1408 (2007)

Based on a short story by Stephen King, this film is predictably chilling. The namesake of the film is a supposedly haunted room in the Dolphin Hotel in New York City. Mike Enslin (John Cusack), the protagonist of the film, is a writer who documents such spooky locales as a living. He sets out to both disprove the 1408 haunting legend and to collect material for his next book in one fell swoop. However, in accordance with the classic horror movie formula, our hero ends up biting off more than he can chew and becomes eyewitness to more bone-chilling events than he could ever have wished for. The Room, 1408, takes Enslin on a journey of self discovery while doing a pretty good job of scaring the living crap out of him at the same time.

MPAA: Rated PG-13 for thematic material including disturbing sequences of violence and terror, frightening images and language.