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(1 - 36) of 36 OFCS Rating: 69% Fresh Page   1   "in terms of quality, 1408 is neither executive suite nor basement broom cupboard."   Eye for Film   Anton Bitel 3.5/5 "While not actually scary, 1408 is unsettling and intense, taking its own sweet time building to a truly disconcerting climax."   PopMatters   Bill Gibron C+ "Hafstrom can't balance the requirement of excitement with the necessity of depth without jerking the film's pace around like a bad carnival ride."   OhmyNews.com   Brian Orndorf B+ "Room 1408 presents a psychological, paranormal and physical juggernaut that will curl your insides in knots."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey "Mike and Lily argue, he feels guilty, and now he's got to relive the whole thing -- not as memory but as reality-TV video, which does seem unduly harsh."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 2.5/4 "...ultimately little doubt that the film's build-up is more effective than its pay-off."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair C "Only made me scream in agony on how hokey it was."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 3/4 "Underneath the atmosphere and pizzazz is an intimate and thoughtful portrait of one man's return from an abyss infinitely more haunting than any old, evil hotel room."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman 2/5 "Una buena idea y unos 20 minutos iniciales inquietantes y sugestivos se descarrilan rápidamente hacia la parafernalia y el exceso visual. Nada convence, excepto el esfuerzo de John Cusack por convencernos de que se lo ha tomado en serio."   Uruguay Total   Enrique Buchichio B+ "If you like 'spooky' but not 'gross' -- if you like to be scared without being assaulted -- then 1408 should do the trick."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 3/4 "While 1408 is no Shining, it's a solid and welcome entry to the kind of begotten supernatural tales all too sparse in contemporary cinema."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress B "Takes what was a basically straightforward (albeit kickass) work of fantasy-tinged horror and turns it into something completely different: an abstract, surreal portrait of a man dealing with his grief."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov B+ "A retro joy, a Halloween Haunted House of a movie that delivers the sort of pleasurable shivers and jolts that today's exercises in torture porn don't even attempt."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 1/5 "An underwhelming psychological thriller and ghost story."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 3/4 "It reminds us what it's like to be scared in a theater rather than overwhelmed by buckets of blood and gore."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 3/4 "a cannily effective horrorshow, even if its PG-13 scares sometimes feel like they've been pulled a bit"   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick 4/10 "Click here to read review"   Kinoblog.com   Jaroslav Vishtaljuk 3.0/4.0 "Seriously, forget all the movie theme park rides you've ever heard of; there needs to be a 1408 ride at Universal Studios."   MovieCrypt.com   Kevin A. Ranson B "..while things may go a bit overboard in 1408, the story has a unique and unexpected way of doubling back on itself that more than compensates."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford "Devolves into a cavalcade of gee-whiz special effects, psychological sturm und drang and false endings."   Film Journal International   Maitland McDonagh 3/4 "The film is like an effective haunted house with one eerie set piece following another."   Mark Reviews Movies   Mark Dujsik "Sure, this is pretty much an episode of The Twilight Zone, but it's a really, really good episode of The Twilight Zone"   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 3.5/4 "1408 is the first genuinely scary movie I've seen since The Ring, and it restores my faith in Hollywood's ability to make artful horror."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan 2.5/4 "1408's mixture of supernatural hullabaloo and spiritual awakening is sturdily propped up by Cusack, whose performance is equal parts caustic cynicism and empathetic turmoil."   Slant Magazine   Nick Schager 3/5 "1408 isn't great cinema, but does an adequate job in spite of its flaws."   Film Threat   Pete Vonder Haar 3/5 "The limited setting is effectively claustrophobic, although it adds a sense that the story isn't going anywhere."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline B "A savvy slab of undecorated cheese, made compelling by its unflinching willingness to dive into its material headfirst."   Projection Booth   Rob Humanick C+ "Evokes the author's good points as well as his bad, but like its fast-talking hero, it was in trouble the minute the door closed behind it."   Flipside Movie Emporium   Rob Vaux B "Cusack, an excellent actor, gives one of his best performances in this film."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten B+ "My only complaint with the film is that it takes a bit too long to find its ending."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford 4/5 "Definitely one of the best King adaptations in years ... and I've seen 'em all."   Cinematical   Scott Weinberg 3.5/5 "gruesome and psychologically chilling, not gory and shockingly gross"   Filmcritic.com   Sean O'Connell 3.5/4 "One of the most spooky films i've seen in a long time..."   sbs.is   Stefan Birgir Stefansson "The movie attempts a false ending that doesn't quite work; the picture feels prolonged, dragged out, and its ennui lessens the impact of some of its more terrifying fillips."   Salon.com   Stephanie Zacharek 6/10 "The legitimately creepy exposition turns into relentlessly typical "haunted house" boilerplate."   Antagony & Ecstasy   Tim Brayton 1.5/4 "Yes, it's that kind of film--what kind of film did you think it was going to be?"   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw  (1 - 36) of 36 OFCS Rating: 69% Fresh Page   1