: Terrifying, great acting, great imagination and special effects
Cons: Some parts a little cheesy, not sure about ending
Summary: I just want to start by saying that I haven’t seen a movie so creepy in a very long time. I’ve read review after review of 1408 by Epinionators as well as by critics, but I still wasn’t prepared for what I saw. Despite some cheesy ...
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Jul 03 '07
Pros: good story line, haunting, and super natural but not believable
Cons: poor all around, don't even know how to explain it
Summary: 1408 is based on a short story but the horror novelist Stephen King. Mike Enslin, played by John Cusack, a paranormal, ghost, haunted places writer, is searching for a new adventure. He doesn't believe in what he researches, which is probably why ...
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Jun 29 '07
Pros: Decent acting, good story line, moderately creepy.
Cons: Drags at times, slight overuse of special effects
Summary: I like ghost stories, or should I say I like movies involving ghost stories. I loved ghost stories as a kid, especially those alleged to be true. As an adult I find most written ghost stories are repetitive or at least remind me of things I’ve ...
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Jun 29 '07
Pros: some effective moments
Cons: a lot of dross, a disappointment for fans of the story
Summary: Stephen King's short story "1408" was a rare treat - a genuinely chilling, uncanny piece from someone whose talent at writing such things has been steadily on the wane for years. When I found out they were turning the story into a movie, my first thought ...
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Jun 26 '07
Pros: You want fear - you got it!!!!
Cons: Slow starting- could have had a better ending.
Summary: Mike Enslin is an author who writes on the paranormal and the occult. He has been in search of ghosts for a few years and has to turn up anything. When he receives a postcard advising him not to stay in room 1408 at the Dolphin Hotel in New York he ...
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Jun 25 '07
Pros: Cusak, Jackson, great effects and imagery
Cons: Not enough Sam Jackson, an ending that should have been a bit more climactic
Summary: 2007's psycho-thriller, "1408" takes us on a journey into the abyss of an imagination that just happens to belong to Stephen King. What do you get when you cross a 'mind trip' film like Jacob's Ladder with a film where the central character learns ...
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Jun 24 '07
Pros: Plot, Acting, Special Effects
Cons: None.
Summary: Introduction Horror movies, we've all seen them. They range from the strange and obsurd to the hack and slash throw back of the 1970's and 1980's. This is one reviewer who is resistent to attending a horror movie but when I found myself out on ...
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Jun 24 '07
Pros: cool premise, great performances, some real potential
Cons: familiar elements cloak its theme, making it appear like a series of special effects
Summary: I began my initial review of this film with the following: "There was a moment, early on, when I thought this film would add up to something. Somewhere in 'sound and fury' I realized that moment had passed. Whether you call it a horror film or ...
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Jun 23 '07
Pros: Action in the first 15 minutes. Good acting, excellent special effects, realistic blood. Surprise ending.
Cons: The first hotel makes you wonder if this movie will be any good.
Summary: John Cusack plays Mike Eslin, a semi-known "ghost-hunter" and writer of haunted locations across the country. His daughter's recent death still weighing heavy on his mind, and an unresolved marriage compel him to view supernatural events with cynicism ...
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Jun 23 '07
Pros: First 30 minutes or so.
Cons: The remainder of the movie. Drags and loses momentum.
Summary: My goodness it's almost 12 hours since I saw 1408 and it's almost been erased from my memory. I just wish it would be forgotten period!!!! I think this has been the summer or year of very great movie trailer making and deceiving marketing that you go ...
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Jun 22 '07
Pros: Some.
Cons: Too much.
Summary: Think of a horror-thriller in 2007. Images of severed limbs, mutilated cuticles, screaming women, castrated manly men, butchers' knives, barbed wires, blood everywhere, intestines everywhere, open-mouthed decapitated heads, and (insert random metallic ...
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Jun 22 '07
Pros: Lots of good scares, good performance from Cusack, and it has a brain
Cons: Not enough of Sam!
Summary: As I am writing this review I’ve just returned from seeing 1408 and I’m house sitting for some friends. It’s just me and Murphy (their dog) in this quiet house. After seeing 1408 I have to admit I am a little spooked at the moment. That alone ...
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Jun 22 '07
Pros: Great writing, direction, acting and special effects
Cons: None
Summary: Few "ghost" stories shown on the big screen scare me. But "1408" is not your average ghost story. Based on what is called a "terrifying short story" by Stephen King (which I haven't read), this is one adaptation to the big screen that remains ...
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Jun 22 '07
Pros: Cusack and a great setup.
Cons: some drag in final act of film.
Summary: For writer Mike Enslin (John Cusack), ghosts and the supernatural are simply myths people use to bolster the local economy with tourism dollars. Mike has made a career of evaluating and debunking so called haunted inns, hotels, graveyards, and ...
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Jun 22 '07
Pros: Excellent effects. Great acting and supporting cast. Perfect pacing and entertaining throughout.
Cons: Rather weak ending. A few frights feel a bit cheap. A little padding near end.
Summary: One thing I am loving about the 'States is the special midnight screenings of new movies. Sure, these sessions tend to draw out a rather.... colourful crowd, especially here in Las Vegas, but the chance to beat the crowds on opening-day proper is a ...
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Jul 09 '07
Pros: Great filmmaking from start to finish, especially the total complete devastation of Room 1408.
Cons: If I ran the hotel I would have simply used 1408 as a janitor's closet.
Summary: I chose to see the psychological thriller "1408" like I choose so many of the movies I see mid-afternoon at the neighborhood multiplex -- the starting time fit my schedule. But I found myself drawn immediately into this adaptation of a Stephen King short
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