I'm surprised John Cusack's acting wasn't more acknowledged by the academy or by awards. He really goes through a whole slew of emotions and scenarios convincingly in this film.
Yeah, this and Identity are my two favorite movies of his. But he’s given a lot more versatility in this because it’s almost a one man film for a large part of it’s runtime whereas Identity was an ensemble film.
I liked it when he played Poe. Did you see that one? I was at the Poe house in Baltimore to hear a reading of Poe's work. I heard a lady's voice & I went up the stairs in time to look in the upstairs room as the lady stated she hated Mr. Poe's work...As she said that a shutter that had been leaning against the was picked up and thrown at her! She left and I found out she'd never come back to pick up her check. I said out loud and ment it that I luved his work.
That's practically like the Scariest thing to me in Insidious was them using Tip toe through the tulips by Tiny Tim in it.... WHO the FRICK DOES THAT????
Such an underrated film. I’ve always loved the part where he starts tearing apart the fridge 😂 I always get a chuckle because it makes him look so crazy 🤣
iPod 97 another part that gets me is when all the water comes out of the painting and when the clown pops out of nowhere and takes a swing at him. My girlfriend would ask me why I thought that was funny. lol
That part is hilarious, the drinks rumbling around 😂 When he tries to escape through the window and it pans out to show just blank wall...then he sees the emergency escape behind the door. ..that part always gives me chills. Imagine..no wonder so many people had heart attacks or jumped out the window. Probably thought they were dreaming 😢
I like the theatrical ending better. That tiny hint of a smile as his wife stares at him in total shock, his expression inscrutable, while their daughters voice plays in the background. Gives me goosebumps. And for me it beats the idea that after all the events of the movie the room is just resetting for more victims with the addition of one more ghoul.
I much prefer the "happy" ending to the jump scare in the cemetery. The reaction by Mary McCormack when she heard her dead daughter's voice gave me the chills. The jump scare shouldn't happen outside Room 1408, and felt cheap. The horror experienced inside the room was far more gripping.
The short story written by King is the best version, hands down. Like I’ve always maintained, some of King’s horror just isn’t meant to be adapted for the screen, because much of the fears his characters experience is abstract (or close to abstract)...or just hard to translate into a visual that is frightening to others. For example, I had a recurring nightmare as a child where I was being followed around by a single fireplace brick. This would not look frightening in a film, but it didn’t make it any less frightening to me. Sometimes certain scary things are only scary if they’re happening to you. Perspective. This story was frightening to me because I could imagine myself in the same situation as the character while reading it. Seeing it on screen made it far less frightening. King has a unique talent for tapping in to personal fears, probably because he has so many fears himself. He explores those in his stories, and they are usually very frightening in this format (writing). When you try to adapt it to the screen, the effect is more or less lost...or at least diminished. A prime example is also the ending of the book “It”. It’s frightening on the page, but once you try to recreate it in a film sequence, it loses its effect. Many things are just not at all frightening unless they’re happening to YOU at that moment.
Plus you get to experience characters thought processes, if they're going crazy, or if they're terrified, you get to read their thoughts, I think that makes it easier to relate to as well.
First saw 1408 back in 2009 when I was on training for my new position. My manager told me about the movie, sounded interesting enough, so I gave it a watch. Loved it. I actually prefer the ending where Michael survives. Having gone what he went thru and his past, I felt he deserved a second chance. But, I've always kind of interrupted the "darker" ending differently. Even though he died in the room, Michael still beat and escaped it. He isn't trapped for eternity, but simply visiting casually, enjoying a smoke. Mike's daughter then calls for him, and so he just leaves to go to Katie.
I really enjoyed this movie as well. 1408 is definitely a super underrated film. I think the movie is very well written and John Cusack does a fine job in the role as the story unravels. You definitely feel all of his psychological torment as things spiral wildly out of his control. I personally would recommend this movie to anyone who hasn’t seen it.
The grieving theory is interesting. But it's pretty well documented that the progression of the room's activity represent the levels of Hell from Dante's Inferno. But both can totally be right at the same time.
I really enjoyed this video. I have to disagree, politely, though. The theatrical ending is better because of the themes of grief and growing. At one point, isn't it mentioned that the room attacks harder the less someone believes? So for the main character being the cynic that he is, the room goes all out on him, putting him through hell and showing him the darkest parts of himself. Forcing him to move though the pain and also find a balance between cynicism and belief. If he died at the end he wouldn't have learned any lessons. His survival and playing the tape for his wife to prove to himself and others that what he went through was real and that the room is powerful.
PlayfulOtter not all stories should or deserve a happy ending. It is what made twilight zone a great show. Not all stories ended happily. like the episode where all a guy wants to do is read, he gets his wish and is able to read all he wants. What happens is his glasses break and unable to read. the og story is a "be careful what you wish for, you just might get it"
I watched 1408 during a snowstorm at a Subway sandwiches I worked at. We closed early and I lived close by. The scene where his laptop shut off, mine shut off a second after. It wasn't plugged in the wall. Then when the phone rings in his room, the phone at work rang. Was just 2 freaky oddities that made watching the movie sorta stick with me. I never watched another King movie at a job ever again lol.
The ending where he is pulled out alive is pretty interesting. Only someone can come get him out, he could never get himself out or even ask someone to get him out. They'd have to come there completely of their own volition and pull him out. Also it means the ghosts of the room aren't as powerful as we thought, only controlling reality within the rooms limits.
I haven't cared much for the horror genre since the 80s, but I really liked 1408. And while I can appreciate the original ending, I loved the theatrical ending. Their reaction to hearing their daughter's voice gave me goose bumps. Her utter shock and disbelief, and that knowing look on his face. It hit me hard.
The book is part his blood and smoke stories centered around cigarettes. They appear to all relate to the struggles of him quitting himself, and in 1408 the author has quit but keeps one cig tucked behind his ear.
Please do "Identity" + "Memento" . . . both of which share a skewed view of things not being as they seem, as remembered, and leaving one to define the sincerity of Reality.
I'm a huge King fan, and I loved the 1408 film adaption. However, just as an FYI, King did not encounter any ghosts at the Stanley Hotel. It was end of season, much like in the Shining, and the hotel was empty as King and his wife were the only guests. King had nightmares, whilst staying at the hotel, about his son being chased down the long empty corridors by a fire-hose. He work up, covered in sweat, but with the beginning of a story running rampant through his head. He moved to a window overlooking the rocky mountains, pulled up a chair and lit a cigarette. By the time the cigarette was smoked, he already had the plot of 'The Shinning' mapped out.
People need to realize just like real life everything doesn't have a happy ending unfortunately 😔 especially horror movies they're not meant to end happily ever after
Both endings were happy endings. In the original/ DVD release ending where he dies he is clearly reunited with his daughter as she calls to him and he walks out of the room to her. The room was destroyed. They may be echos, yet given the funeral seen it isn't likely. The theatrical ending sees him learn a lesson and find his truth about the afterlife he was searching for while reuniting with his estranged ex wife who also hears their daughter. Both have merits. In both he beats the room yet pays a price. In the short story it is based on he also survives though is significantly traumatized to lasting effect.
As soon as the countdown started I was wondering when Minty was going to mention there were two different ending. I loved the one where he listens to the tape and hears his daughters voice and the mom drops the plate in shock.
I liked Grave Encounters and the 2nd one. I didn't like The Blair Witch though. @Minty Comedic Arts would it be possible for you to add Grave Encounters to your to-do list?
I first saw this movie on a flight from DEN to AMS and loved it. Then I watched it again on TV and it was a completely different ending. After it ended I just sat there confused. For a moment i thought I just imagined the other ending and was frantic to find out why I thought it should've been a different ending. I loved that feeling of seeing something that made me say "hey, what the F is going on here... That's not what happens though." For a brief moment I felt like I was in room 1408, and it was just fucking with me. More psychological movies should do that!
What's intriguing about this story is that what exactly is happening to that room cannot be defined. Is it haunted? Is it a portal to hellish dimension? Is the room itself an evil entity? It's up to the moviegoer or book reader to decide.
I'm glad he got out. I loved the ending. He was able to do what others had never been able to accomplish and in the end he was a better man because of it.
But what would it have been that actually stopped him getting out in the original ending. Obviously all the things like the phone doesnt work properly and his laptop. What if the door to 1408 was taken off so the dolphin hotel employees could go in and grab him and get him out of that evil fucking room. Creepy how on the laptop. His wife says they are in 1408 and theres noone in there. If thats the case where the hell has he gone. Teleported to another dimension. What if 100 people all went in the room all together. Would they all suffer the dame fate. There are plentu of ways in reality to get out of the room. Then when he climbs out of the window. Where the hell is the window to the other room.
Perhaps the whole story was a metaphor for the journey we take in confronting our own denials and "evil" within ourselves? Some people perish others become better and stronger for it...
+ J Smith Not hardly. It feels more like 6. When I first learned they were making a film out of 1408, I was like _How??_ Not nearly enough source material for a 90 minute movie.
The Green Messor I'm afraid silent hill the room came before SK short story collection that has 1408 but almost all silent hill games have some kind of nod to SK in the game
Nope, 1408 came before as far as I can tell... The original audiobook 1408 came out in 1999 and the printed collection in 2002, both being available before SH4: The Room came out in 2004.
Agreed, although this gonna sound wierd but if I watch The Hills Have Eyes remake. The main protag of that movie really reminds me of Henry, he even looks like him. And the fact he got himself into a place with deformed creatures. The resemblances are there, atleast for me.
This film slipped under my radar somehow. It popped up on TV a while back and I sort of expected it to be pretty much crap. King's work does not necesarrily translate well. But it had John Cusack and I gave it a go. Glad I did.
The spirits in that room hated the living so much they desided to haunt them to death but then new living people just came into that room again. so much like The Overlook Hotel in the Shining these hauntings would continue.
However, just to clarify; there are actually 3 different endings. One for theaters, one for the DVD, and one for TV airings. For a description, look it up on Wikipedia, or IMDB.
Yes, the bridge in the movie is on the Thames .. But its not in London.. It was in Weybridge about 20 miles out side london.. The bridge links D'Oyly Carte Island to the main land. The house was also used in the film.
I must be experiencing a Mandela Effect, cause I remember Mike dying at the end and showing up in the rear view mirror. They must have added the alternate ending after it had already been out for a while.
I remember that ending also. But I wonder if they used both because I saw the one where he lives as well and thought that I was losing my sh*t. And I thought the same thing....damn Mandela and his effect💪💪
I think Mike Enslin surviving the film is one of my favorite parts of the movie. A (sort of) happy ending is such a rare occurrence in a horror movie that I really was surprised by it. Also I think Book Enslin survived too.
I watched them film the scene of the crowd running out of the “dolphin “ hotel.. odd name. Was the Roosevelt Hotel on 46th St in midtown Manhattan. They must have shot it 25 times, but it looked like more fun then my IT platform rollout I was working on that night. Good movie.
Very nice job Minty and I agree 1408 is an underrated film. My wife and I enjoyed it Cusak have a numer of good films in the later part of his career and is underated as an actor himself. I hope he continues to get good roles.
For me the room is like an elevator on a journey that goes through the 9 circles of hell....and the passenger gets to experience each of the circles and you witness the circles affect on him:(
Omg Minty, please do a video on The Relic. I just saw that mentioned in the comments and man that totally reminded me I really used to love that movie. It was actually a fairly decent horror movie, the lore behind the plot is really good and for a monster movie it was a cool monster I thought. Just an idea, thanks Minty u kick ass man : )
When I heard this story was being converted to a movie, it actually freaked me out a bit. Reading the story was so unnerving, I had reservations about watching the movie, even though I understood the basic premise of what was going to happen. There's a reason why they call him the King of Horror.
Don't forget that 1408 is based off a real hotel room at the Omni Parker House Hotel (home to the inventions of Lobster Newburg, Boston Cream Pie, and Parker House Rolls) in Boston, Massachusetts. Had a chance to visit 10 years back. Has some history and some historical figures have even been employed there: Malcolm X was once a busboy there, Emeril Lagasse was the sous chef there from 1979 to 1981, and Ho Chi Minh used to be a baker there. Even has some presidential history: John Wilkes Booth stayed there, JFK announced his candidacy for Congress there, he proposed to his wife there, and his bachelor party was there. Has a room that's haunted: the room has been walled over and the lights will still come on even though the electricity has shut off for that particular room. Can even be seen from the street.
Most hotels (due to superstition) are deliberately designed to NOT have a thirteenth floor, so the idea is that he's living on the "14th" floor, but it's really the 13th.
#6 There was also a disturbing scene in the book version of The Stand where one of the POV characters and a guy he was traveling with spend the night at an abandoned motel (which is like a hotel) and... well... let's just say you could tell without knowing their backstories that these guys have done some prison time. Also, in Salem's Lot the boarding house (which is also kind of like a hotel) that the main character was staying at becomes infested with vampires.
he never really stepped into nothing. he dies right at the beginning of the movie. at the beach. the whole movie is his "purgatory" and he has to deal with everything wrong in his "life" to go on. dealing with his father, the fear of becoming him, the death of his little one, his wife, who needed him, but he was to hurt to help her or even himself, his complete lost of faith and so on. it's his own journey into the void. only by dealing with all of it..he can somewhat set himself free or become part of the room, like the other ones. stuck in limbo forever. so actually no ending really makes sense. still one of the better ones out there. 1408 is the philosophical answer to everyones horror needs.
Seconded, Minty did a good vid on recent horror movies he liked and as it included quite a few I liked or plan to watch, I'd want to know his opinion on The Void as well! Loved it myself, did plenty of things right, especially considering where it came from and the budget available.
J Smith is probably a person that likes overhyped hollywood blockbuster type films. EIther that or hes just being a troll trying to trigger people, because that is not a popular opinion and it's almost universally opposite of that reaction.
One hidden gem in the movie I have not seen discussed is the name of the brandy that the Manager gives to the character. In several scenes it's revealed that it is called "les cinquante sept deces," which, according to google, is French for 'fifty-seven deaths." Jackson tells him in the same scene that there have been 56 deaths in the room; so Cusack was to have been the 57th death. How cool is that? Of course, if you speak French, Jackson says the name up front, but I don't so had to figure it out by waiting to see the name on the bottle during two of the room scenes.
1408 is somewhat a take on Room 217 from The Shining, a writer goes to a hotel with an evil room, and writes, well, apparently writes a novel, and, yea, you covered that. and, DAMN, this movie does has some good scares, the alternative ending, jeebus!
The room as an entity is like how Christine is just -evil-. That somewhat normal combinations of mass and places and things that are just metaphysically evil for some reason. Like how some good/beauty just falls together for reasons we don’t understand, some evil could do the same.
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I'm surprised John Cusack's acting wasn't more acknowledged by the academy or by awards. He really goes through a whole slew of emotions and scenarios convincingly in this film.
Exactly I litearly tear up when he was holding his daughter crying as she die in his arms. He is a pure actor
Yeah, this and Identity are my two favorite movies of his. But he’s given a lot more versatility in this because it’s almost a one man film for a large part of it’s runtime whereas Identity was an ensemble film.
@@Thor-Orionoh I love Identity. I go back and watch that one often.
For me, 1408 is one of those movies that if I come across it on TV, I always watch it
Me too!
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Me too :)
I wished it played more because me too👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽
Me too!
If he just would have given the paperboy the 2 dollars in 1985 none of this would have happened!
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LOVE that movie!
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Hilarious
Agreed
I heard they were gonna make "1406." It's a movie about people complaining about all the noise coming from the room next door.
That... does actually sound quiet funny. XD
Wow. I'm totally going to do a sock puppet version of 1406
There's also "1308." it's about an old man with a broom, who thinks that pounding on the ceiling will get them to knock off all the racket up stairs.
Lol great comment🤣
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What did you think of Identity? I'm a John Cusack fan and really liked 1408 and Identity.
Identity is an underrated movie. Cool movie
I liked it when he played Poe. Did you see that one?
I was at the Poe house in Baltimore to hear a reading of Poe's work. I heard a lady's voice & I went up the stairs in time to look in the upstairs room as the lady stated she hated Mr. Poe's work...As she said that a shutter that had been leaning against the was picked up and thrown at her!
She left and I found out she'd never come back to pick up her check. I said out loud and ment it that I luved his work.
Simply 2 of my favorites!
Love both Identity and 1408, but I still enjoy seeing John Cusack's older movies too, especially Better Off Dead 😄!
Identity was really good.
I like both endings.. but I like the one when he gets out because now we know everything that happened was real and not just in his head.
Stephen King has a unique imagination. He can take something innocuous and terrify us with it. That takes a special talent that so few authors have. 😊
Vanessa STARS. He realizes that life in of itself is scary. Most everyday things could easily be haunted and scary.
That’s because he’s high as fuck
He's one of the four writers that made me start writing. Hopefully my first book will be out soon... fingers crossed 🤞!
Yep. A hotel room, a hotel, a normal doggo, and a normal car to name but 4.
This movie was well done, and yes, The Carpenters song has given me the creeps since the first time I saw this.
That's practically like the Scariest thing to me in Insidious was them using Tip toe through the tulips by Tiny Tim in it.... WHO the FRICK DOES THAT????
@@4Just1Girl Like 'Dominique' in American Horror Story Asylum lol, I couldn't get that out my head for *ages* after watching it lol
"Oh, no, not The Carpenters..." -John Trent
@@jonathantillian6528 In the Mouth of Madness is what I'll ALWAYS think of when I hear The Carpenters or they come up, for whatever reason.
Such an underrated film. I’ve always loved the part where he starts tearing apart the fridge 😂 I always get a chuckle because it makes him look so crazy 🤣
iPod 97 another part that gets me is when all the water comes out of the painting and when the clown pops out of nowhere and takes a swing at him. My girlfriend would ask me why I thought that was funny. lol
That part is hilarious, the drinks rumbling around 😂 When he tries to escape through the window and it pans out to show just blank wall...then he sees the emergency escape behind the door. ..that part always gives me chills. Imagine..no wonder so many people had heart attacks or jumped out the window. Probably thought they were dreaming 😢
i've seen THOUSANDS of horror movies in my life... ever since I was 7.... and this one STILL gives me chills. easily EASILY on my top 10 of all time.
What’s number 1
Ditto.
@@RubyRedS1ippers really though, we need good movie recommendations 😅
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I like the theatrical ending better. That tiny hint of a smile as his wife stares at him in total shock, his expression inscrutable, while their daughters voice plays in the background. Gives me goosebumps. And for me it beats the idea that after all the events of the movie the room is just resetting for more victims with the addition of one more ghoul.
I much prefer the "happy" ending to the jump scare in the cemetery. The reaction by Mary McCormack when she heard her dead daughter's voice gave me the chills. The jump scare shouldn't happen outside Room 1408, and felt cheap. The horror experienced inside the room was far more gripping.
The short story written by King is the best version, hands down. Like I’ve always maintained, some of King’s horror just isn’t meant to be adapted for the screen, because much of the fears his characters experience is abstract (or close to abstract)...or just hard to translate into a visual that is frightening to others. For example, I had a recurring nightmare as a child where I was being followed around by a single fireplace brick. This would not look frightening in a film, but it didn’t make it any less frightening to me. Sometimes certain scary things are only scary if they’re happening to you. Perspective. This story was frightening to me because I could imagine myself in the same situation as the character while reading it. Seeing it on screen made it far less frightening. King has a unique talent for tapping in to personal fears, probably because he has so many fears himself. He explores those in his stories, and they are usually very frightening in this format (writing). When you try to adapt it to the screen, the effect is more or less lost...or at least diminished. A prime example is also the ending of the book “It”. It’s frightening on the page, but once you try to recreate it in a film sequence, it loses its effect. Many things are just not at all frightening unless they’re happening to YOU at that moment.
Plus you get to experience characters thought processes, if they're going crazy, or if they're terrified, you get to read their thoughts, I think that makes it easier to relate to as well.
I don't know...I think a good filmmaker could make that single brick pretty scary...
I could make that firebrick story scary
Yeah no, The film does a great job adapting the short story and putting the horror of the situation to film.
@@Kazza_8240 His best adaptations include voice overs for the characters thoughts. That is where he gets you.. inside your head.
I watch Minty videos even if I haven't seen the movie, it's that good!
I have to say, I AGREE! (though I have seen 1408 already.)
Me too, and even when I haven't seen the movie, I usually know most of the facts I'm apparently not going to know.
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I love John, and Joan Cusack. John still looks great. You never hear of them in the tabloids.
I like the one where he lives. It sticks to the original story a bit more.
First saw 1408 back in 2009 when I was on training for my new position. My manager told me about the movie, sounded interesting enough, so I gave it a watch. Loved it. I actually prefer the ending where Michael survives. Having gone what he went thru and his past, I felt he deserved a second chance. But, I've always kind of interrupted the "darker" ending differently. Even though he died in the room, Michael still beat and escaped it. He isn't trapped for eternity, but simply visiting casually, enjoying a smoke. Mike's daughter then calls for him, and so he just leaves to go to Katie.
I really enjoyed this movie as well. 1408 is definitely a super underrated film. I think the movie is very well written and John Cusack does a fine job in the role as the story unravels. You definitely feel all of his psychological torment as things spiral wildly out of his control. I personally would recommend this movie to anyone who hasn’t seen it.
The grieving theory is interesting. But it's pretty well documented that the progression of the room's activity represent the levels of Hell from Dante's Inferno. But both can totally be right at the same time.
I don't think there was a room at all.
I really enjoyed this video. I have to disagree, politely, though. The theatrical ending is better because of the themes of grief and growing. At one point, isn't it mentioned that the room attacks harder the less someone believes? So for the main character being the cynic that he is, the room goes all out on him, putting him through hell and showing him the darkest parts of himself. Forcing him to move though the pain and also find a balance between cynicism and belief. If he died at the end he wouldn't have learned any lessons. His survival and playing the tape for his wife to prove to himself and others that what he went through was real and that the room is powerful.
Have to absolutly agree on that.
PlayfulOtter Damn man, I bet you're cool to drink with lol love deep thinking people.
Tyler Durden if you like having deep conversations about works of fiction. I'll have a few pints with you!
I own the DVD and it only has the ending where Mike dies. I didn't even know there was another ending.
PlayfulOtter
not all stories should or deserve a happy ending. It is what made twilight zone a great show. Not all stories ended happily.
like the episode where all a guy wants to do is read, he gets his wish and is able to read all he wants. What happens is his glasses break and unable to read.
the og story is a "be careful what you wish for, you just might get it"
Minty,I sometime click on a title without seeing who 's produced it,but when I hear your narration I'm somewhat relieved.Enjoy your site ,thanks.
I watched 1408 during a snowstorm at a Subway sandwiches I worked at. We closed early and I lived close by. The scene where his laptop shut off, mine shut off a second after. It wasn't plugged in the wall. Then when the phone rings in his room, the phone at work rang. Was just 2 freaky oddities that made watching the movie sorta stick with me. I never watched another King movie at a job ever again lol.
U really thought Cusack was going THROUGH IT in this!! Great testament to his acting.
The ending where he is pulled out alive is pretty interesting. Only someone can come get him out, he could never get himself out or even ask someone to get him out. They'd have to come there completely of their own volition and pull him out. Also it means the ghosts of the room aren't as powerful as we thought, only controlling reality within the rooms limits.
I haven't cared much for the horror genre since the 80s, but I really liked 1408. And while I can appreciate the original ending, I loved the theatrical ending. Their reaction to hearing their daughter's voice gave me goose bumps. Her utter shock and disbelief, and that knowing look on his face. It hit me hard.
The book is part his blood and smoke stories centered around cigarettes. They appear to all relate to the struggles of him quitting himself, and in 1408 the author has quit but keeps one cig tucked behind his ear.
This movie is hands down one of the freakiest yet interesting movies that I've ever watched. And I love it.
1408 is like a giant psychic saw trap...
Please do "Identity" + "Memento" . . . both of which share a skewed view of things not being as they seem, as remembered, and leaving one to define the sincerity of Reality.
I'm a huge King fan, and I loved the 1408 film adaption. However, just as an FYI, King did not encounter any ghosts at the Stanley Hotel. It was end of season, much like in the Shining, and the hotel was empty as King and his wife were the only guests. King had nightmares, whilst staying at the hotel, about his son being chased down the long empty corridors by a fire-hose. He work up, covered in sweat, but with the beginning of a story running rampant through his head. He moved to a window overlooking the rocky mountains, pulled up a chair and lit a cigarette. By the time the cigarette was smoked, he already had the plot of 'The Shinning' mapped out.
People need to realize just like real life everything doesn't have a happy ending unfortunately 😔 especially horror movies they're not meant to end happily ever after
Both endings were happy endings. In the original/ DVD release ending where he dies he is clearly reunited with his daughter as she calls to him and he walks out of the room to her.
The room was destroyed. They may be echos, yet given the funeral seen it isn't likely.
The theatrical ending sees him learn a lesson and find his truth about the afterlife he was searching for while reuniting with his estranged ex wife who also hears their daughter.
Both have merits. In both he beats the room yet pays a price.
In the short story it is based on he also survives though is significantly traumatized to lasting effect.
I love John Cusack! Love watching anything he's in!!!
As soon as the countdown started I was wondering when Minty was going to mention there were two different ending. I loved the one where he listens to the tape and hears his daughters voice and the mom drops the plate in shock.
Using a Carpenters song in this video is quite strange and...we've only just begun.
watch the movie, it will make sense.
It also could be a homages to In The Mouth of Madness, as it’s used in that film in a memorable way....”not the carpenters too..”.
kirby march Barcena it’s in the movie
kirby march Barcena you should always watch a movie before it’s review sir.
Jack Torrance I only think that it's more appropriate to use bone-chilling themes in this video.
The Bollywood version looks more like a remake of Grave Encounters than 1408.
I liked Grave Encounters and the 2nd one. I didn't like The Blair Witch though. @Minty Comedic Arts would it be possible for you to add Grave Encounters to your to-do list?
I first saw this movie on a flight from DEN to AMS and loved it. Then I watched it again on TV and it was a completely different ending. After it ended I just sat there confused. For a moment i thought I just imagined the other ending and was frantic to find out why I thought it should've been a different ending. I loved that feeling of seeing something that made me say "hey, what the F is going on here... That's not what happens though." For a brief moment I felt like I was in room 1408, and it was just fucking with me. More psychological movies should do that!
Yeah! that's a cool idea!
Ash De la Flores
Which ending did you see first?
Ash De la Flores him living was the ending i seen, personally dont like the death scene...
1408 made me fear The Carpenters! Everytime I hear that song, I think of that movie and hear it in the distorted voice.
Brilliant little ghost story.
10 things you didn't know about Fortress (1985), plz.
Darkone1984 hell yeah! Great movie!
What's intriguing about this story is that what exactly is happening to that room cannot be defined. Is it haunted? Is it a portal to hellish dimension? Is the room itself an evil entity? It's up to the moviegoer or book reader to decide.
It's probably an SCP
It's an evil fucking room.
Total Recall please, the people need it.
I TOTALly agree!!!!! Minty do TOTAL RECALL !!!!
He should do it in Two weeks. TWO WEEEKS TWWWOO WWEEEEKKSSS.
Sorry😕 that was uncalled for
You think this is the real Quiad...IT IS
Yeah...see you at the party Minty.
That would be a great film to talk about. Just please not the remake.
I'm glad he got out. I loved the ending. He was able to do what others had never been able to accomplish and in the end he was a better man because of it.
I always took him hearing his daughters voice n the recorder meaning he actually didn't get out.
But what would it have been that actually stopped him getting out in the original ending. Obviously all the things like the phone doesnt work properly and his laptop. What if the door to 1408 was taken off so the dolphin hotel employees could go in and grab him and get him out of that evil fucking room. Creepy how on the laptop. His wife says they are in 1408 and theres noone in there. If thats the case where the hell has he gone. Teleported to another dimension. What if 100 people all went in the room all together. Would they all suffer the dame fate. There are plentu of ways in reality to get out of the room. Then when he climbs out of the window. Where the hell is the window to the other room.
Perhaps the whole story was a metaphor for the journey we take in confronting our own denials and "evil" within ourselves? Some people perish others become better and stronger for it...
Nicely done, Minty. But a bit surprised you didn't mention that 1408 is an incredibly short story even by King's other short stories he has written.
So what your saying is it's only 600 pages long
+ J Smith
Not hardly. It feels more like 6. When I first learned they were making a film out of 1408, I was like _How??_ Not nearly enough source material for a 90 minute movie.
I'm sure that Slient Hill 4 The Room is based off of 1 4 0 8. Would make sense.
The Green Messor I'm afraid silent hill the room came before SK short story collection that has 1408 but almost all silent hill games have some kind of nod to SK in the game
Nope, 1408 came before as far as I can tell... The original audiobook 1408 came out in 1999 and the printed collection in 2002, both being available before SH4: The Room came out in 2004.
Agreed, although this gonna sound wierd but if I watch The Hills Have Eyes remake. The main protag of that movie really reminds me of Henry, he even looks like him. And the fact he got himself into a place with deformed creatures. The resemblances are there, atleast for me.
Yet another goodun, Minty... But seeing this, gives me an idea for one for you to check out... "Grosse Point Blank" Classic Cusack...
Pennywise The Dancing Clown Love that movie! Great dialogue, action and soundtrack.
High Fidelity is good too.
bob wonton Oh yeah, forgot about that one... Good call....
Do a top 10 things you didn't know on UHF
benn Keeney Fuck yeah!
I'd love that as well!
What's the population of Spatula City?
I like spatula City two
That bollywood rip-off looks a bit closer to another movie - Grave Encounters. It's a good watch, unless you have an aversion to handy-cam movies.
This film slipped under my radar somehow. It popped up on TV a while back and I sort of expected it to be pretty much crap. King's work does not necesarrily translate well. But it had John Cusack and I gave it a go. Glad I did.
I agree with the theory of the character's grief and it's impact on his life and how he treats others as a huge part of the progression of the story.
The spirits in that room hated the living so much they desided to haunt them to death but then new living people just came into that room again. so much like The Overlook Hotel in the Shining these hauntings would continue.
However, just to clarify; there are actually 3 different endings. One for theaters, one for the DVD, and one for TV airings. For a description, look it up on Wikipedia, or IMDB.
Thanks for making this! I've loved this movie since it came out in theaters.
Yes, the bridge in the movie is on the Thames .. But its not in London.. It was in Weybridge about 20 miles out side london.. The bridge links D'Oyly Carte Island to the main land. The house was also used in the film.
I must be experiencing a Mandela Effect, cause I remember Mike dying at the end and showing up in the rear view mirror. They must have added the alternate ending after it had already been out for a while.
it was main ending here in Canada , so minty is wrong we had ending were he died the other one was only on blu ray not in theater
Here in the states we had the ending where he lives.
ospididious Saw it at the drive in. He lived. On the home version, the funeral scene was in there.
I remember that ending also. But I wonder if they used both because I saw the one where he lives as well and thought that I was losing my sh*t. And I thought the same thing....damn Mandela and his effect💪💪
I've only ever seen the funeral ending until now.
I think Mike Enslin surviving the film is one of my favorite parts of the movie. A (sort of) happy ending is such a rare occurrence in a horror movie that I really was surprised by it. Also I think Book Enslin survived too.
He did. He had to set himself on fire to do it.
I watched them film the scene of the crowd running out of the “dolphin “ hotel.. odd name. Was the Roosevelt Hotel on 46th St in midtown Manhattan. They must have shot it 25 times, but it looked like more fun then my IT platform rollout I was working on that night. Good movie.
Very nice job Minty and I agree 1408 is an underrated film. My wife and I enjoyed it Cusak have a numer of good films in the later part of his career and is underated as an actor himself. I hope he continues to get good roles.
How do you not use The Eagles "Hotel California" as background music for this? Lol It's PERFECT
Zack Reynolds they used a key song from the movie
Plenty of room and such a lovely place
How does he get away using this music?
There is a far more evil force at work here. Many are terrified by the mere utterance of it's name.......
...The TH-cam Algorithm
It's NOT a California hotel.
It's in NYC.
How about, 10 things you didn't know about Minty comedic arts?
THAT could be interesting...
Perhaps at 90K Subscribers?
So the Bollywood version is 1408 but with pretty much nothing to do with the story or characters? Cool
Awesome top 10 Minty! One of my favorite horror movies. Can you do a review on Thirteen Ghosts?
For me the room is like an elevator on a journey that goes through the 9 circles of hell....and the passenger gets to experience each of the circles and you witness the circles affect on him:(
I have no idea how or why I found you and what brought me here but i love all the videos
Luv that Minty taste first thing in the morning.
Lost Age Comics I know it's so refreshing and a great way to start the day
Sounds erotic...
Hahahahaah ewwwww! That was creepy :D
How about I provide a salty taste instead?
Ewwww, just EWWWWW! XD
Omg Minty, please do a video on The Relic. I just saw that mentioned in the comments and man that totally reminded me I really used to love that movie. It was actually a fairly decent horror movie, the lore behind the plot is really good and for a monster movie it was a cool monster I thought. Just an idea, thanks Minty u kick ass man : )
Minty you Brilliant S.O.B!lol this one was Aces my friend!loved it!
When I heard this story was being converted to a movie, it actually freaked me out a bit.
Reading the story was so unnerving, I had reservations about watching the movie, even though I understood the basic premise of what was going to happen.
There's a reason why they call him the King of Horror.
I think the Bollywood movie is much more to similar to Grave Encounters rather than 1408.
The Carpenters' We've Only Just Begun and then Stairway to Heaven . Nostalgic musical choices. Thanks!
Wow, so happy to see this Minty. You are crushing it, getting these outbao fast.
Want to collab on Re-Animator? 💚🕉
Don't forget that 1408 is based off a real hotel room at the Omni Parker House Hotel (home to the inventions of Lobster Newburg, Boston Cream Pie, and Parker House Rolls) in Boston, Massachusetts. Had a chance to visit 10 years back. Has some history and some historical figures have even been employed there: Malcolm X was once a busboy there, Emeril Lagasse was the sous chef there from 1979 to 1981, and Ho Chi Minh used to be a baker there. Even has some presidential history: John Wilkes Booth stayed there, JFK announced his candidacy for Congress there, he proposed to his wife there, and his bachelor party was there.
Has a room that's haunted: the room has been walled over and the lights will still come on even though the electricity has shut off for that particular room. Can even be seen from the street.
And shes buying a stairway to Minty
REALLY GOOD CHOICE, excellent break from the 90's and 80's
great job minty on a great movie from the world's greatest writer.
King is a fucking hack
Love this! Great work putting this video together and couldn’t agree more! This movie is overlooked and it’s one of my faves!
Room 3046 and room 1408 both equal 13... Maybe it just a coincidence.... Here i go with my conspiracy theories 😬
You r really really cute. I can listen to ur theorys all day if u have time for me.... Im just saying
Dan Williams your saying she’s cute but yet you have a picture with your women wow no wonder women think all man are the same
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Most hotels
(due to superstition)
are deliberately designed
to NOT have a thirteenth floor,
so the idea is that he's living on
the "14th" floor,
but it's really the 13th.
#6 There was also a disturbing scene in the book version of The Stand where one of the POV characters and a guy he was traveling with spend the night at an abandoned motel (which is like a hotel) and... well... let's just say you could tell without knowing their backstories that these guys have done some prison time.
Also, in Salem's Lot the boarding house (which is also kind of like a hotel) that the main character was staying at becomes infested with vampires.
Allways liked this movie :)
Just when I felt the music selection couldn't get better you add modest mouse! Fantastic!
he never really stepped into nothing. he dies right at the beginning of the movie. at the beach. the whole movie is his "purgatory" and he has to deal with everything wrong in his "life" to go on.
dealing with his father, the fear of becoming him, the death of his little one, his wife, who needed him, but he was to hurt to help her or even himself, his complete lost of faith and so on.
it's his own journey into the void. only by dealing with all of it..he can somewhat set himself free or become part of the room, like the other ones. stuck in limbo forever.
so actually no ending really makes sense. still one of the better ones out there. 1408 is the philosophical answer to everyones horror needs.
Although different from the short story, I enjoyed this film a lot. Saw it in the theater when it released!
He had to live to say ghost are real, to change his reality
I should have guessed that bridge scene was filmed in uk it’s raining!!!!! Thank you for this
What gives it away is the stairs on the bridge. I’ve never seen anything like that in the US. Bridges like that seem very Asian inspired to me.
Do the movie THE VOID PLEASE
JayNaySayre Sayre excellent choice!
Seconded, Minty did a good vid on recent horror movies he liked and as it included quite a few I liked or plan to watch, I'd want to know his opinion on The Void as well! Loved it myself, did plenty of things right, especially considering where it came from and the budget available.
That Bollywood version is more like another American horror film about a group of American paranormal investigators that get trapped in a hospital.
Martin Mowbray see no evil RIP off
Why footage from House on Haunted Hill?
I appreciate you working in The House on Haunted Hill! One of my all time faves!
It's time to read the book and see the movie.
Melvin Prado
That's long since past..
I highly recommend the short story. It's freaking creepy, and so good. The movie is great, too.
One of my favorite movies!! As per usual, well done!!
I can't believe that you haven't done Stand by Me yet!!! What gives???
It's a SHIT film
It's in my top 20 all-time favorite films. But everyone is entitled to their opinion.
I love Stand By Me, & I wish Minty would review it, too.
J Smith is probably a person that likes overhyped hollywood blockbuster type films. EIther that or hes just being a troll trying to trigger people, because that is not a popular opinion and it's almost universally opposite of that reaction.
Yes please!! Stand By Me is one of the best movies to ever come out of the 80s!! LOVE that movie!!
One hidden gem in the movie I have not seen discussed is the name of the brandy that the Manager gives to the character. In several scenes it's revealed that it is called "les cinquante sept deces," which, according to google, is French for 'fifty-seven deaths." Jackson tells him in the same scene that there have been 56 deaths in the room; so Cusack was to have been the 57th death. How cool is that? Of course, if you speak French, Jackson says the name up front, but I don't so had to figure it out by waiting to see the name on the bottle during two of the room scenes.
#1408movie #MintyComicsArts #FoundFlix #DeadMeat #MysticalsWorld hey minty do Identity another great horror film by John Cusack 👍
1408 made me never want to stay on the 14th floor of any hotel.
1408 is actually a place that gives you your own personal hell that you deserve
love this idea
1408 is somewhat a take on Room 217 from The Shining, a writer goes to a hotel with an evil room, and writes, well, apparently writes a novel, and, yea, you covered that. and, DAMN, this movie does has some good scares, the alternative ending, jeebus!
"The House on Haunted Jill." xDDD What a great typo!
The room as an entity is like how Christine is just -evil-. That somewhat normal combinations of mass and places and things that are just metaphysically evil for some reason. Like how some good/beauty just falls together for reasons we don’t understand, some evil could do the same.
Minty, any interest in the movie Angel Heart?
Yeah, that movie is severely overlooked & underrated.
Brandon Page not in europe. here we love louis cypher
Absolutely loved the movie..... Always interesting to get more background on thangs like this ! Great video ~ Thanx.....
Red Sonja?
ya that be cool to see
Definitely need to do Red Sonja
Green Gemma
we would not have that movie if sly was not banging brigitte at that time...
I absolutely LOVE your music choices in all of your videos. I always end up minimizing your video for a sec to run to my google play and download the songs you play to my playlists. Thank you so much for your amazing music taste!