![]() The movie might have benefited from a slightly more gradual character transformation, because his character is really the entire movie. ![]() But when he checks into room 1408 of New York’s Dolphin Hotel, the terrifying happenings quickly turn a scoffer into a believer.Īctually, he turns a little too quickly into a hysteric begging to escape from his locked chamber. Although he plays up to his gullible readers, he clearly doesn’t buy into the supernatural trappings that he cynically exploits. Cusack plays Mike Enslin, a jaded writer who traffics in trashy books about cursed locales. Like “The Shining,” this chamber piece is set in a haunted hotel. “1408” is adapted from a Stephen King short story that bears some similarities to his famous novel “The Shining,” though it probably won’t duplicate the boxoffice success of Stanley Kubrick’s film. The presence of John Cusack in the cast - actually, he’s almost the entire cast - confirms the movie’s hip, humorous approach to the horror genre. Actually, he turns a little too quickly into a hysteric begginAny film that uses the Carpenters’ pop hit “We’ve Only Just Begun” for scares instead of sentimentality must be credited with a quirky sense of humor.
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