1408

Stay in any room you want at The Dolphin Hotel. Except for one.


1408
A skeptic author, specialising in debunking ghost stories, decides to investigate an allegedly haunted hotel room. More than 50 people have died in that room over the last 100 years. He has barely settled down when things start to go wrong, as the room taunts and threatens him. As he quickly loses his sanity, he becomes desperate to escape, but that is not as easy as it looks...

104 minutes.
No persons under 13 (Violence).
Drama, Horror, Thriller.

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

Come on out! I know you
Come on out! I know you're in there!

Credits

Cast
John Cusack, Mary McCormack, Samuel L. Jackson
Director
Mikael Håfström
ScreenplayMatt Greenberg, Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski, from a short story by Stephen King
MusicGabriel Yared
CinematographyBenoît Delhomme
EditingPeter Boyle
Sound formatsDolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS
SoundtrackAvailable
Made in2007
Produced byDimension Films, Di Bonaventura Pictures

Official Site | IMDB page | CAP Report | ScreenIt Report
Trailer: Medium

Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

GenreThriller, horror
LanguageModerate strong language
NudityNone
SexNone
ViolenceFrequent, bloody, loud and disturbing
PrejudiceNone
BlasphemyNone
Drug abuseNone
CommentsFrightening scenes are shown, that take place in a haunted hotel room.
These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines.

Adjusted Childcare Action Project (CAP) Report (USA)

CategoryScore (-50 to 50)
Wanton Violence / Crime
-50
Impudence / Hate
-50
Sexual Immorality
47
Drugs / Alcohol
-39
Offence to God
-50
Murder / Suicide
9
Final score
-22

ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity
3
Violence
3
Blood / Gore / Gross
3
Guns / Weapons
2
Profanity
4
Alcohol / Drugs
4
Smoking
2
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude
5
Imitative Behaviour
3
Frightening / Tense Scenes
5
Jump Scenes
4
Tense Family Scenes
5
Music (Scary/Tense)
5
Music (Inappropriate)
0
Topics to talk about
4


Ratings

Scale (Max)20

What the Critics say

Cape Argus / The Star
Zane Henry
10
Cape Times
Carina Chocano
10
iAfrica.com
Lisa Human
15
The Citizen
Peter Feldman
14
BBC
Anna Smith quote iconThe eventual ending is certainly thought-provoking, its ambiguity both laudable and frustrating. It's still a slight story, but Cusack's charisma keeps the build-up watchable, and the denoument just the right side of far-fetched.
10
ReelViews
James Berardinelli quote iconThis 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.
15
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers quote iconHafstrom wisely takes the path King intended: to plumb the violence of the mind. Heebie-jeebies are guaranteed.
15
ScreenIt
quote iconOnly partially works on a superficial level that never really gets under your skin.
10
Metacritic.com
27 critics
13
Rottentomatoes critics
156 critics
13
Rottentomatoes tomatometer
Tomatometer quote iconA genuinely creepy thriller with a strong lead performance by John Cusack.
16

What the People say

Internet
37642 Netizens quote iconSurprisingly effective.
14

Average .. 65%

13




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