Name: 1408
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Released: 2007-06-22
Duration: 104 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, Mary McCormack, Jasmine Jessica Anthony, Tony Shalhoub

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The Intrigue of Hotel Rooms

Mike Enslin Hotel rooms are a naturally creepy place.

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Metaphysical Horror in 1408 Explained

Quotes about 1408 Its as much a metaphysical mind bender as it is a horror film.

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Questioning Reality and Existence

Mike Enslin This may not all be real. I may not even be real. But this fire... That's gotta be real.

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Expectations vs. Reality in Hotel Experience

Mr. Olin I was just checking to see if the accommodations were exceeding your expectations.

Mike Enslin You know goddamn well they are!

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Warning Against Entering Room 1408

Taglines Don't enter Room 1408!

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Dolphin Hotel Earns Perfect Shiver Scale Rating

Mike Enslin The decor is in tatters... And the staff surly... But on the Shiver Scale, I award the Dolphin... ten skulls!

[''before throwing the ashtray through the window, thereby letting the room explode'']

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Embracing a detective mindset in adversity

Mike Enslin Let's Encyclopedia Brown this bitch.

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Choices in Room 1408

Postcard Don't enter 1408.

Workman I ain't going in this room.

Radio We've only just begun. ] played on the clock radio, whenever it comes on.]

[Song by [[w:The Carpenters|The Carpenters]

Hotel operator You can choose to relive this hour over and over, or you can take advantage of our express checkout system. (Camera pans out to reveal a noose hanging from the ceiling.)

Hotel operator Five. This is five. Ignore the sirens. Even if you leave this room, you can never leave this room. (voice becomes low and sinister) Eight. This is eight. We have killed your ]. Every friend is now ].

[[friends; [dead]

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The Nature of the Room

Mr. Olin It's an ] fucking room.

[[evil]

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The Choice Between Endless Suffering and Escape

Mike Enslin Why don't you just kill me?

Room 1408 Because all guests of this hotel enjoy ] will, Mr. Enslin. You can choose to relive this hour over and over, or you can take advantage of our express checkout system.

[[free; ''camera pans out to reveal a noose hanging from the ceiling'']

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Discussion of Room 1408's Unusual Features

Mike Enslin Most hotels have switched to magnetics. An actual ]. That's a nice touch, it's antiquey.

[''Olin gives Enslin the room key''; [key]

Mr. Olin We have magnetic cards also, but electronics don't seem to work in 1408. ] you don't have a pacemaker.

[[Hope]

Mike Enslin General manager claims that the phantom in room interferes...

[into his tape recorder]

Mr. Olin I have never used the word "]".

[''scoffs''; [phantom]

Mike Enslin Oh, I'm sorry. Uh, ]? Specter?

[[spirit]

Mr. Olin No, you misunderstand. Whatever's in 1408 is nothing like that.

Mike Enslin Then what is it?

Mr. Olin It's an ] fucking room.

[''moves closer and whispers into Enslin's ear''; [evil]

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Best Horror Film of 2007: 1408

Quotes about 1408 Despite all of these recycled plot elements bobbing around, there's ] stale about 1408, which is easily the best horror film of 2007.

[[nothing]

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Defiance Against the Room's Power

Mike Enslin If something should happen, if I should slip and fall, I want it known it was an ]. The room did not win.

[speaking into his recorder as he goes out on the ledge, trying to escape the room; [accident]

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Moment of Realization

Mike Enslin This is it?

[''After turning on the lights upon entering Room 1408'']

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Redemption in the Face of Mortality

Mike Enslin I've lived the life of a selfish man. But I don't have to die that way.

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Miscommunication About Room Availability

Hotel operator That room is not available.

Mike ...I didn't tell you which date.

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Perception of Reality and Illusion

Mike Enslin It's not that what I'm seeing is not ]. It just ain't as real as it seems.

[[real]

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Tragic Incident in a Locked Bathroom

Mr. Olin A few years ago a young maid from El Salvador found herself locked in the bathroom. She was only there for a few moments, but when we pulled her out she was...

Mike Enslin She was dead?

[''sarcastically'']

Mr. Olin No. ]. She had taken a pair of scissors and gouged her ] out. She was ] hysterically.

[[Blind; [eyes; [laughing]

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The Allure of Ghosts and Afterlife

Mr. Olin Why do you think people believe in ghosts? For fun? No. It’s the prospect of something after death. How many spirits have you broken?

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Defiance in the face of fear

Room 1408 Are you ready to check out, Mr. Enslin?

Mike Enslin No. Not your way.

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Warning About Room 1408

Mr. Olin I warned you about 1408.

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Living with Bad Memories

Lily Enslin C'mon, hon. Just brings back bad memories, let me get rid of it.

Mike Enslin Sometimes, you can't get rid of bad memories. You just gotta live with em.

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Observation of Room 1408's Empty State

Lily Enslin Yeah. They're in Room 1408. The room's empty.

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Atmosphere of Threat in 1408

Mike Enslin It does have the vague air of menace.

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Commitment to the Task at Hand

Mike Enslin We're here to do the job. And we don't rattle.

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Inquiry into Deaths in Room 1408

Mr. Olin During your investigation did you discover the twenty-two natural deaths that have occurred in 1408?

Mike Enslin Natural deaths?

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Concerns About Cleaning Up After Guests

Mr. Olin Look, I'm not telling you not to stay in that room for your own ] or for the profit of the hotel. Frankly, ], I just don't want to clean up the mess.

[[good; [selfishly]

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A Call for Silence in Distress

Mike Enslin Keep quiet, you bastard.

[''speaking nonchalantly to the ghoulish apparition in the vents as the room burns'']

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The Death Toll of Room 1408

Mr. Olin All told, there have been fifty-six deaths in 1408.

Mike Enslin Fifty-six? You're shitting me.

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Confronting Mortality and Family Ties

Mike You're not going anywhere. You're staying here with us.

Katie Daddy, everyone dies.

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A Hotel's Invitation with a Warning

Taglines The Dolphin Hotel invites you to stay in any of it's stunning rooms. Except one.

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Skepticism About the Existence of the Supernatural

Fan So you're saying there's no such things as ].

[[ghosts]

Mike I'm saying I've never seen one. ] would make me ] than to ] a ] event.

[[Nothing; [happier; [experience; [paranormal]

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