Just to hear Jackson intone the line - "it's an evil f**** room" - is enough to shiver your timbers. Jackson), who informs him that more than fifty people have died trying to spend the night there. He makes Mike's cynicism palpable as he checks into Room 1408 despite the objections of hotel manager Gerald Olin (Samuel L. Mike has his own demons, notably the death of his daughter (Jasmine Jessica Anthony), a tragic event that shattered his marriage to Lily (Mary McCormack). For that all praise to Cusack, who brings his welcome smartass savvy to the role of Mike Enslin, the author of bestsellers that debunk the idea of things that go bump in the night. King's recent work has been royally botched onscreen (hello, Secret Window, Needful Things and Dreamcatcher). It's a hellish premise, just the wicked mastery you expect from Stephen King, whose short story gives this mindbender its spine. John Cusack checks into Room 1408 at Manhattan's posh Dolphin Hotel and finds that the joint is jumpin' with ghosts who will do their damnedest to make sure the dude will not get out alive.
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