He takes a charred recorder, hits play and the voice of their deceased daughter talking to Mike in 1408 makes the wife flip out & drop a moving box as Enslin stares at her creepily. It starred John Cusack as Mike Enslin, a paranormal skeptic who pens books debunking supernatural occurrences. Directed by Swedish filmmaker Mikael Hfstrm, 1408 was released back in 2007 and hailed as one of the best horror movies of that year. Firefighters pull the near-dead author from the burning room and the next scene goes to a house in LA where Mike & wife are moving in. Here’s the creepy true story behind horror movie 1408. I just caught a version on SHO that skipped all that. It’s just so hard to find a good hotel room in New York these days. When he gets a postcard of the Dolphn Hotel in New York, telling him not to go to room 1408, it’s all just part of the job to him, another place trying to build up their business with a good ghost story. Then a creepy last scene with Enslin's ghost being called by his daughter in the gutted room. 1408.2007 A man who specializes in debunking paranormal occurrences checks into the fabled room 1408 in the Dolphin Hotel. It’s all to help him forget the pain of the daughter he lost. meets Enslin's widow at the funeral to give her a box of Mike's things and thank him posthumously, gets in his car and sees the burnt corpse of the author in his backseat. The version I've always caught ends in the author's death and 'cleansing' of the room. The version Ive always caught ends in the authors death and 'cleansing' of the room. And yep, its pretty cliché if not straight cheesy at times, but damned if I dont watch part of it anytime its on. And yep, it's pretty cliché if not straight cheesy at times, but damned if I don't watch part of it anytime it's on. So, any recent horror movies that have caught your attention The Conjuring has been about the only one this year, but it didnt even come close to being as good as Room 1408. The Cusak thriller/Stephen King short story. The Cusak thriller/Stephen King short story.

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