Related: The Shining: Why Stanley Kubrick Changed Stephen King's StoryĪccording to an IMDb trivia tidbit, Stephen King was inspired to write “1408” after reading about an investigation conducted by parapsychologist Christopher Chacon at San Diego’s Hotel del Coronado. In the movie, Mike records his thoughts on room 1408, stating “ Hotel rooms are a naturally creepy place, don’t you think? I mean, how many people have slept in that bed before you? How many of them were sick? How many of them lost their minds?” That line is ripped almost verbatim from the foreword King wrote for “1408” in Everything’s Eventual, but the inherently creepy nature of hotel rooms wasn’t the only inspiration for the story. Jackson, Deep Blue Sea), Mike insists on staying in 1408 and soon finds his skepticism tested in terrifying ways.ġ408 is based on the short story of the same name penned by master of the macabre Stephen King that first appeared in his self-narrated audiobook Blood And Smoke, and later in his short story collection Everything’s Eventual.

Despite warnings from hotel manager Gerald Olin (Samuel L. His latest investigation takes him to a grand New York City hotel named The Dolphin that’s home to an infamously haunted room the titular 1408. It starred John Cusack as Mike Enslin, a paranormal skeptic who pens books debunking supernatural occurrences.

Directed by Swedish filmmaker Mikael Håfström, 1408 was released back in 2007 and hailed as one of the best horror movies of that year. Here’s the creepy true story behind horror movie 1408.

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