1408

  A classic horror writer, Stephen King keeps returning to the big screen, over and over again, and in light of the new It recently being released, what could be more fitting than review some of the author’s other masterpieces?

  Mike Enslin has devoted his life to, ironically enough, the life after this one. Travelling the states, visiting haunted places and staying in spooky hotels are part of his daily routine, and as an author; his job. The drive to explore the unknown, deeply rooted since his daughter’s untimely death, is what brings him back to his and his family’s roots: New York. A relatively unknown hotel, the Dolphin, is uncovered to him, and with a particular room in mind, 1408, he travels to the great city, yet again expecting nothing more than smoke and mirrors. However, after being begged by the director of the hotel not to take the room, he enters both the room, and a completely new experience of the horrors regarding the afterlife.

  Shocked that this movie has yet to receive a status as a horror classic, I can do nothing but recommend it. The film, to put it lightly, plays joke after joke with both the viewer’s and the main character’s minds, spinning out of control in an almost banal fashion before calmly taking everything back to logic and safety. Highly recommended!