i be a huge and huge fan of john cusack and samuel l. jackson and and tony shalhoub . i be slightly less fond of stephen king and but i like some of his work . this say and i should have love 1408. possible spoiler after this point i walk in eager . i walk out disappointed . this be not the fault of the actor . shalhoub and jackson both have very small role because the premise of the movie put cusack in the guy in a locked room scenario . this wasn not a bad movie and but i can not call it a good one either . it be a muddied mess that have moment of ouch and that just wrong and combine with moment of ouch and that just painful and and moment of oh and now thats just unfortunate with very little continuity connectivity between them . eislin father show up once and and there no seem connection to the rest of mike personal life that we see display while he try to survive the room . a previous commenter describe the olin or enslin argument a worth watching and and i very much agree . but other than that and aside from some clever musical cue ( the room almost playfully torment enslin a little bit and and give him one chance to get out before up the ante . at which point it give him the one hour countdown clock and the titular line from the carpenter we have only just begin . ) it mostly stuff jump out at you when you least expect it . type horror that be fun when i be fourteen and and surround by friend my age and clutch each other in the summer while jason stalk camp crystal lake . the rest of the movie be let make him relive some of his most painful experience mindgaming and with let animate the painting in creepy way cliché cheesiness . end spoiler i expect well from this movie with stephen king name attach to it and as well a the actor i mention above . we never find out the origin of the evil . we never get to see the evil defeat and though we can presume maybe it be defeat . and the end be just a jar what . moment . wait for it to come on cable . i wouldn not have mind pay for it a a matinée and but i be feel a bit shortchanged for have pay open night price for it .