The Dolphin Hotel Welcomes You...

We saw the movie 1408 last night. I was expecting great things after seeing the trailer a couple of months ago. It stars John Cusack and Samuel L Jackson. John Cusack plays Michael Enslin, a cynical writer who is trying to make sense of his daughters death and does so by staying in supposedly haunted hotels around the country and writing reviews on them. He is disappointed although, because he never really sees anything paranormal in all his visits.

Then he gets a postcard from the Dolphin Hotel asking him not to enter room 1408. After much hassling from the proprietor (Sam Jackson) he manages to get the key to the infamous to room. The movie kicks off from there with the room retaliating against Enslin in one way or another. There are plenty of jumpy moments during the movie which initially starts out very eerie and somewhat scary. Unfortunately throughout the movie this formula becomes quite boring, with nothing new happening from then on. Also a good plot twist is ruined for anyone who watched the trailer. Enslin in my opinion wimps out rather easily for such a badass disbeliever of the paranormal. In under 10 minutes in the room he's pleading to be let out. Not really the reaction I was expecting! Hmm.

A rather less-than-satisfying horror. I'd give it a 3/5.