1408 (film)

1408 is a 2007 American psychological horror film based on Stephen Kings 1999 short story of the same name. It is directed by Swedish director Mikael Hfstrm and stars John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, Mary McCormack, Tony Shalhoub, Len Cariou, Isiah Whitlock, Jr., and Jasmine Jessica Anthony. The film was released in the United States on June 22, 2007, although Julyis mentioned as the release date on the website.

Mike Enslin John Cusack is a cynical, skeptical author who, after the death of his daughter Katie Jasmine Jessica Anthony, writes books appraising supernatural events in which he has no belief. After his latest book, he receives an anonymous postcard depicting The Dolphin, a hotel on Lexington Avenue in New York City bearing the message, Dont enter 1408. Viewing this as a challenge, Mike forces the hotel to allow him to book the room, referencing a law that any hotel room in New York can be requested as long as it meets safety standards. The hotel manager, Gerald Olin Samuel L. Jackson tries to dissuade Mike from checking into the room, explaining that 56 people have died in the room over the past 95 years, and that no one has lasted more than an hour inside it. Mike, who does not believe in the paranormal, insists on staying in the room, and asks Olin if he thinks it is haunted Olin replies that it is evil rather than haunted.Once inside the room, Mike describes on his minicassette recorder the rooms dull appearance and its unimpressive lack of supernatural phenomena. During his examination, the clock radio starts playing Weve Only Just Begun. Mike assumes that Olin is playing a trick to scare him. At 807, the song plays again and the clocks digital display changes to a countdown starting from 6000. Mike experiences a series of supernatural events. A window sash slams down on his hand, the hotel operator calls about food he didnt order, and ghosts of the rooms past victims and members of his family, particularly his daughter, appear on the TV set. Mikes attempts to leave the room are in vain the doorknob breaks off, climbing through the air ducts prompts an attack from the corpse of a former room victim, and climbing onto the window ledge reveals the windows of the other rooms have disappeared. ........

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