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Swedish director Mikael Hafstrom creates a compelling ride of a movie. Every beat of the film is weighted with significance, and our mounting dread becomes almost intolerable.Read the full review
This is the old stuff, the good stuff, the tried-and-true stuff of shrewdly accomplished audience manipulation.Read the full review
At his best, King's most effective creatures are not the ones behind creaking doors, but inside crooked minds.Read the full review
Heebie-jeebies are guaranteed.Read the full review
A deft Stephen King freak-out.Read the full review
This is the most mature horror movie of the year - far more adult and sophisticated than the tedious Hostel Part II. If you like to be creeped out by movies, this is one to see. It reminds us what it's like to be scared in a theater rather than overwhelmed by buckets of blood and gore.Read the full review
For star John Cusack, it's a perfect fit.Read the full review
In the grand scheme of things, the Dolphin Hotel is no Overlook, but it's no cheesy slaughter motel either.Read the full review
Even with its flaws, 1408 deserves to be appreciated by connoisseurs of acting and bravura filmmaking.Read the full review
The movie is most effective in its early scenes of prickly menace, and while the Dolphin is no Overlook (the haunted hotel in "The Shining"), its old-world creepiness is exactly right.Read the full review
