If the walls crack open and start bleeding, it's probably a bad day.
My sister suggested we go see 1408 for Halloween. I'm not good at scary movies, but I tend to like Stephen King based movies.
John Cusack is an author who writes books about haunted houses. He stays in the 'haunted' rooms, searching for ghosts and finding nothing. Eventually he hears about room 1408 and goes to stay there.
Dear god.
I mean, I've watched a lot of gore horrors recently, and I have really enjoyed them, cracking up at the crazy blood spurty deaths and stuff. But I haven't been curled up in my seat, my stomach clenching, fingernails digging into my palms, like this movie did.
I would have liked to know what caused the room to be like it was. From the way the masked thing from the painting of the ship kept appearing beside him, I'd think something about the room was transported in a ship that did something terrible.
My sister's friend reckoned that when he tried to climb into the next room he would succeed but just find himself in 1408 again. Discovering there were no other rooms but 1408 was kinda unexpected.
I wonder who sent him the postcard to let him know about it? Apparantly on the DVD commentary they say it was the hotel manager, but I don't buy that. I'd say either the room found a way to send it (because it thought he was cocky or something)?
I glanced at some threads on the IMDB.com boards and some people were arguing whether it was actually his daughter. They mention that hers is the only voice that comes through the tape, none of the other crazy shit came through. But, I distinctly heard theroom service voice of the room say "Forget about the sirens. Even if you leave this room, you can never leave this room." And, seeing as we had already thought that he had escaped only to have it all be another way for the room to tear apart his inner defenses, I think the movie ends with him still inside.
The 'Burn Me Alive' scratched on the wall is interesting. I'm wondering if the room wanted to die? Surely if someone else had figured out how to kill the room they would have scratched 'Burn It Alive'?
I liked the way he realised he'd become the distant bastard of a father/husband that he had clearly autobiographically included in his less popular first book. And the way he began to realise what he'd lost in his relationship with his wife when he couldn't handle losing his daughter.
When his daughter showed up there were a few interesting points. She said that they wouldn't let her stay. Who's they? The room? The afterlife bosses? I thought it was setting up a scene where he would try to kill his estranged wife who had been tricked into coming to the room, so they could both join their dead daughter. But the way she fell apart into dust makes me pretty sure she was just the room trying to break him still.
I loved the free will to checkout concept. I loved the paintings that turned into scenes of carnage. I was terrified by the dead man in the vents. Who the fuck was he?!!?
So. Yes. That was a cool movie. I am so so glad I watched it. And I hope I never see it again :P
John Cusack is an author who writes books about haunted houses. He stays in the 'haunted' rooms, searching for ghosts and finding nothing. Eventually he hears about room 1408 and goes to stay there.
Dear god.
I mean, I've watched a lot of gore horrors recently, and I have really enjoyed them, cracking up at the crazy blood spurty deaths and stuff. But I haven't been curled up in my seat, my stomach clenching, fingernails digging into my palms, like this movie did.
I would have liked to know what caused the room to be like it was. From the way the masked thing from the painting of the ship kept appearing beside him, I'd think something about the room was transported in a ship that did something terrible.
My sister's friend reckoned that when he tried to climb into the next room he would succeed but just find himself in 1408 again. Discovering there were no other rooms but 1408 was kinda unexpected.
I wonder who sent him the postcard to let him know about it? Apparantly on the DVD commentary they say it was the hotel manager, but I don't buy that. I'd say either the room found a way to send it (because it thought he was cocky or something)?
I glanced at some threads on the IMDB.com boards and some people were arguing whether it was actually his daughter. They mention that hers is the only voice that comes through the tape, none of the other crazy shit came through. But, I distinctly heard theroom service voice of the room say "Forget about the sirens. Even if you leave this room, you can never leave this room." And, seeing as we had already thought that he had escaped only to have it all be another way for the room to tear apart his inner defenses, I think the movie ends with him still inside.
The 'Burn Me Alive' scratched on the wall is interesting. I'm wondering if the room wanted to die? Surely if someone else had figured out how to kill the room they would have scratched 'Burn It Alive'?
I liked the way he realised he'd become the distant bastard of a father/husband that he had clearly autobiographically included in his less popular first book. And the way he began to realise what he'd lost in his relationship with his wife when he couldn't handle losing his daughter.
When his daughter showed up there were a few interesting points. She said that they wouldn't let her stay. Who's they? The room? The afterlife bosses? I thought it was setting up a scene where he would try to kill his estranged wife who had been tricked into coming to the room, so they could both join their dead daughter. But the way she fell apart into dust makes me pretty sure she was just the room trying to break him still.
I loved the free will to checkout concept. I loved the paintings that turned into scenes of carnage. I was terrified by the dead man in the vents. Who the fuck was he?!!?
So. Yes. That was a cool movie. I am so so glad I watched it. And I hope I never see it again :P