The former has maybe fifteen minutes of screentime, whereas the latter is in every scene (and is often the only character in the scene). Jackson's face takes up as much real estate on the poster as John Cusack's. Adult Fear: For Enslin, when Katie was dying of a terminal disease, and not only could he not do anything to prevent it, but as an atheist, he couldn't even take refuge in prayer.
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The movie also expands more on Mike's motivations and what his life was like outside of ghost-hunting, and of course this is used to twist the knife further during his stay.
The manager, Gerald Olin (Jackson), tries to warn him away from staying in that room, to no avail Enslin is unconvinced by his warnings and tales, preferring to see things for himself. According to his research, everyone who tries has committed suicide or died from anything from heart attacks to drowning.
Through an anonymous recommendation, Enslin learns about the Dolphin Hotel, in which no one has been able to stay even a single night (or even one hour) in one particular room - the eponymous 1408. However, these investigations have yet to bear fruit in the form of confirmable sightings, leaving him pessimistic and jaded.
Jackson, based on a Stephen King short story by the same name.Ĭusack plays horror writer Mike Enslin, who specializes in investigating supposedly haunted houses and other sites of supernatural activity, which he has documented previously in books like Ten Haunted Graveyards and Ten Haunted Mansions.
1408 is a 2007 Psychological Horror film directed by Mikael Håfström and starring John Cusack and Samuel L.