Articles in 1408 (2007) Movie
Afraid of Ghosts? Enter the 1408 Sweepstakes
It’s not quite Halloween yet (okay, so that’s another month awake, but close enough for our purposes here), but you can get a jump start on the spooks by entering this 1408 Sweepstakes, where the ultimate prize is a trip to stay at the Haunted Hotel of your choice — that includes Stanley Hotel, Queen [...]
September 28th, 2007 | Nix | 0 comments | Read More1408 (2007) Movie Review
The most recent cinematic adaptation of a Stephen King short story was 2004’s “Secret Window,” a moderately satisfying suspense thriller in which Johnny Depp played a reclusive writer who, after secluding himself in a lake house so that he may escape his fractured personal life and concentrate on his latest book, is confronted by a [...]
July 1st, 2007 | T. Ward Porrill | 0 comments | Read MoreKing Praises 1408
Dimension Film’s 1408 has a lot of things going for it. For starters, it stars the talented and capable “King of Charm” himself, Mr. John Cusack and the always-lovable, yet somehow underrated, Samuel L. Jackson. Add to that a script penned partially by the genre respective Matt Greenberg with direction from Sweden’s Mikael Hafstrom (Ondskan [...]
June 20th, 2007 | Robert | 0 comments | Read MoreStephen King Gives the Thumbs Up to 1408
Poor Stephen King. He’s unquestionably one of the most successful and prolific writers out there (nevermind limiting him to the horror genre), but the guy has had the most terribly luck with Hollywood adapting his stories into movies. Basically, unless the filmmaker has either “Frank” or “Darabont” in their name, it’s nearly a guaranteed given [...]
June 9th, 2007 | Nix | 0 comments | Read MoreA New Poster for John Cusack and Sam Jackson’s 1408
I am cautiously optimistic about the upcoming John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson horror movie “1408″. Why so cautious? Because it’s based on a Stephen King story, and if I’ve found out one true thing about the Kingster, it’s that his horror stories inevitably end up very, very silly. (Giant bug in “Dreamcatcher”, giant spider [...]
May 25th, 2007 | Nix | 0 comments | Read More




