Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Remember when going to a scary movie was actually sometimes scary? And not just gross and angry? Well, 1408 is one of those. It gave me a chill the way Poltergeist did when I was a kid- scary and suspenseful. And not because of a beheading or impaling or something - but from not knowing what's around the corner and always keeping me on the edge of my seat. It was fun - the girl next to me had her hands over her face during most of the movie and people in the theatre kept screaming. It was great! The premise was pretty straight forward- a writer wants to stay in an allegedly haunted room that all these people died in to write a book debunking haunted hotels but Jules from Pulp Fiction tells him no one has lasted in this room for more than an hour and he doesn't want to clean up his bloody mess. He goes in anyway and horror ensues.
Sure it had some cheesy moments, but that's easily overlooked when you're just waiting for Mista-Creepy-Crazy guy to jump out and get Lloyd Dobler. And I have to say, he can carry a movie. I'd say about 85% of this movie is him freaking out to the things going on inside the room. Its him talking to himself and his little tape recorder, which is a little creepy in itself- don't know why. But I say this one deserves 4 spooky little butters out of 5. Ooooooooo.

3 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

John Cusack creeps me out.

10:46 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...

ya that movie was little over the top, remember when the water came in through the room. Thats where I gave up on believability. I give it two butters for scaring me in the beginning.

10:53 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

This blog is starting to spook me. It's looking dead.

12:47 PM  

Post a Comment

<< Home