1408 (2007) on Netflix
Mike Enslin writes books about haunted places and doubts every haunting. A postcard warns him off room 1408 at the Dolphin Hotel, and the manager begs him not to check in.
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- Rotten Tomatoes80%
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Plot summary
Mike Enslin is a skeptical author who writes books about haunted places without believing in any of them. While promoting his latest title in Hermosa Beach, California, a postcard arrives showing The Dolphin, a New York City hotel, and carrying the warning not to enter room 1408. He takes it as a challenge and asks for the room at the front desk, where the manager, Gerald Olin, tries to talk him out of it. Olin says that nobody has lasted more than an hour inside in ninety-five years, and offers bribes; Mike insists and threatens legal action. Preparations are made, and Mike settles into the room with his mini-cassette recorder, describing its ordinary look and the absence of anything supernatural.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about 1408 (2007)
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- Reports in 2007 said the ending was reshot because test audiences called the original a downer, but in 2024 the director said the theatrical ending was shot first.
- The theatrical cut stayed elusive for years while streaming and television carried only the director's cut, until Lionsgate bought the Weinstein library and put it on streaming in 2021.
- Kate Walsh was cast to star opposite Cusack as the protagonist's ex-wife, but was forced to exit in August over scheduling conflicts with her role on Grey's Anatomy, and was replaced by Mary McCormack.
- Star Cusack said the hotel exterior seen in the film was actually the Roosevelt Hotel in New York, while the lobby scenes were filmed at a private club, the Reform Club, across the ocean in London.
