my thoughts on the movie 1408

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Directed by Mikael Hafstrom, 1408 is a movie adaptation of the short story by Stephen King, which can be found in the collection 'Everything's Eventual'. As a fan of Stephen King's writing I have been disappointed by many of the film adaptations of his work. Most have been very poor, a few adequate, and only one or two have been exceptional (I'm thinking of 'The Shawshank Redemption' and 'The Green Mile'). 1408 is not among the lower quality works, but sadly it doesn't quite match the higher echelons of the films named above. It is a standard horror/thriller which teenagers who haven't seen many horror films before might find to be really good, but those of us who have seen many will feel that we have 'seen it all before'. The middle section is the best, with quite a few thrills, but I'd recommend trying to find a way of seeing the film which won't actually cost you any money, such as waiting until it comes on TV rather than paying for the pleasure by renting or buying the DVD.