'1408' is the latest work from Stephen King to be adapted for film. Despite fine acting by both John Cusack and Samuel L Jackson the movie fails to deliver because the storyline is just too thin to keep a viewers attention for the whole movie. Cusack plays a writer (Mike Enslin) who's speciality is highlighting haunted hotels throughout the country. He receives an anonymous postcard that alerts him to a hotel in New York City that had a number of incidents in a particular room. Enslin sees a big story and tries to book a room to stay in room 1408 (which happens to add up to the number 13).

Despite protests from the hotel management (Mr. Olin played by Samuel L Jackson) Cusack checks into the room. At first it seems like another room that has a bad reputation but doesn't pose any risk. Then all kinds of strange things start to happen. At first it is entertaining to the viewer, but incident after incident starts to wear thin and attention starts to wane.

The bottom line there just wasn't enough to the story. The film was based on a short story and it shows as the film seems to drag on and on. If you want to check into '1408' wait for video.