The movie 1408 Phantom Murder is a thriller drama. Adapted from Stephen King's novel of the same name, the film tells a horror story that takes place in a confined space. I also from the headline article recommendation to see the introduction feel good, and then go to find resources to download, now the older movie resources are not easy to find, found a few addresses and finally downloaded successfully, after watching some disappointment, feel douban score 7.5 are high, personal feeling to give a 6 points is enough.
The two lead actors believe that they are not strangers, and friends who often watch American dramas will definitely know each other when they see the photos.
Starring: John Cusack
Starring 2: Samuel L. Jackson
The protagonist, Mike, is a horror writer who has published several books that have failed to sell, and his works often appear in the discount area of bookstores. In order to get inspiration, the protagonist Mike often travels to live in different horror hotels or legendary horror houses, one is to experience the horror atmosphere to get inspiration, and the other reason is that the people who write horror decimals have different courage than ordinary people.
One day Mike found a postcard from the Dolphin Hotel in his mailbox, and the text on it said not to enter Room 1408 immediately attracted him, as an adventure lover how to miss this opportunity. Mike immediately called to book room 1408 at the Dolphin Hotel, which was also unlucky. Room 1408 of the Dolphin Hotel is very evil, more than fifty people have died mysteriously in the room, so the hotel has banned the stay, but the male owner insists on staying despite the repeated persuasion and bribery of the black manager. The black manager declared that no one could survive an hour.
At Mike's insistence, he finally stayed in room 1408, and the murals, window sills, and beds in the room all revealed a strange atmosphere. The air conditioner switch that broke for no reason in the room, the maintenance staff came to the death and did not enter the room, but taught the male owner how to repair the switch.
The bedside cash register opens automatically for no reason and automatically counts down for 1 hour. At this time, the male protagonist still looks like he is not afraid of the sky. As Mike peeked out the window to look out the view, his hand was smashed and bleeding from the falling window, and hot water gushed out of the broken faucet when he went to the bathroom to clean up. At this time, the male owner has collapsed, carrying luggage and preparing to check out. I thought it was a king's edge to be bronze scrap iron. Seeing this, I was also shocked to drop my jaw, thinking that the male protagonist also had a strong and optimistic attitude, and would not quit no matter what.
But it was too late to escape this devil's suite. The door has long been opened, and then Mike went to the window sill to call for help, saw a man eating directly opposite, Mike shouted for help at him and danced to attract the attention of the other party, the strange thing is that the other party is doing the same action, the two are like mirrors, looking at the original shadow.
The male protagonist tried every means to escape, the room passing through the vent was a reproduction of his previous life, and he wanted to walk from the window to the other window, but the endless process was like encountering a ghost hitting the wall, and he had no choice but to return to his room the same way. Mike suspects that the black manager gave him a drug to make him hallucinate, but he knows that the end of the film does not explain that it is the reason for the male protagonist to have so many hallucinations.
The male protagonist's inner demons let him fantasize about the unbearable past events in his life, quarrels with his father, quarrels with his wife, etc., and the scenes reappeared scene by scene. In the end, the male protagonist was overwhelmed, set fire to the room, and eventually buried himself in the sea of fire. In short, the horror atmosphere of the film is insufficient, and it creates enough tension when the male protagonist insists on staying in room 1408 at the beginning. After checking in, the scene after check-in is the fantasy of the male protagonist, and in the end, there is no explanation of the reason for the fantasy. The plot has a bit of a tiger's tail feeling. Horror index 5 stars.