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Release Date
• USA: Jun 22, 2007
BoxOffice: $71.9M
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MPAA Rating
Rated PG-13 for thematic material including disturbing sequences of violence and terror, frightening images and language.
Running Time
1 hour, 34 minutes
Country USA
Production Companies
Dimension Films, Di Bonaventura Pictures
Studio Dimension Films
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Other Titles
• 1408 (2007)
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Genre: Horror
Tagline: The Dolphin Hotel invites you to stay in any of its stunning rooms. Except one.
Plot: The PG-13 rating given to 1408 belies this film’s truly terrifying effects on its audience. Though it’s far less gory than its peers, it has frightening moments and a creepy mood throughout. John Cusack (IDENTITY) plays Mike Enslin, a gifted writer who has turned his talents to paranormal travel books. His stays in haunted hotels never shake him, but he’s intrigued by New York’s Dolphin Hotel. Room 1408 has been the site of dozens of deaths, and this is a selling point for the skeptic in Mike. Despite the warnings of the hotel manager (Samuel L. Jackson, BLACK SNAKE MOAN), Mike resolves to stay in the haunted room. No one has lasted more than an hour in 1408, and Mike has his work cut out for him.Though Cusack got his acting pedigree in comedies, he proves he’s able to adeptly carry a horror film. He’s in practically every frame of the film, often alone, and he’s great at making the audience share in his fear. This is the second English-language film from director Mikael Hafstrom (DERAILED), and he does a good job of establishing tension. A lot of the credit is due to the film’s sound crew, whose detailed work goes far in giving 1408 its unsettling feeling. Like THE SHINING, this is based on writing from horror master Stephen King, and it’s a similarly creepy tale set in a
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