Thus, 1408 has a strong slightly mitigated occult worldview with an open-ended theology, as well as many obscenities and profanities, and some gruesome violent images. The movie also never answers Mike’s doubts about God, although at one point, like the soldier in the foxhole, Mike appeals to God directly. Modern supernatural thrillers have a tendency to become unbelievable. Perhaps Mike won’t survive the night after all. In fact, the room locks Mike in and seems determined to kill him. Of course, unlike all the other haunted places he’s encountered, Room 1408 turns out to be the real deal. Jackson, tries to discourage Mike, but Mike stubbornly refuses. The hotel’s dapper manager, played by Samuel L. When he hears about mysterious deaths taking place in Room 1408 of the Dolphin Hotel in New York City, Mike tries to rent the room for one night. His young daughter’s death has left Mike skeptical about the supernatural, even God’s existence. John Cusack plays Mike Enslin, a horror writer who writes phony books about haunted places. 1408 is a horror movie based on Stephen King’s short story.
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