Although he plays up to his gullible readers, he clearly doesn’t buy into the supernatural trappings that he cynically exploits. Cusack plays Mike Enslin, a jaded writer who traffics in trashy books about cursed locales. ![]() Like “The Shining,” this chamber piece is set in a haunted hotel. “1408” is adapted from a Stephen King short story that bears some similarities to his famous novel “The Shining,” though it probably won’t duplicate the boxoffice success of Stanley Kubrick’s film. ![]() The presence of John Cusack in the cast - actually, he’s almost the entire cast - confirms the movie’s hip, humorous approach to the horror genre. Actually, he turns a little too quickly into a hysteric begginAny film that uses the Carpenters’ pop hit “We’ve Only Just Begun” for scares instead of sentimentality must be credited with a quirky sense of humor.
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