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... starts out just fine. A mysterious chocolate on the pillow, a broken thermostat, a clock radio that croons "We've only just begun..." all on its own. I mean, I too can take a little Carpenters now and then, but, come on Mike, even the clock radio is telling you to get the hell out...take a friggin' hint.

After about an hour of Mike sitting out the evening...the room really kicks into high gear, showing him ghosts, giving him a count down from an unplugged clock, creepy sounds...and then, visions. Yes my friends the room isn't so much haunted as it is a separate evil entity that wants to swallow your soul and will stop at nothing to devour it whole.

1408 gave me a great start and a fantastic cast, however the film had no real staying power. By the end we're bored and not only that...we've guessed the ending. Well we've guessed the fake ending. The movie uses one of my least favorite plot devices. The device being? The waking up and realizing it as all a dream, or a flight of fancy induced by a bump on the head. 1408 is a little more complicated than your regular wake up and realize none of its real shtick but still its there and makes me feel like a boob for falling for the movies initial scares when there's no real pay-off.

If you're a Cusack fan, give it a try. (Oh, and, has anyone else noticed that the older John Cusack gets the more he looks like Alan Rickman?) And I love both Samuel L. and Tony Shaloub so much that just a mere cameo by either warrant a viewing. So yeah, partake of 1408, just don't close the door behind you...because if you do? It'll probably just smack your ass on the way in...and out.

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