Well what did everybody think of 1408?

[Rabid Assassin]

I personally thought it was excellent and is probably one of my favorite SK movies. Now I just need to read the Short story.:smile2:

[blunthead]

I loved the story. It's scary, creepy, and, though the movie is good the story's superior.

[MyLife4YouSK]

I loved it as well, it's definitely up there in my fav's. Cusack did a great job! I'd be curious to know what you thought of the short story after you read it. I didn't like it all that much. Say Sorry, Steve! (SSS- new acronym!) And if you go back and read my posts, I don't say that very often. I just don't recall very much happening in the story so I liked the additions they made, then again they had to add stuff.

I'm not a big fan of the short story in general by any author, though, so my opinion may be biased. Maybe a re read is in order, but I say, BRING ON UNDER THE DOME! ;)

[~Ally~]

Hi Rabid....what can i say except...read the story:laugh:.

1408 is a brilliant story, and I agree it is also one of my favourite movies, I have already lost count of how many times I have seen it. John Cusack really pulls off the role of Mike perfectly. I am also still undecided as to which ending to the movie I prefer which shows how good it really is IMO:cool2:.

[Prince of Darkness]

Hi,

I watched it last night again directly after a re-read of the short story. IMO, SSS, the movie was superior.

But that doesn't make the short story dull, anything but! :biggrin2:

Long days and pleasant nights

[Beaker]

This is one of the few times I prefer the movie to the story.

I thought the movie did a better part of fleshing out Mike's reasons for being so interested in finding ghosts that truly exist, and I preferred the movies version of what happened in the room (basically expanding on it much more than the story did.

I saw the movie first and was actually surprised it was as short the story was. I was anticipating more of a novella-ish feel to it. Partly because there was the one sided door to another dimension ala the dark tower which once I found out wasn't in the story I thought was a nice way to keep it having a King like feel.

[Rabid Assassin]

[QUOTE=ally88;302560]Hi Rabid....what can i say except...read the story:laugh:.

1408 is a brilliant story, and I agree it is also one of my favourite movies, I have already lost count of how many times I have seen it. John Cusack really pulls off the role of Mike perfectly. I am also still undecided as to which ending to the movie I prefer which shows how good it really is IMO:cool2:.[/QUOTE

I will have to go read it the next chance I get, but I cant remember what book it is in, can someone let me know?

[Srbo]

Well, IMO, the movie was nothing special.

Watchable, yeah, better than Dreamcatcher, yeah...but nevertheless, nothing special.

[Matthew.Degnan]

I thought it was one of the few recent horror films to actually scare me.

[RandomMan]

Won't watch the movie because I don't like scary movies....as for the story, I expected more than what I got. Still a good story just left me wanting more.

[sheba41]

Great!:cool2:

[pandora]

I thought it was pretty cool. And that says a lot because I was expecting it to be horrible. Always love SK stories but can anyone come close to telling one?? Rarely!

[~Ally~]

Hi, you will find the story in the Everything's Eventual collection, if you like short stories I would definitely recommend giving this book a read:smile2:.

[Rudeboy2025]

I thought it was a great movie and definitely one of the better adapted SK movies.

The creepiest part was when Mike is looking out the window and waves to the person across from him. Really creeped me out. I still haven't gotten around to watching the Director's Cut though.

[territweety]

It was weird but I kind of liked it.

[Jojo87]

Great movie.

[Natjen26]

One of the better adaptations. It's in my top five. :smile2:

[jacobtlong]

One of my favorite movies for sure.

[Kahllie]

I didn't know there was a movie.
I liked the short story. There is a lot of detail in the story that allows you to be right there in the hotel.
I'm one of those readers who are like Orson Pig in Garfield and Friends. When I read, I become immersed in the setting and with the characters. I can see the dust motes dancing in the beams of light that are coming through the cracks in the worn walls of the tower room where William was searching dusty, parchment manuscripts in The Name of the Rose. I can smell the mouldering, sweet parchment, ancient glue and dried leather as well as the dust and dry-rotted wood and the pervasive scent of the damp stone of the monastery. I experience the reading.
I think maybe you can experience more with books than with movies. I do. Movies only show the interpretation of someone else. They don't necessarily show what impresses, frightens, uplifts, or saddens you, personally. When you read, you see the monsters that scare You. Most movie monsters aren't scary. The ones that are the scariest are the ones that you don't see for a very long time and your imagination gets to fill in the sounds, smells, and effects, while rendering you helpless to see and define what you fear.

So. I liked this story. It had enough definition to set the scene and enough left to my own imagination to flesh out the rest in a way that affected me, personally.
I enjoyed it.

[lilredkdn]

I liked it because it was very "is this happening or is it all in my head?"-kind of thing. I like movies like that, so this one was a keeper for me. Although, I remember reading the story and I wasn't much impressed with it. It wasn't bad, it just seemed a little passive.

[MonaRoseRed]

I enjoyed every min. of it!

[Tooley]

For PG-13 horror... it was pretty sweet. Yet, it was like the story - it left me wanting more.

[Perse Jr.]

This is true and happened to me last night. I'm in the middle of reading 1408 right now, and last night I started watching the movie (alone, at about 11:00 pm). About 45 minutes into the movie, I heard a loud bang in the kitchen. I got up, checked it out and found nothing. About 10 minutes later into the movie, I hear another odd noise, only this time it's upstairs. I check it out, find nothing and am a little amused this is all happening during the movie. I am so "into" the story; between the book and the movie, you know? Then I hear some loud footsteps coming from above me, and I swear someone's out of bed. I pause the movie AGAIN, this time it was right after the part when Mike was out on the ledge , so I was completely absorbed in the movie. I go upstairs and find nobody is out of bed. That was enough for me! The house was just so quiet and dark (and add the fact my street has no street lights and it was super windy), and for the first time ever, I actually shut the movie off and watched something else! I got spooked!

I'll try to finish the movie tonight...and will probably finish the story during lunch...either way, it's been an interesting and entertaining experience. Great read and movie (so far...)...

[SiN_kInG]

i thought it was a very good attempt at adapting the story for the silver screen, although was very disappointed that they didn't include the 'my brother was eaten by wolves on the Conneticut turnpike' and the 'nine! this is nine! we have killed all your friends!' parts and changed his background a little. but i guess that's the movies for you. overall though i think they nailed the suspense part perfectly.

[HannahE1994]

I LOVED IT.... John Cusack is my favorite actor and for him to play in a Stephen King movie.... It was heaven!! :love:

[mramire1120]

Well I thought it was pretty good, but I'm a sucker for the imagination Mr. King opens up for me so I was in a little darker place but like it was said before its the movies, so it was a good try....yay my first post...Thanks reading

[bwayne]

1408 was one of the better movies made fron Mr. Kings books. It helped me with the fact that my own deceased daughter's name is Katherine.

[cellfan1992]

that movie was wow john cusack was great in it he was the only person who could play mike

[deltadog32]

I believe that the movie was not as good as the story. I think that there were a lot of details that deserved to make it into the movie that didn't. I just didn't feel as threatened watching the movie as I did when I read the story.

[samiam]

Books are always and I mean always sooooooo much better than on screen....

[Dombey]

I thought that the film was great!
The idea itself as a story was very unusual but I think the makers of the film have done a great job, as well as the actors. But it was funny in places, I loved that.
So yeah, thumbs up, I had a great time watching it! =)

[brenda w]

I thought the movie was really good. I had read the story so long ago, that I had forgotten parts, my husband nevers reads and thoroughly enjoyed it and yes I did go back and reread the story, the written is always better I agree samiam

[mit48]

loved it,great movie,great story

[Brayden]

I thought it was really good. I personally think it is one of the better movies adapted from a Stephen King novel.

[ellysiumfields]

1408 great, right up there with the Secret Window.

[nevermind]

I usually don't like the movies of written works but this was really good! They didn't messed it up like they did with The Mist...

[LadyDi4476]

I thought the movie started out really well with a creepy atmosphere and lots of tension, but then kind of fell apart towards the last half hour. I didn't like the added story with the daughter. It would have been better if it was just him doing battle with the room like in the story.

One of the added parts I did like was the radio playing the Carpenters. That was awesome and it made me jump the first few times I saw it.

But I agree the line about his brother being eaten by wolves should have been included as well as the crooked door, feeling queasy, and the menu changing languages. I wanted more of the room messing with him.

Still I like the movie and I LOVE John Cusack!

[LadyDi4476]

I liked the first half which had lots of tension and creepy atmosphere, but it kind of fell apart towards the end there. I didn't really like the added storyline with his daughter. I felt it would have worked better if it was just him and the room like in the short story.

The added part I did like was the radio playing the Carpenters. That made me jump the first few times!

I agree the line about his brother being eaten by wolves would have been cool as well as the crooked front door making him feel queasy and the menu changing languages.

Still it was pretty decent and I love John Cusack!

[Perse Jr.]

I love John Cusack, and I love the short story, but now, after watching the entire movie, I think it was horrible (from a personal perspective). Honestly, I wouldn't watch it again. The parts with his daughter were just too sad and far removed from the story in EE. Anyone with kids, or actually, anyone who has lost a child or children, might feel the same way. Especially the end, with her voice on the recorder. :(

[lenny126]

The book was good but the movie was way better i thought.

[Mr Nobody]

Some good embellishments to the original story. Atmosphere is created well and there's the real/unreal question that's nicely posed.
Initially, I was a bit concerned by the film version because of some of the critical reaction it got, but it's not bad at all - and better than some of the 'horror' coming out of Hollywood in recent years. Maybe some people didn't like it because it wasn't a 'here's a bag of bloody guts...and look! Here's your lunch in your lap!' effort.
It was a good job by all concerned, IMO.

[Charms7]

I loved it. Both the short story and the movie. Love, Love, Loved it!

[michal]

It was OK, wouldn't go as far as saying I loved it. But of course, it's not easy making horror when a person is supposedly all alone in a room for the most of the film.

[JRLauer]

I didn't like the movie as much as the short story but I did enjoy the movie.

I actually prefer the directors cut over the theatrical release.

[Ubasti]

I liked the movie. I thought it portrayed the story well and pretty accurately. I did the the story better, but that's usually the way it goes.

[leighG]

I personally think it was great, not as intense as the short story, but, what ever is?, the emotionally attachment of introducing his daughter's character, who wasn't present in the short story, was actually welcomed by me, as I felt it added a little more depth, unlike the family they added in War of The Worlds, now that was pointless

Overall, good attempt

[sgmonje]

I'm glad that John Cusack was set in the role of Mike Enslin, I think its the perfect role for him. I thought it was a good movie, not amazing, but really good. I liked it :D

[hemingway2z]

Going by the poster on the theatre I though it was about the second coming, but when I saw the the film i saw my own tragic life unfold before me.Tank you tank you tank you !

[THISisWHEREiMAKEmySTAND]

OMG I just saw this last night ( I know, I know, I should be flogged! ) and I LOVED IT!! Super freaky, and def. did the story justice! The cinematography was amazing and fresh; I felt like a lot of the shots I had never seen anything like. Kudos Mikael Hafstrom, and of course Sai-King!! Great movie, haha I tried to watch with my Mom but she got too freaked out and had to leave, I loved it though!!

[~Ally~]

Great movie, haha I tried to watch with my Mom but she got too freaked out and had to leave,

My brother was pretty freaked out by this movie also:laugh:...I think it's amazing.

[jordystams]

I loved it

[Nutty Bavarian]

The movie was really good. The story was awesome. I loved the way everything was described. It was creepy as hell. I love it

[ginapenn]

I love this movie. I love King for keeping it real (the daughter dying; people get upset because there's a dead kid involved in the story but IRL kids DO die of diseases and it was one thing the room used to get under Mike Enslin's skin), and I love a strong actor like Cusack that can carry most of the movie by himself. Kudos!!!

[karend3]

The Movie was awesome, when the radio kept turning on to We've only just begun, freaky.

This one you will like because the radio keeps coming on with a song and eventually it starts to warble, really freaky.

[btch29]

I loved the film 1408 havent read the book yet. I cant wait for more of Stephen Kings work as i have been a big fan of his for years.

[benbennett]

I enjoyed the film. Which surprised me. Have to say it was well executed.

[becks]

I've watched it about three times now and it seems to get better with every viewing. Cusack is fantastic. One of the best actors around. And Jackson makes me smile.
Best, Becks

[Mark R]

I thought that this was a fantastic movie. It was really clever in the way that it was put together. It is up there as one of my favouite movies based on a SK novel.

[zexyblondie]

I loved it! Now I really have to read the book...:biggrin2:

[BlackThorn]

The short story is sick. Sick. Don't read it! Let Stephen King read it to you!

My sister read it, and didn't even find it interesting really.

I've only ever heard Kings narration version, that was in 'Blood and Smoke'. Honestly, don't read it, let King read it to you.

It's only like, an hour and a half or something like that. I'm sure it's available in multiple audio formats on the internet as well. But it's, the sickness. I've had to shut it off on rereads before, because it was too dark and too late and I was just the only one around. It goes in a slightly different direction than the movie, but Oh God, that story goes beyond brushing against hell. That story shows you the structure of it.

Great movie too though. I was on the edge of my seat, and I was like saying things all horrified like, "Holy **cking God!" every time something horribly nasty would happen to the guy.

King gets me with his horror that just pushes my mind to a place, and lets me see thing that would happen. Given the world, given the characters, given the ways everyone can fall. Then he lets it happen, or not. Either way, you can easily compare it with your reality, because he's always so fluid when he speaks of these other worlds his visions of stories are happening in.

1408 Kicked my ass, big time. Really fuc'in scary stuff. W00t w00t!

[Sarahlou]

I liked the movie and although it's been a long time since i read the story i think the add ins added to it!
I do think tho the comments above sort of prove the problem with King book/story to movie process, either the book is too long and they miss loads out of the story or the story's too short and add ins are needed (of course it could just be that i'm never satisfied lol)

[Felipe]

1408 is great, but could be more frightening:smile2:

[Ophelia]

I freaked myself out watching it in the middle of the night last night. But then it got to the point where it was so far beyond possibility, it wasn't scary anymore. Does that make sense?

I noticed John Cusack's character adding up numbers to get thirteen. I'm reading the DT books right now, so I immediately identified adding up letters and numbers to get a symbolically significant sum* as something characteristically SK.



*Look mommy, I just alliterated!

[mousenmile]

1408 is great, but could be more frightening:smile2:

I loved it, could be scarier, but then Iam used to his works, so scary doesnt bother me.

[mousenmile]

This is one of the few times I prefer the movie to the story.

I thought the movie did a better part of fleshing out Mike's reasons for being so interested in finding ghosts that truly exist, and I preferred the movies version of what happened in the room (basically expanding on it much more than the story did.

I saw the movie first and was actually surprised it was as short the story was. I was anticipating more of a novella-ish feel to it. Partly because there was the one sided door to another dimension ala the dark tower which once I found out wasn't in the story I thought was a nice way to keep it having a King like feel.

I agree w/ you. .sometimes they have to make changes the story to make it more feasable to the big screen. I loved the story and the movie. John was perfect as the main character.
I always love it when one of his books is made into a movie, and i
I love the DT touch that is brought into play in a lot of them.

[Andreas89]

:biggrin2::biggrin2:
1408 is great, but could be more frightening:smile2:

[Noonan Groupie]

I personally think 1408 is one of the very best King adaptations, one of the few that is superior to the source material in spite of the many changes.

[MickyMcStaggers]

Next to Green Mile, this is one of my favorite movies made from a Stephen King novel/short story. Its scary on a level that's different from a dead guy in the closet - it's more of a psychological scare that anything else. Kind of like Gerald's Game. Also, John Cusack was a great pick.

[MyJadedEpiphany]

I loved both the story and the movie version!! JC was a perfect casting in my opinion (albeit a little biased as he is a fave of mine) and thought it was done very well considering the length of the story. Two thumbs up in my book!

[Shandor]

1408 is all about human subconsciousness. 1408 let Mike find answer to the question that troubled him (inside his subconsciousness) - And deep inside himself (behind the door at last scenes) he found that it was death of his daughter that he tried to forget all the time. But Mike hadn't to forget (he understood this when he found his daughter lonely inside ruined room - his subconsciousness). And at last realizes he has to move on and not to be overwhelmed with bad thoughts (for example to hang himself). And this desire to move on is simple human will. That's all. And will (fire in movie) destroyes all bad thoughts and let him to become strong (to power over his thoughts).

[Boni]

My opinion is that the movie is better than the short story, it's all about fears, not gore, I love movies/books/games that deals with the psychological aspect of terror, and not the blood and flesh and stuff like that...

[JRM]

When I first watched this movie I thought it was just so confusing and pointless...but I watched it again a few days ago (and bought it since it was on sale, haha)...and I couldn't believe I didn't like it at first. I love this movie now.

[kitt]

Stephen.... DON'T SAY SORRY! I hate to get all heated here but are you people MAD?! The story is superior for 2 reasons. 1. A movie based on a story is ALWAYS INFERIOR! Why? Because there would be no movie without it(the story)! 2. What we have to read makes us imagine, to imagine we must utilize or minds in a way movies do not ask of us. Movies paint the picture for us, tell us when to be frightened or safe, happy or sad, turned on or turned off!

The short story terrified me in a way the movie could never accomplish. Stephens right, the short story is a lost art, but only to people who have a serious lack of imagination and prefer Hollywood to make there decisions for them.:glare: For an example, the way Stephen described how the wall paper in this room felt, like old dead skin, immediately made me sick and sent a shiver of displeasure down my spine... I would like to know how the movie did that for anyone here.

**** that SSS ****! Stephen rocked that story out like ac dc rocks you like a hurricane, sorry for the weird comparison but it's true. It is, and may always will be, one of my most loved shorts.

[cwinter4]

looking forward to seeing this one.

[Sarlinov]

i liked the story just fine but this movie left me cold

not ball-breakingly terrible but cheap thrills throughout nonetheless

[saga]

1408 a really great movie it whas scary and exaiting it whas fun to wach it :)

[Not Me]

I don't remember there being a daughter or marital strife in the story. Did I forget about that or was it an example of artistic license?

BB

[Sarlinov]

I don't remember there being a daughter or marital strife in the story. Did I forget about that or was it an example of artistic license?

BB

just a little bit of human interest...which did not interest me

[Nabila]

I saw the movie and liked it as it sure was entertaining. It wasn't scary. Now I must read the story and I'm sure it will scare me. SK's books always scare me more than the movies.

[Cognac]

certainly one of the better adaptations.

[mgencarelli]

Seriously the movie scared the hell out of me!! I saw it once and havent rewatched since!! Is the second viewing any better? Anyone?

[carlaswindell]

After watchng the great movie we were on our way home and noticed the road we were on was CR 1408...Im still wondering how SK could get into the heads of people trying to quit smoking? He is brillant in describing the withdrawal symptons...

[The Serious Police]

What a great movie. I watched it many times. Wifey is too scared to watch it. lol

[Jax]

'my brother was eaten by wolves on the Conneticut turnpike'


When I read that sentence in the book, it creeped me out bad. This was one of the most disturbing movies/stories to me. I guess that's why I love it.:love:

[vampyricXfaerie]

I loved 1408. I thought that movie had a definite edge to it and you had to pay attention to the movie to figure it out.

[ponygirl01]

i have not read the story yet. the movie was good. i have it on DVD and watch it every once in a while.

[Mary Strickland]

Watched 1408 and The Mist back to back. 1408 was excellent, good acting. The Mist would have been a lot better if the special effects people hadn't used such silly looking monsters. The story and acting were good. Oddly enough, I haven't read either one of these, so I expect the excellent versions are in print.

[Space Hitler]

I like both endings, but the more....depressing one feels better to me. But hey, Stephen could publish his grocery list and I'd buy it and John Cusack could do Leonard part 7 and I'd watch it.

[SuzannaDean]

I thought the film was really good, weird but really good! Best one Ive seen I reckon although ancient pet sematary is probably still my fave SK film!:cool2:

[dejolane]

After watchng the great movie we were on our way home and noticed the road we were on was CR 1408...Im still wondering how SK could get into the heads of people trying to quit smoking? He is brillant in describing the withdrawal symptons...

Although I don't smoke and never will Stephen King did do a good job.

[Mookie]

I too, thought 1408 was excellent! But the story for me is always better. I can't wait to read it. I can lose my self in a story far better than a movie.

[Anagantios]

I thought it was one of the few recent horror films to actually scare me.

same here...
i couldn't sleep for a couple nights after seeing it... horror movies now have become a bit tedious...but that was one film i wasn't expecting to scare the #### out of me...:eek2:

[deroche]

The story itself was really great I thought,because I am a big fan of short horror stories. The movie was good it had everything I expected it to have, but the ending was the creepiest part and that gave me goosebumps the most.

[nikkij124]

I loved the movie and didnt like the short story very much :eyebrow:

[Er0tic NeUr0t1c]

best stephen king movie... havent read short story yet which is why i might think so

[Property of the Overlook]

One of my favorite King movies. I loved the ending. His wife was just speechless. I love ghost movies and 1408 and The Shining (1997) are my favorites.

[davidracz]

John Cusack irritated me. I liked the movie, though.

[mtdesign]

John Cusack irritated me. I liked the movie, though.


I feel the same way.

[AlexTuis]

I think this movie was great, with a silent hill touch at the end.
Cusak is great to play writers, I do not know why, but it warks well.


The most horrible scene is certainly in the air tunnel or maybe when he realize that someone who looks like him is in the other building.

[OhmyGod!]

Great movie!! Really great! Without being a cliché or being flooded with gore etc. But it could've been a bit scarier in my eyes...like the short story!

[peaceluvnsploosh]

I thouht this movie was great!--- Y i dont know i guess cuz it wasnt full of gorey, bloody, bone breaking nudity ... lets just say it was an actual movie unlike some that are so stupid that they are funny:) Love king movies and stories an di specifically love this one:)

[LongestNight]

Sorry folks, but I'd take a beating before being forced to watch 1408 again. Loved the story though! I can't believe that Hollywood thinks they can improve on King!

[j.simon]

not bad...story was creepy as hell

[thistwilight]

Definitely on the top of my list. I think John Cusack portrayed Mike Enslin very well.

[Seb Shaw]

very good movie, can't wait to read the book now :d

[Diamondfire]

I actually really enjoyed the movie. The acting wasn't terrible for once and the back story was actually interesting. Wasn't really scary though, the few times they broke from their storyline to add elements horror they felt kind of out of place or rushed. I don't know just my opinion. Also kind of wished that the movie was more literally like the story. Their were obvious parts from the story but they all seemed highly interpreted. Would definitely rank the story over the movie but still thought it was good and could stand alone as its own separate entity.

[xP3AC3MAK3Rx]

One of my favorite Stephen King filmings. Love everything about it.

Tommy

[knightconuk]

the movie is better 2nd time you watch it! i got the directors cut edition does anyone know where to see the alternate ending

[steve-w]

I enjoyed the film but I watched it before reading the story, it was actually the reason I bought Everything's Eventual.

[Mary Strickland]

1408 was recently on TV and I thought it was pretty good. Last night I read it for the first time and thought it was much better than the film version. I had just finished "On Writing" and remembered that I saved 1408 from "Everything's Eventual". I wanted to read it all at one time--pretty unique experience.

[annetacey]

loved the film, watched it twice to get me head around the whole thing. not much scares me but that did!

[CrazyAbe]

Hi

to all Stephen King fans

i'm new here

i personally think that 1408 is a good thriller-horror movie
i saw it last year on tv

:cool2:

[Spideyman]

Noticed that TNT will be showing this movie on Sunday January 31 at 8 and 10PM Eastern USA time. Just in case you missed it, or would like to view it again.

[Snoopy1234]

I thought it was a very good film :biggrin2:

[Dan is Dead]

i thought it was a great movie. cant wait to read the story now to see if they got it all right :biggrin2:

[kitten32]

hi there, i loved the movie because it was a good movie and i own the dvd now. i just ordered his signed books
so hopefully i will get them next week. i would try and find the book on 1408 if i could.
i like all your books and movies, stephen king. you did a great job on the books.

kitten32...... from calif.

[wendymartt]

i thought 1408 was a great movie, very twisted:)

[Nisi]

It is a really great movie, and I was getting some kind of paranoid, and I liked it. I love movies which brings up emotions like that :grinning:

[NeuralDefekt]

I am not sure why, but this movie never appealed to me at all. The story, on the other hand, I thought was brilliant. I don't know what it is that put me off about the movie, perhaps for me there was just something missing... I can't put my finger on it exactly. But something is there, niggling me, whenever I watch it.

- ND

[#1fanofking]

1408 the movie is next to Carrie (1974 DePalma Version) is my fav...Even tho the shot story is better i believe they did an amazing job with the adaption of the story to film. i give them props...XD

[MikeB]

I loved it on audio book but wasn't that impressed with the movie. Maybe it was because when I first listened to it I was running a high fever because of a bad case of flu and I could see the walls starting to sag and other weird stuff which perfectly suited the story I was listening to.

[Discordiant]

I was concerned that the movie wouldn't have enough material to make it for 85 or 90 minutes, but was pleasantly surprised that it did without feeling stretched. I liked Cusak as Mike, but though Samuel L. Jackson was a bit of a reach. I'm still inclined to say I liked the story better. King's still one of the finest short story authors of all time. Nobody paces you through a short story or novella the way he does. He really amps up the pressure in the 1408 and, for me at least, letting my mind try to imagine what was happening in the room was a lot more scary than any of the film's scenes.

[Ken_Kupstis]

Amazing, consider the original story was perhaps 10 pages...

[Marshall Glasgow]

1408 is the first Stephen King movie that actually scared me. It gave me goosebumps watching it. I have a bunch of his movies and none of them had given me chills like that did. I liked the way they quoted Mr. king's story note in the movie... That was AWESOME!!!

[GNTLGNT]

I'm just glad I wasn't the head of housekeeping, coz they could just forget the frickin' mint on the pillow...:grinning:

[Mookie]

1408 is the first Stephen King movie that actually scared me. It gave me goosebumps watching it. I have a bunch of his movies and none of them had given me chills like that did. I liked the way they quoted Mr. king's story note in the movie... That was AWESOME!!!

If you liked the movie you'll love the story! To me, it was way creepier although the movie was good too!!

[Marshall Glasgow]

If you liked the movie you'll love the story! To me, it was way creepier although the movie was good too!!

The story is good too. But the movie starts off good, changes directions and you think one thing, and then something else happens to Mike that just blows you away!

[#1fanofking]

Best Movie EVER!!!

[Agincourt Concierge]

WOW..!! I just got to watch this movie last night..... WOW...... !!!! I was duly creeped out.... it was a great little flick..... Cusack was great in it.....!!

[Marshall Glasgow]

Best Movie EVER!!!

I agree 110% I watched it again the next day. I couldn't get enough of it, and still got spooked by the movie!:rofl:

[JRM]

the movie is better 2nd time you watch it! i got the directors cut edition does anyone know where to see the alternate ending

I completely agree with this. The first time I watched it I struggled to understand what the heck was going on, though I still enjoyed it. Second time around I ended up LOVING it. Strange.

[giftshoparty]

I really like both the story and the film ...tight, taut, terror ...awesome..

[PunkrX]

AMAZING!! haha! i love the part near the end where he wakes up on the beach, and everything starts crumbling around him back into room 1408... i was like " WOW! its just screwin with ya!"

[sprinco12]

It is one of my ultimate favorite movies!!! I watch it quite often and ask a whole bunch of people if they've seen it and tell them to watch it if they haven't. Great movie, really!!!! :smile2:

[lovely1]

I think 1408 is really spooky. I kept wanting the hotel manager to convince Mike not to go in 1408 but he was so jaded I love this movie it gives me chills when I watch it alone it is so subconscious based and abstract. I watched it yesterday.:love: Stephen King is a brilliant writer.

[lovely1]

I loved 1408. I kept wanting Samuel J to convince Mike not to go in 1408 but he was so jaded. It was spooky, a spooky movie but sad when it came to the part about his daughter the sadness lent to the horror though. John C is great as Mike. I wished he had listened though.:love: I read the story some years ago in Everything's Eventual. I distinctly remembered King describing the crooked pictures on the wall and the room feeling very sick; evil. The short story was also good brilliant in fact. I watched the movie yesterday one of the best King adaptations including Carrie.

[lovely1]

I liked 1408.

[KyleKarabekian]

I liked 1408.

Three times:eyebrow:?

[lovely1]

Three times:eyebrow:?

It just happened to become this way :laugh:

[JohnDalglish]

Three times:eyebrow:?

Hi,

.....a lady? LOL

Long days and pleasant nights

[josi]

I watched the movie now three times ( two times in cinema) and it is one of the best movies based on a stephen king story. Cusack is brilliant. I really like the kind of horror in that movie. Just a really really good idea and the moviemakers did a great work with that movie. And as some others said everytime you watch it you love it a little bit more as before.

[Ryan002]

I thought the movie was alright, but pretty different from the story in terms of "feel".

The story was more contemplative and surreal, the movie more action based and closer to the horror formula. In terms of personal taste I prefer the former, just because the classic horror formula doesn't work as well without a clear antagonist. Not to there's no background to the antagonist!

[mr.jingles120]

well random its not really scary but a good thiriller yeah some parts make you jump but great movie hope someone finds this helpful

[mr.jingles120]

this one of my top favorites and the way samuel jackson says the f word it was creepy but i loved it

[frisbee]

I watched the movie for the second time over this weekend with my 15 year old son. I try not to compare a movie like this to the book because for me it's always better in writing. Comparing it to other movies in the same genre, however, I think it holds up very well. I agree with the positive comments about Cusack. After about the third time that weird guy with the knife appeared my son jumped and said "he's really getting annoying". I thought it was well done.

[Jessica395356]

I loved the movie! It is a movie I can watch over and over again without it getting old! I still haven't read the book but I plan to! Last summer when we went to the beach we were talking about how weird it would be if we stayed in room 1408 and as soon as we got done talking about it the guy said your room is 1408, it was defintaly very spooky staying in there after seeing the movie!

[Cyrus Wraith Walker]

Along side The Shining, 1408 is one of my favorite movies, the written story was even better. What never ceases to amaze me is how King gets us so wrapped up in some spectacle (Mike Enslin waving at himself) then side swipes us with terror (crazy clown guy with hammer) this technique of enthrallment then surprise is as effective on the page as it is in a movie and one of the reasons I enjoy Mr. King's stories so much.

-Cyrus Wraith Walker

[nate_watkins]

I saw the movie first. I thought the story and the movie were both great.

[nightowl]

Personally i get ripped about the amount of times i have seen Rose Red . And The Storm of The century . But i have watched room 1408 just as much ..lol When my Bf phones me or texts his first comment when he knows im not going out is So What stephen king is it tonight then .........! Jealousy is a bad thing lol..But i always make sure i have read the book before i watch the movie .....only books i WONT read is the cowboyish ones ..........lol......forgot the name but something towers ...........my daughter bought me one for my birthday i gave her it back ..not my cuppa ....tried couldnt but Honestly loved every other .. sat with baited breath when needfull things came out on Video .......lol yes i am that old ...... loved the movie but as they always say ....Book was so much better . As for room 1408 it took about five min for me to reconise the story and loved the movie . If you have not seen storm of the centuary or the golden years i can recommend them .!! Happy mmovie watching .

[Halestone]

The movie was brilliant. Great actors and great additions to the characters stories and the script. Although I have to admit, the movie had to add things to it to make me feel uneasy whereas King did it just with paintings.

[Fester Addams]

Great movie,John Cusack is a very good actor!Actually it's one of the few good adaptation of a Stephen King story.

[nate_watkins]

I thought the movie turned out very well. It is one of the better film adaptations.

[humbug]

Good film, and have to agree with some that say its better than some of Mr Kings book/film adaptations. Good acting and a few chilling twists.

[Silhouette86]

I thought the movie was boring. The short story was a thousand times better than the drawn-out, two and a half hour long movie- if my memory serves right. It's just that the short story was just a little over fifty pages, and to turn that into a nearly three hour film- if I'm wrong about the time limit, it was because I was bored and I wanted it to end. And what was the deal with the angle of John Cusack going to visit his father?
To sum it up, the short story was way better than the movie. Way better.

[jcool_ca]

Short Story 10/10, Movie 5/10

[IstillInsistIseeTheGhosts]

This is one of my favorite books as well as movies! I found that they kept almost everything intact that they could have. John Cusack's performance was probably his best as an actor. One of my favs in my SK movie/book collection:)

[BeeStDeevil]

to be honest movie is better released that I thought it'll be...but the story give you more chance to work it in you mind...so I prefer stories :) ever and forever

[CCAL]

Perhaps you can help...I just read you post and in my minds eye I saw a door,possibly a hotel room door and the number1408 on it. I think its red.Since my stroke, I often get flashes of a movie or snatches of a memory from my life before this stroke. Question I have is if this door was shown in this movie 1408. I'm not kidding or making a joke here. although I love to joke at times.Other than seeing the door itself, its a blank. This could have been an ad for the upcoming movie or ad for the book perhaps. I just dont know. Also whats the difference betwen post quick reply and go advanced? Thanks in advance

[SCano]

Excellent movie. Actually preferred it more than the short story and that doesn't happen often. Sorry.... However, now that I read any of Mr. King's works about a writer I always picture Cusack in the role. Not that that's a bad thing. : )

[bobledrew]

Just rented this -- pretty decent adaptation of the story. I wasn't quite sure how they were going to deal with the limitations of the story, and I thought it was reasonable. Not a GREAT film. Also far from the worst of the King adaptations. Kinda sad I didn't see it in the theatre now. One problem with it, however: it was a bit long for my taste. A few too many repeated scenes of Enslin reacting after the latest spasm.

I was impressed that someone could make a horror movie that wasn't just torture-porn a la the Saw flicks.

Also liked the nod to "The Ledge" in the film. Now there's a story that I'd resurrect Alfred Hitchcock for.

[theconstantreader]

I thought is was really good! John Cusack did a great job, too! The story is still worth reading if you haven't yet!!

[pauljj]

The story was good, but the movie sucked. One man alone in a room for about an hour was never going to be great, I suppose.

[Sprite]

One of my favourite adaptations.....also one of the few movies that actually creeped me out.

[HorrorMama]

I read the story first and than saw the movie.. and if you read it first than watch it it sucks about 20 minutes in and so on..

[Bubonic]

I've yet to read the story, but I must say that I loved the movie. It had some genuine scares, a good pace, good visuals, I guess the story must be vastly superior if many seem to dislike the adaptation. What was so bad about the movie? As far as Stephen King inspired movies it is one of my tops, being as many of the adaptations have been garbage this was pretty refreshing. And I am not in any way being derisive about King's work, just what people often make of it.

[SEShell]

I thought that it was a good Read and Movie, especially for people that don't enjoy reading. With regards to the comment of "one man being stuck in a room alone" King has used this is two previous novels. Both Cujo and Geralds Game, have this concepts in common. In Cujo the mother and child were stuck in the car for hours while in Geralds Game the woman was handcuffed to her bed. King uses this to really seclude readers. I enjoy the scare of being stuck alone in a room to face my own fears. And to have that added aspect of spending the same hour in the room over and over again gives you the reality of no escape!
I think that it is a very useful tool that King likes to use, and considering that most of us end up cooping ourselves up in a room or in my case a closet alone to read his books, it makes it feel more real to us. And when we are alone in a room we feel kind of safe, and now that safety is taken away from us. And that is sheer genius!

[blernblan]

I loved the story. It's scary, creepy, and, though the movie is good the story's superior.

The story is superior really? I think you need to re-read the story. The story is exactly what they portrayed in the movie except with a lot less content... not exactly sure how less content makes it superior..

[Bubonic]

The story is superior really? I think you need to re-read the story. The story is exactly what they portrayed in the movie except with a lot less content... not exactly sure how less content makes it superior..

Okay, so I haven't read it, but I can conceive of it being better simply for the prose and admittance into the mind of the protagonist. A lot of people also enjoy the worlds they create within their minds more then what any director can come up with. Purely subjective though, although quantity never equates to quality as a rule.

[Ben.]

I watched 1408 in the cinemas (twice) way back in high school and it had some pretty scary moments in it. My body tingled head to toe in terror when they started tearing the post office down to reveal the hotel room - it seemed like a moment that wasn't supposed to be scary as such, more a moment of despair. But boy, it got me.

[Sophiia]

LOVE IT. Where I work, we always have the radio on. Turned it on the other day, and guess what started playing? We've only just beun... AHH! REALLY scared me! :laugh:

[king family fan]

I am not really big on short stories. I prefer novels as more info. however,I did enjoy the movie.

[krs72]

I liked the movie and the story, I like just about every one of King's short stories.

[Vlad Gaiduk]

1408-вещь,как фильм так и книга.конечно Джексон и Кьюзак добавили успеха экранизации,но думаю что и с другими актёрами получилось бы не плохо. но по прежнему считаю "Противостояние" лучшим фильмом по книге Стивена Кинга. первым я увидел фильм и на много позже прочёл книгу, но прочитанное волшебным образом ложилось на увиденное.

Google Translation:

1408-thing like a movie and kniga.konechno Jackson and Cusack added the success of the film adaptation, but I think that happened with the other actors would not be bad. but still think "Confrontation" best film of the book by Stephen King. first I saw the film and the much later read the book, but read magically lay on what he saw.

[cdresor]

"but read magically on what he saw". I think I should write in Swedish and see what Google says :smile2:
I loved 1408 although it was quite unpleasant. At the time, I had no idea it was SK´s work :blush:

[Mr.Ace]

Wеll, I sаw this moviе аnd think it's goоd, but it's nоt thе bеst moviе on Mr.King's bооks. Аs for mе, "Thе Grееn milе" аnd "Thе Мist" аrе thе bеst.

[Martsa]

I think the movie was a bit of a let-down. It didn't capture the intense atmosphere of the short story so good in my opinion. It was okay. Not great, but okay.

[Glanderence]

Very decent movie, one of my favorite Stephen King movies!

[daddyrichie]

Hi, you will find the story in the Everything's Eventual collection, if you like short stories I would definitely recommend giving this book a read:smile2:.

I have recently got into Stephen King as much as I have! Always prefer watching a movie than reading a book personally but am slowly starting to get into reading alot more and recently bought It which I am half way through and got Everything Eventual and Night Shift in a charity shop. All 3 books cost no more than £1.60! Perfect piece of business for the enjoyment I am sure to be getting from them :D Just thought it was funny that I bought the book and I read you mention it today lol

[1BachmanKing9]

I actually thought this was the one SK movie that was better than the written work.

And that took a lot for me to say.