... A tour de force of apparitions and hard-to-explain events from a realistic perspective. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 6/10 | May 18, 2023

Directed in a style that suggests The Evil Dead's Sam Raimi-meets-Alfred Hitchcock, Hafstrom delivered one of the scariest movies of the noughties and a film to make you appreciate music of The Carpenters in a whole new light.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 11, 2022

1408 really zips along and is one of the more entertaining thrillers in recent memory. But the film really starts to fall apart in the final act.

| Original Score: B- | Nov 21, 2019

Using the talents of John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson, Håfström makes a creepshow out of King's short story, doing justice to it completely.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 7, 2019

A nifty, shifty and refreshingly gore-free horror film...

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Apr 17, 2019

1408 feels like a classic, well-acted haunted house tale. It may not go very deep with some of the bigger questions it asks, but it is interesting that it bothers to ask them.

| Oct 13, 2018

A sharp and well paced horror film with heavy overtones of grief, anguish, and horrors of the real world that we sometimes unfortunately can never conquer.

| Oct 12, 2017

An excursion through the psychological intrigue of the human mind that is precise, tense, atmospheric and performed with great dramatic intensity.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 27, 2016

Definitely one of the best King adaptations in years ... and I've seen 'em all.

| Aug 28, 2015

Like shacking up with a cheap hooker in a moderately priced hotel, 1408 delivers dirty thrills with few frills.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 3, 2012

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 18, 2011

Another actor may have made 1408 seem as thin and fake as an episode of Tales from the Crypt, but Cusack lends it that badly needed extra milligram of conviction.

Full Review | Jul 7, 2010

The success of 1408 rests squarely on [John Cusack's] Hawaiian shirt-clad shoulders, and he pulls it off. The role, that is. The tacky shirt stays on pretty well the whole time.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 7, 2010

A good, old-fashioned horror flick, one that relies on supernatural chills, psychological twists and top-shelf special effects -- as opposed to the recent trend toward ball gags, bound wrists and bad lighting.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 24, 2009

Cusack's gritty, near over-the-top performance goes a long way, as does the subtle slow burn from director Mikael Håfström, but Samuel L. Jackson needed to be nudged awake as the hotel manager.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 23, 2009

Forcing the audience to experience his terror with an almost first-hand immediacy, Cusack runs the emotional gamut ...

| Jul 7, 2008

Una buena idea y unos 20 minutos iniciales inquietantes y sugestivos se descarrilan rápidamente hacia la parafernalia y el exceso visual. Nada convence, excepto el esfuerzo de John Cusack por convencernos de que se lo ha tomado en serio.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 13, 2008

From the start, it builds to a point of unbearable tension and then rewards us with a payoff that is cleverly executed and genuinely terrifying.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Apr 9, 2008

Cusack always manages to underscore panic with irony.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 1, 2008

I'm very hard to please when it comes to the horror genre, but pleased I am with 1408, a dread concoction from Stephen King, sharply committed to film by a clever screenplay, solid direction and terrific performances.

| Nov 30, 2007