3.5 Stars - Decent
My original plan for today was to watch Children Of The Corn, but then I realised I don't remember anything about the short story at all. So instead I decided to look at a story from the Everything's Eventual short story collection, 1408.
1408 tells the story of Mike Enslin, an author who writes books reviewing supposedly haunted hotels. One day he goes to review the room 1408 of the Dolphin Hotel, famed for its unusual deaths. Mike, who has spent his career debunking the supernatural as nonsense must now face the real thing.
The film is an enjoyable little romp, with an engaging performance from John Cusack, however I would have preferred it if they had perhaps had less jump scares and creepy looking people attacking or chasing him and much more of the psychological horror, making you question what is real and what isn't through the way the room plays with Mike's mind, as this was something I felt it did quite well.
As an adaptation... they had to add a lot, it is a very short and not particularly in depth story. The main driving emotional crux of the film is Mike's guilt and anger over his deceased daughter, this was added for the film. The majority of events that the room does to him were added for the film so as to increase the menace and break the reality somewhat more. However I feel these additions are needed, as otherwise it wouldn't be a very interesting film either visually or emotionally.
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In short, an entertaining film, I'd say worth a watch.
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