1408 (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)

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1408 - Great Flick!, 2010-09-02
1408 was a great horror flick that deserves an unconditional four stars. The story was transferred to the screen beautifully and the film was a great screen adaptation from the King story. No sex, no (excessive) violence, just pure Stephen King horror. Needless to say, Cusack and Jackson were superb! I think you will love it.

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I supppose it is okay, 2010-08-29
I got this as a present. I am one of the few ppl in the family that doesn't really like creepy movies. I tried watching it 2 times and didn't make it through. I didn't really think it was scarey just creepy.

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great movie great shape, 2010-08-24
this come to me in the mail and it come in mint shape i watched it was scared crapless great acting by john cuscak and samual l jackson

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Psychological Horror Film Largely Works, Deserves an R Rating, 2010-08-05
Imagine being in a creepy room that you can't escape from and it's scaring you because it's touching deep psychological nerves of fear. Then you wake up and you think that it was a dream, but then you find out that you're waking up really was the dream and you are still in the room. And it goes on and on .... This is one of the most psychologically disturbing parts of this film ... the idea of being trapped in a nightmare unable to escape an unbearable situation. (Remember the TV series from the '60s, The Prisoner? Touched a similar nerve, but much less so.) br / br /Then you start seeing your Daughter, who died of cancer, and she's telling you "Daddy, I'm scared, I'm cold ...... " indicating of course that your little daughter is facing the cold, lonely, malevolent "afterworld" without the comfort of you, her Mother, any Angels or benevolent deities. Once again, it deeply touches the "disturbing" nerve. And you can see your wife over a screen but she has no idea where you are or that you're in danger. And it just gets more more unbearable until you are tempted to end it all. br / br /OK, that's the basic idea of this movie. Lots of psychological horror in lieu of outright violence and gore. I think that it deserves an R rating because of that (as well as Hollywood starting to drop F-bombs in supposed PG-13 movies -- if they're going to do that, they should accept an R rating). br / br /I had the same opinion of the Ring. IF you follow along with it, then you get to a point where you are despairing and feeling lost, with the Nihilistic message. But at least there is redemption in the end in "1408" (in the version that we watched! I hear there's another ending out there that's much more depressing.) Some hard-core horror fans may not find the movie compelling, but I did, because I generally do not watch the hard-core stuff and so I'm not so calloused yet. br / br /Actually the "room" is a metaphor for life's seemingly inescapable traps, such as massive depression or drug addiction. That the main character gets out of it in the end, could be inspiration to someone going through a real-life "Room 1408." br / br /I liked the acting job of John Cusack, who carried most of the movie as the originally cynical ghost hunter who gets trapped in the room/nightmare and tries to get out. Also, Samuel Jackson makes the most of his supporting role, as a forceful charismatic Hotel Manager. You never know if he's on Cusack's side, or he's part of the conspiracy to trap people in that bleeping room! br / br /BTW I give this movie 3.5 stars but since Amazon doesn't have half-points, I'd rather round it up to a "4" than down to a "3."

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nice and scary horror, but still the same old formula, 2010-07-21
This film is OK: there is a mystery, strange things happen with psychological realism, but you never lose your sense that it will be over in about 1.5 hours and the guy will survive it or not. This is King's stock and trade and he does it extremely well, but after seeing the same kind of stuff for 30 years, I for one am yearning for something new, something that enters my imagination or fascinates (like, say, Polanski's Ninth Gate). This most emphatically fails on the originality score, however strong Jackson and Cusack are, for they are truly fine actors. br / br /Recommended tepidly as background noise time waster.