Room 1408 Ending

Jackson the film was released in the united states on june 22 2007 although july 13 which in 2007 fell on a friday is mentioned as the release date on the website.

Room 1408 ending. Psychological misdirection and death. The film follows mike enslin an author who. The beginning of 1408 s end is the same in both the theatrically released cut and the director s cut which contains the originally planned conclusion. 1408 is a 2007 american psychological horror film based on stephen king s 1999 short story of the same name it is directed by mikael håfström and stars john cusack and samuel l.

It is the third tale in the audiobook collection blood and smoke released in 1999 in 2002 1408 was collected in written form as the 12th story in king s collection everything s eventual in the introduction to the story king says that 1408 is his version of what he calls the ghostly room at the inn his term for the theme of haunted hotel or. Ending scene from movie 1408. Mike enslin sets fire to 1408 but is not rescued by the fire department. I was interested in seeing 1408 when it first came out over ten years ago but i didn t want to get strung along for a stephen king ending.

1408 is a short story by stephen king. The room tries to get mike enslin to commit suicide but he refuses turning the tables by managing to light the cursed location on fire and burn it down much to olin s delight. The nailbiting climax of the film kept the viewers on the edge of their seats. Instead the last we see of him is when he s lying on his back in the burning room and we hear the words of his daughter everybody dies.