Steven King's 1408 movie review by Scene-Stealers.com

[Flockbro]

Going into the movie had a feeling of how it was going to end. Mostly from how king usually closes his stories following male protaganidt

[ZaDrlovah]

Well you missed something on the wall. That gives you how he's going to end and it did ended perfect! That was a good movie.

[JeanPhilippeLepage]

totally disagree. the ending was brilliant. classic Stephen King by touching the question of God and the catholic religion. the film was three very solid acts and I didnt feel it pulled an M. Night twist, it held up pretty nicely. 5/5

[TheSoapiestWanger]

i just watched this movie last night and i have to say it was a great scary movie.. it had me on the edge the whole movie and the ending was even better.. what shit are you two smoking?

[chaossaga]

It was a great movie and I have others that agree with me.

I think the ending did well to an extent.

Though, yes I would have to agree the ending should have been 10 minutes earlier.

[Rooshla]

i remember watching this movie

it had such an awesome start, the build up to the actual room was done perfectly

so much that the first half of the movie had me in so much suspense and fear as to what was going on in the room

then the 2nd half of the movie.. could have been awesome and scary and stuff, but no

it was an excellent beginning, with an ending that could have been so much more

[freddymichaeljason]

the last act i was so confused

[vandalking78]

Rock fist? Come on now. I agree though, the movie had a lot of potential but, failed to hold its own.

[Snarlez]

The whole Idea of a short story Is to leave you to guess what could happen next. The movie was made very well seeing as you look at it from the person himself and his own demons! This movie Is for any who has a brain not for those closed minded morons who assume. In my opinion this Is a movie where you can "create your own ending" Wow. Instead of the lazy persons who wants It all gift rapped. Great movie for the deep thinker and soul... This IS Steven king.

[SceneStealers]

Thts just it, Snarlez. This movie DID gift-wrap the ending. It was typical when it could have been more ambiguous.

[fireyhope]

You're saying more Ambiguous = good Horror thrillers? Yet your saying this is suppose to be like a typical old school type horror esque movie? Wait you're saying it's a typical ending when alot of other horror movies end it Bad? When tons of horror movies end it Open Ended? So please just tell me how would Ambiguous horror movies mean it's better? It's a simple Horror movie and does an amazing job at it. It doesn't need to have a twist ending to be good.

[SceneStealers]

...but it DOES have a stupid twist ending. Did we see the same film?

[fireyhope]

There isn't a Twist to the story. I don't consider that a Twist the ending is to only Emphasize that he was actually in the room and everything that happened in the room was real. I thought it was clearly Obvious, as of Many people do not consider that a Twist ending but just an ending. Because we all know what happened in the room was real.

[fireyhope]

But also not only was the ending to emphasize on Enslin's Fatefull day at the room to be real. But also to emphasize his dream to come true which is to happiness to realise her daughter will be there spirtually after his death and also to be together with his Wife again. The ending was quite happy and i don't think it's a Gift Wrap ending because there is some thought it has different meanings in the ending.

[fireyhope]

To me in my opinion it was a great ride. Nowadays people focus too much on the ending, nor do i think this movie was focused on a twist ending but it was a movie about 1 guy escpaing the room while experiencing his past and is more about the emotion. Alot of horror movies in the past also don't need to focus on the ending to be good.

To me it was one of the best horror/thrillers this year.

[Snarlez]

I bet these two simple minded wannabes are trying to sound smart. When In reality the movie Is to smart for them. There fore these phoneys lose!

[chocochip2000]

THEN WHY DO YOU WATCH IT you wasted you're own time and by doing that, they have 5:05 minutes of your time, and then they have a bit of your soul...

and you can never get it back!

MWAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH! *cough* your lose dude. I like their reviews

[thepropayne]

movie sucked

[Snarlez]

No this review sucks... for one they talk to fast, The try to hard to sound smart, and they have no general Intake on the movie Itself. They have have a Long way to go.

[Garfler]

I love the others AND your reviews.

[CartmanPT]

Film is awesome.You guys are assholes. 1*vote

[Lunarsickness]

Screw these critics, they're no different than the critics who have been giving horror/thriller films low ratings for ever including the original Saw, fuck the mainstream critics and these ones too.

[Lunarsickness]

Well I was expecting crap since PG13 horror films became somewhat of a trend in the past year and they horribly all sucked, but this movie was so excellent and I was satisified with it. If I did not know it was a Stephen King film before I saw it, I would've thought, hey this is like the old school Stephen King horror films when horror was actually good. You will definetly be able to tell that this is a Stephen King film.

[Lunarsickness]

I'm a die-hard horror fan. Also a fan of some Stephen King horror films. I am aware that the horror genre today is slowly wilting and lacking originality but this movie gave me hope, for this movie was the greatest and most original horror film I've seen since the original Saw.

[LadyBeauty999]

Though I agree, the ending was a little bit off, I quite enjoyed it. The beginning was fabulous, and the way Cusack carried the film was perfect, I couldn't have asked for a better actor. I, a hater of movies in general, have never before found a more enjoyable film. I could watch it endlessly.

Thanks for the opinion guys, but I have to say, maybe if you'd read the story you would understand things a little better.

I love this movie.

[MySerpentine]

They haven't read the story, have they?

[toptop90]

my only real grudge with the movie is that it couldve milked the surprise/shock factor even more.i got it visualised in my head how it could have worked better(sorry for sounding like a computer nerd then)

[Mangolite]

Yo, Dudes! 1408 RULES!!! It starts out great and it ends great, because it is self contained horror, not like some other horror flick. You have a guy who is a skeptic and ends with something that is undeniable that it is real (within the story it tells). The ending did bring a closure to the whole journey of Mike Enslin (Cusack).

[conjon11]

he's a dick for what? NOT spoiling it? i guess your ending was what? a missed opportunity for a enjoyable movie review. which is a movie, by the way that hasn't made me feel this way since i was like 6 watching scary movies.. the only flaws i found in it were the kinda unrealistic nature of it. if sam j really wanted him not to die in that room. he'd send someone to check up on him in what? 59 minutes? stephen king lives in a dream.

[BigBallinBeast]

this movie is friggin amazing. shut up.

[majingangsta]

ya i kno sum parts are lik okay but it ended gud

[TenshiNoStrange]

Honestly, I think the ending -could- have been worse. But to each their own!

(I'd been spoiled so I knew that wasn't it, but come on, if the LA-room-dream-hospital-restaur­ant bit had been the ending, wouldn't that have been way more painfully shitty?)

[toptop90]

i felt horror as i thought it was going to end with the it was only a dream plot!

[TenshiNoStrange]

Yeah, that would have sucked out loud.

[RubyTuesday717]

I agree that the last few acts weren't as tight as the start and the ending left me scratching my head, but it's utterly worth seeing just for John Cusack. I'm surprised that they didn't mention his fantastic performance.

[SceneStealers]

Hey Ruby, check out my print review on Scene-Stealers for that-- he was the best part of the film!

-Eric

[funwithpoo]

I havnt seen it but...Im guessing it was all a dream?

[MySerpentine]

Not at all. More like Lovecraft . . .

[jmmycsnv]

Really...well it doesn't sound like a complete waste of time according to your review. It sounds like the ending killed it for ya though. lol the other day I was flipping channels and I spotted ya guys on tv. Good review anyway...keep em coming.

[fakejohnsmith]

It sounds like you guys hyped this movie up too much in your minds before you went to see it. Movies will almost always disappoint you if you do that. I think in the future when see 1408 again you will realize it's a good movie and is definitely better then most of the crap put out by Hollywood.

[MehTube]

..... wow. this is the only review i've seen so far that gives 1408 a really bad grade. I loved 1408 but i felt the ending was meh but the rest of the movie was awesome.

[makave7]

haha i was scared and wanted to leave after he saw himself on the other building and the guy was behind him

[slayer564]

that part popped me up to