1408 – BLURAY, Digital, 4K ULTRA HD
1408 – BLURAY, Digital, 4K ULTRA HD
A man writing a book about the paranormal travels to New York and stays in a hotel room that has been said to be responsible for the death of all the guests that come to stay. Based on the short story by Stephen King.
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Great movie, and an evil effin room
If you haven’t seen this movie you are missing out. Great casting for sure and the acting if awesome. Really creepy vibe, I’ve watched it 10 times or more and always get into it. Highly recommend, but I would warn you there are parts where if you have lost a child (cancer specifically) or have a daughter that will touch too close to home. It’s about an evil room and it’s pure evil
Don’t believe what you see
It’s a great upscale from the previous blu ray only version. Other than that the film is a 10/10. Love the storyline, the main characters development throughout the film. I’d recommend it to anyone who is a fan of novel to movie adaptation.
1408 4k
1408 is a Steven king story . If u like supernatural thriller this has it all . John cusack n sameul jackson . This is good movie with good acting n special effects involve . John plays a writer who goes to haunted places debunk them when goes to the dolphin hotel and enter room 1408! He soon find out it was not what he thought it was ready what waited him in that room . The 4k is great Dolby vision and hdr 10 . Dolby atmos which sounds great .
Un hotel con una stanza particolare…
Chi un amante del romanzo classico horror di Stephen King non pu non avere questo titolo per la sua collezione. John Cusack e Samuel Jackson non si smentiscono mai nelle loro parti di recitazione e rendono tutto pi coinvolgente e perfetto. Un film visto un po di tempo fa ma che doveva assolutamente trovare spazio nella mia collezione!
Genial
Una de las mejores pelculas de terror, sin duda esta pelcula merece un mayor reconocimiento. John Cusack, prcticamente solo mantiene la tensin y el terror durante todo la pelcula, gran actuacin. El DVD es regin 1 y viene con subtitulos en espaol.
Ein ganz besonderer Geisterfilm á la John Cusack
Ein typischer John Cusack Film. Er fhrt durch den Regen mit einem Auto. Sein Beruf: Schriftsteller. Zimmer 1408 ist wohl neben dem Film “Identity” einer seiner Glanzrollen. Samuel L. Jackson in seiner kleinen Nebenrolle, wertet den Film qualittiv nocheinmal auf. Ein sehr hochkartige filmische Umsetzung mit Starbesetzung. Fr alle Geisterfilmfans mit dem gewissen mystischen Touch und einer durchschnittlichen Spannungskurve sicher ein Griff in die Vollen. Gnsehautfaktor am Ende des Films inklusive.
Schauspielerisch sowie Specialeffekts sind grade zu perfekt inszeniert! Eine brilliante Location eines alten, renomierten Hotels in Mitten der Grostadt New York. John Cusack in der Rolle Mike Enslin arbeitet, ber seinen Beruf als Geisterjger / Gruselromanautor mit seiner Begegnung des Zimmers 1408, seine dstere Vergangenheit auf. Dabei erfhrt der Zuschauer mehr und mehr ber den Protagonisten und lernt ihn so indirekt kennen. Ein Spiel mit dem eigenen Verstand von Realitt und Halluzinaition. Oder doch die wahre Existenz von dem Unerklrbaren?! Dies sind Fragen, die sich Mike stellen muss, um dem Wahnsinn nicht zu erliegen. Durch Samuel L. Jacksons dstere und angsteinflssende Beschreibung des “Miesen Zimmers” 1408, erfhrt der Zuschauer schon zu Beginn einen Gruselfaktor, bevor berhaupt etwas grundlegendes passiert ist. Gruseln statt Schocken, dass erwartet Sie in Zimmer 1408. Ein wunderbarer Film mit einem “Identity” hnlichen Ende, indem man selbst an seinem Verstand zweifeln muss.
Firstly, MINOR SPOILER ALERT AT END OF THIS REVIEW! Ok,I loved this movie, and am surprised that it didn’t do better at the box office; I had never even heard of it until I saw it on Amazon. With Stephen King movies, you pay your money and you take a gamble (I remember all these years later, sitting in the theatre and watching CUJO, Hmm, somebody owed a pretty hefty downpayment on the newest house). But 1408 earns its’ five star rating, and, having the double disc with both endings included, I have watched both versions a couple of times, and I intend to watch it again, soon. The plot is discussed in the many other reviews listed, and so I am going to pretty much stick to my personal view of the acting, for the most part – obviously, the writing, direction and production can be flawless, but if the acting isn’t up to par, it’s a complete waste of time, effort and money. John Cusack really surprised me with his portrayal of a burned out, grieving writer, Mike Enslin, who churns out books about hauntings/ghosts/the paranormal not because he has any belief in them (he specializes in debunking such things, but there is an underlying and unspoken suggestion that he may have at one time believed, or hoped to find proof that he could believe), but because it pays the bills. After he receives a mysterious postcard telling him to check out Room 1408 of The Dolphin Hotel in NYC, Mike demands to be allowed to stay in 1408, despite the hotel manager (Samuel L. Jackson) telling him that the room is not available. This is where the movie pretty much turns into a one man showcase for John Cusack, who gets his way, gets into the room, and then can’t get out. Watching John change the character of Enslin from a bored, cold-as-ice-what-do-I-do-today-to-keep-from-driving-off-a-bridge individual whose only child has died to a man who realizes that the bizarre events going on inside that room simply have no explanation (trickery, him being drugged and delusional, etc.) is fascinating, and again, I can’t figure out why this movie, and John’s acting, didn’t make more of a critical splash. Whether he’s taken aback at the sudden appearance of pillow mints on the bed or watching a ghostly and long ago suicide victim cross the room and climb onto the open window’s ledge, Cusack shows just the right amount of shock, then cracks in the shell, then near hysteria and back to the sudden, sickening recognition that he might not being getting out of there alive. The other actors and actresses in the film are pretty much relegated to glorified extras, all there to advance the plotline, but that acting as well is good, and Samuel L. Jackson, as the manager Gerald Olin, could have delivered his few scenes in too heavy a hand, and it would have come off more camp than frightening…instead, he hits the mark perfectly, and the viewer realizes that Olin is just as afraid of 1408 as he tells everybody else to be. I really, really enjoyed this film, although I strongly disliked the version with the alternate ending: whether it is because you end up liking Mike Enslin, and pulling for him to make it out and not only write a great book but see Life through renewed eyes (there’s a few seconds’ scene at the beginning of the movie where, when sorting through the mail that holds the 1408 postcard in the first place, Enslin receives a birthday card – Cusack does a wonderful little weary, “So what?” glance at the card and flips it away, saying more right there about what this character feels since his child died than had he spoken three pages of dialogue), I just didn’t really want the film to end (SPOILER!) with the hotel room winning. If you want to see Mike not go down as yet another victim to that ‘evil f@#!@#@ room’, as Gerald Olin puts it, watch the version that was widely circulated. If you want to see how Room 1408 adds another notch to its doorpost, the director’s cut is for you. And if you want to be just a little more cautious when traveling from now on, when you check into your next motel/hotel room, do some quick arithmitic of the room number. If it adds up to ’13’, well….
This movie received mixed reviews from critics and star rankings here seem to be all over the place. It may just come down to what you like.
Here we have a character-driven thriller of the highest order, in my humble opinion. I like John Cusack anyway, but whether he’s one of your favorites or not, there’s no denying he really carries this film. From self-assured (almost self-absorbed) debunker of haunted places to a man panicking under the onslaught of a hotel room out to get him, he puts in a stellar performance.
And so does the hotel suite itself. It’s so innocent and normal when he first steps in, you just know it’s going to snap. Things start off rather harmlessly but quickly escalate. Cusack is so transparently in character that you simply watch him and forget who the actor is. He jumps when startled with utter believability and stays within the bounds of his character throughout. Waxing and waning between belief and denial, heartbreak and determination, he sucks you in and brings you along for the ride as this maniacal hotel room systematically breaks him down both psychologically and physically.
For a PG-13 rated film, there’s no shortage of genuine scariness, creepiness, and excitement. There’s no gore, of course, but this isn’t a slash ’em up horror flick, this is a terror thriller that draws you in to a character’s plight.
Buy this two-disk version and you get the theatrical version plus a director’s cut with an alternate ending. For purists, the theatrical version is closer to Stephen King’s original short story. For those who haven’t read it or don’t expect movies to follow books to the letter, the alternate ending is just as satisfying, a little more challenging, and no worse for being different. You can take your pick.
If you’d like to be sucked into one man’s plight in a hotel room that’s out to get him (in classic Stephen King style the evil is environmental instead of a creature of some sort), this is a GREAT movie. The pace is fast but not frenetic, there are some marvelously creepy moments (my favorite being when he waves out the window to the building across the street), and, again, Cusack really shines. Grab this one!