I have never gotten round to reading the book, and only just realised stephen king wrote this. I remember watching the film about 2008, and thinking the producers had proberly totally killed the book. and when i asked my mother. she explained the book was completely different to the film, but sadly she couldnt quite remember who had written it.
Posted By: Superstar2559 - 11/08/2009 - 2:15 AM EST
Loved it. Stephen King truly is a genious.
Posted By: ViktorVintz14 - 09/27/2009 - 7:34 AM EST
This story is simply brilliant and fascinating. When I saw the movie I was pretty much frightened. I wish I could write so nightmarish stories as Mr King...
Posted By: Monica - 07/30/2009 - 7:13 PM EST
The voice on that phone scared the bee-jeebus out of me. I was so frightened I had to put the book out in the garage - I didn't want it in the house for fear that evil would come out of it and get me. Haven't been able to pick the book back up since! I love that!!
Posted By: Sarahlizkitty - 07/06/2009 - 4:01 PM EST
I am so freakin glad they turned this one into a movie. it's one of the few things that after you read it, you feel all dazed and weird for awhile. so disturbing. like taking a hit of really bad LSD in a hotel room by yourself... or more like being unknowingly dosed and sent to a "haunted" hotel room. WHEW!!!
Posted By: Bill - 06/26/2009 - 7:17 PM EST
This is another compelling Stephen King story about the supernatural, and particularly about a man who don't believe in it, but who experiences it firsthand and is forced to confront its reality. I had a number of such experiences, as a middle-aged man, in a haunted house owned by a relative. Unexplainable things started to happen after a close relative, who had lived there, passed away in a nursing home. At first I was terrified, but it opened up my mind to a different aspect of our existence. Only in the West do we deny such things. King, a popular writer, makes it easier for people to accept the reality of this usually unseen part of our lives.
Posted By: Yusktu - 06/08/2009 - 10:19 AM EST
Gripping, enjoyed it from beginning to the end.
Posted By: Lin Lin - 03/23/2009 - 8:44 PM EST
Unbelievable....even for Stephen King
Posted By: Britt - 01/02/2009 - 4:36 PM EST
I am a tremendous fan of Mr. King but I would have to say this is not one of my favorites of his. So much as that I didn't even go see the movie, which is a big thing for me.
Posted By: D'arcy - 11/17/2008 - 6:40 AM EST
I love the way the story develops ,it entraps your mind in a world you don't want to escape from.
Posted By: Dinosaur Pixie - 09/17/2008 - 4:30 PM EST
I really liked both the short story and the film. I noticed that the film did continue with the story and I suppose went into more depth, which made me like it slightly more. Luckily I saw the film before reading the short story so I wasn't disappointed. =]
Posted By: Sylvanna Rayne - 08/18/2008 - 12:25 AM EST
I love this story because its not afraid to delve into what authors have become afraid to write about anymore.... surreal, vision-like evil. There seems to be a trend today in which authors are shifting away from the more supernatural, inexplicable forms of evil and horror and replacing them with horrors that we can fully grasp, ones that we can wrap our minds around and explain away. We need some horror like this, folks! The kind of stuff that gets the wheels turning and actually has the power to un-nerve us. 1408 is unpredictable and adapts its tactics as it tries to wear down our poor Mike Enslin, hitting him hardest where it hurts the most.
Posted By: ShadowWalker333 - 08/06/2008 - 3:34 AM EST
I read the short story and saw the movie and I felt that the short was much better than the movie, not saying that I didnt like the movie it was one of my favorites. Between IT and The Mist
