Re: 1408 Movie In Hindi Dubbed Torrentl
Elfreda Dasovich
A man named Mike Enslin (John Cusack ,though Keanu Reeves was attached for playing lead role in the movie) writes books evaluating supernatural phenomena in hotels, and other haunted locations , as he specializes in debunking paranormal occurrences . Shortly thereafter Mike meets the manager of the hotel Gerald Olin (Samuel L. Jackson) and he checks into the fabled room 1408 in the Dolphin Hotel . Soon after settling in , he confronts genuine terror and stays locked-up . Later on , he gets to communicate his wife (Kate Walsh was originally cast in this film, but was forced to drop out due to scheduling conflict and she was replaced by Mary McCormack) by means of a computer .
This exciting film based on the terrifying story by Stephen King contains chills , thrills , suspense , and supernatural situations . The picture succeeds because the thriller , tension , suspense , as well as a superbly written script delving into the human psyche in such extreme situation and ours instinctive urges for survival . The screenplay manages to be intelligent , intriguing and thrilling , the good thing about this film is that the director made it on an acceptable budget only having to do a few sets , yet the movie works on many levels but is constantly reconfigured . Extraordinary performance from John Cusack in his second appearance in a Stephen King film adaptation , the first was Stand by Me. The picture bears certain relation with The Shining both movies were also shot at the same studio - Elstree, in London . The story this film was based on was almost never written ,Stephen King originally created the first few pages of '1408' for his nonfiction book, "On Writing," as an example of how to revise a first draft. The story, however, intrigued him, and he wound up not only finishing a complete draft, but adapting it for an audio-book compilation of short stories. Colorful and evocative cinematography by magnificent cameraman Benoît Delhomme . Thrilling and suspenseful musical score by Gabriel Yared who had formerly won an Academy Award for Anthony Minghella's The English patient . The motion picture was compellingly directed by Mikael Hafstrom , an expert on terror and sinister atmospheres as proved in Drowning ghost, Evil , The rite , and of course 1408, he's now filming The Tomb. Rating : Good , above average . The picture will appeal to Terror buffs and Joan Cusack fans .This is without a doubt a thought-provoking and mysterious film to be liked for terror fans , turning out to be one of the most original horror movies of the last years .
"1408" is a story taken from a Stephen King short story. Because it's from a short story, it's not surprising that the film has a very simple plot.
Mike (John Cusack) is the author of various parapsychology books about ghosts. One of the specialities of some of the books are haunted hotels and he spends much of his time traveling all over trying out these hotel rooms and then writing about how he saw no evidence of hauntings. However, when he checks out a lead to haunted room 1408 in the Dolphin Hotel, he finds that the hotel is intent on convincing him not to stay there! In other words, while most hotels play up the haunted angle to drum up business, this place tries hard to convince folks not to stay in 1408. What follows is Mike's hellish experience staying in a room that seems less haunted and more just evil...and intent on breaking him and driving him into madness by preying on his greatest fears.
This film has one of the simplest plots I can recall and a very tiny cast. In fact, most of the film it's just Cusack and the room of evil! And, given these constraints, it's a pretty amazing horror film. Vivid, scary and very unconventional. It's NOT some typical ghost or horror story, that's for sure. And, the worst part of it? The ever-present danger that the room will once again play the Carpenter's "We've Only Just Begun"...which is does repeatedly!
2007's acclaimed Stephen King adaptation 1408 didn't necessarily end on an upbeat note, but its original conclusion was much darker still. When it comes to haunted hotels, King likely crafted the definitive story of that very specific sub-genre with his classic novel The Shining, which was of course adapted into an iconic 1980 film by director Stanley Kubrick. However, it's not King's only successful attempt at turning a hotel into a source of abject terror, as he also wrote the short story 1408.
1408 was first published in King's 1999 short story collection Everything's Eventual, which as usual for the author, was received exceptionally well. The story focuses on Mike Enslin, an author and paranormal investigator who, oddly enough, doesn't actually believe in the paranormal. Research for a new book leads Enslin to the supposedly haunted room 1408 at New York City's high-end Dolphin Hotel. Against the desperate urging of hotel manager Gerald Olin, Enslin books the room after threatening Olin with legal action. Unsurprisingly, he soon learns Olin was right.
Many King fans pointed to 1408 as the standout story of Everything's Eventual, and in 2007, a film adaptation of 1408 was released. Starring John Cusack as Enslin and Samuel L. Jackson as Olin, 1408 was a critical and commercial hit, and is generally considered one of the best King-based movies to date. Yet, the ending audiences saw in theaters was the end result of big changes to the original conclusion.
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. 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. In the theatrical cut, an epilogue scene sees Mike back at home with his wife Lily, who doubts his story of what happened until she hears their dead daughter's voice on Mike's tape recorder. It's certainly not a happy ending, but at least Mike survived.
Interestingly, the original director's cut ending is the default on most home video releases of 1408, and is now considered by most fans to be the definitive conclusion. As is so often the case, test audiences seem to have gotten this one wrong. There are also two additional ending variants available on 1408's Blu-Ray release, one in which Mike dies and his publisher Sam somehow gets mailed the manuscript Mike wrote about the room during a false ending earlier in the film, and another where Mike lives that's just a slight change to the theatrical ending.