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A Badass Trailer Hits for Stephen King's 1408! Check This Out!

You're a busy boy, Ignignokt! by theBigE	Jan 26th, 2007 07:14:38 PM
Sorry I stole your line the other day. Awesome. I'm scared already. That trailer seriously put chills in me.
Most King movies look like ass... by I Own You	Jan 26th, 2007 07:14:40 PM
...but this seems to have potential.
FINALLY! A decent looking Hollywood thriller by IndustryKiller!	Jan 26th, 2007 07:17:09 PM
I'm certainly not on the King film bandwagon as they usually turn out worse for the cinematic wear but that looks pretty good. And c'mon who doesn't like Cusack? The only guy of his generation to make big budget Hollywood fare for as long as he has with his dignity still intact. I'll say this though, if it just ends with him killing himself that's weak sauce, I expect a good ending out of this one.
looks awesome..... by giger167	Jan 26th, 2007 07:17:35 PM
Stephen king done right can be a potent thing and the cast looks great :)
Snakes on a stage? by RKDN Del Sol	Jan 26th, 2007 07:19:20 PM
I aim low.
It's difficult by JuanSanchez	Jan 26th, 2007 07:22:35 PM
for stories like this to work in any kind of real world setting. The Shinning was close to being an acception. This looks ridiculous. The kind of supernatural thriller that's nothing but a frustration.
Very cool trailer! by Triumph poops!	Jan 26th, 2007 07:23:40 PM
A good example on how a trailer SHOULD be done. It gives the basics -- what the movie is about, a sense of tone, and DOESN'T reveal too much. I know I speak for many who are sick to death of "Saw the trailer, saw the movie" syndrome. Then again I'd probably see this based on the stars involved and since it seems like an A-level, nicely budgeted production of a King story for once. That and the fact that it'll be out in the summer when I'll be looking to get out of the house for fun summer style movies.
I WANTED to say what a lame rehash of The Shining... by HappyHamster	Jan 26th, 2007 07:27:47 PM
But that was a fucking awesome trailer. Sorry, but I'm going to have forgo my daily knee-jerk. I will be seeing this on opening day.
King's up to his old tricks again by Prague23	Jan 26th, 2007 07:27:55 PM
So, King raced frantically, with snuffed up, great ideas, to write novels, that became films, that were remade, before going back, and expanding motifs from earlier works, mixing used plots together, and with good production value, is selling it to us again. Only now it's looking like every other supernatural thriller that never makes it to the cinema that are probably more original. And after seeing a recent photo of king, my god, King's gotta eat some more, he's looking limpy.
"Saw the trailer saw the movie" by J Skell	Jan 26th, 2007 07:42:04 PM
Are you kidding? It shows his freakin' daughter in the end of the trailer! I'm betting that's easily a last 1/4 of the movie reveal. That makes me angry. But i admit the rest looked good.
Jumanji by dynamicb	Jan 26th, 2007 07:49:54 PM
Kina has that feel to it. Like he's gonna go through they way all fifty six people died.
The Shining... by veebeeyes	Jan 26th, 2007 07:52:43 PM
I think just about my favourite part from that movie is when the kid telepathically asks Scatman Crothers to come help him. The guy goes through all that trouble to get there. Then the second he steps foot in the hotel, he gets an axe in the gut. That was absolutely hilarious. Anyway, I have never read 1408, so I'm wondering if Samuel Jackson dies a similar death. Maybe he goes to the room to help John Cusack, and he gets an axe in the gut. Probably not, but that would be wonderfully funny. I guess some people might say that that would also be stupid. And I can see that, I suppose. I don't care. It would still amuse me.
If There Is One Thing Stephen King Does Best by georges garvaren	Jan 26th, 2007 08:05:24 PM
it's getting adapted. As for Cusack, he makes everything watchable; ditto for Jackson. The story obviously reeks of King, but that’s a good thing; the great thing is that we don’t have to read it. I will attempt to watch this if for nothing more then to see what that flood was all about. Looked delightful.
So how long do you think he lasts in the room? by NoPIX	Jan 26th, 2007 08:29:09 PM
In the story, if i remember correctly, he doesn't last too long and pays a price. Obviously they have to stretch this one out, which diminshes the actual terror of the room somewhat, but it still could work i guess.
Be Leery of trailers that show too much or too little by The real Jack Bauer	Jan 26th, 2007 08:31:45 PM
trying to stir up interest in a dog.
I just got off the phone with Stephen King by CTU Mole	Jan 26th, 2007 08:31:57 PM
And I assured him that he hadn't already written a scene where a negro warns someone about a hotel room.
Well by Turd Furgeson	Jan 26th, 2007 08:38:49 PM
I just saw that movie for free..... Because they showed every fucking major plot point in the trailer........ That just saved me 2 hours.....
WTF? by chf.brodie bruce	Jan 26th, 2007 08:45:50 PM
at least you are able to watch it. I get a popup saying connecting to . . . IP asking for a user name and password. WTF
WTF redux by chf.brodie bruce	Jan 26th, 2007 08:46:29 PM
After posting that talkback it now works. WTF
I have had it... by jimmy rabbitte	Jan 26th, 2007 08:46:55 PM
...with these muthafuckin ghosts in this muthafuckin hotel room!
HD (some might say "glorious") Quicktime by mattmcd	Jan 26th, 2007 08:48:46 PM
http://movies.yahoo.com/featur e/1408_hd.html
hmmm by chf.brodie bruce	Jan 26th, 2007 08:49:55 PM
now I have to go back and re-read the story. I don't remember that many events in it.
I don't see anything wrong with ghosts... by veebeeyes	Jan 26th, 2007 08:51:05 PM
as long as there's a good reason for them.
Oh no! it's the Hounddog TB redux! by jimmy rabbitte	Jan 26th, 2007 08:54:18 PM
...ghosts are a part of life man. the filmmakers are just using art to (tastefully) scare the living shit out of people... oh and ghosts aren't really dead, they're differently alive.
That scared the crap out of me. by heyscot	Jan 26th, 2007 08:55:24 PM
Looking forward to seeing it!
o bless your little heart stephen king by occula	Jan 26th, 2007 08:57:25 PM
he works so hard for all of us, putting all his 7 original plot points in different dress-up clothes and parading them around like a bunch of desperate pageant girls. don't get me wrong, early king cannot be beat...'the stand'...'different seasons'...my god those were good stories...but he is now the king of recycling. the painting coming to life...'rose madder.' sigh
I WANT THESE MOTHERFUCKING GHOSTS OFF THIS HOTEL! by heyscot	Jan 26th, 2007 08:57:56 PM
nt
Christ, that looks good. by VanLingoMungo	Jan 26th, 2007 08:58:46 PM
Looks like the first decent King horror adaptation in I don't know how long. A cheap Shining remake it is not.
looks promising, but by Douche Baggins	Jan 26th, 2007 09:08:16 PM
plenty of King trailers have looked promising only to disappoint. I'm getting ready to watch Little Miss Sunshine to see if it's oscar worthy. Also have The Black Dahlia and Rashomon...I expect Rashomon to be the best of the 3.
I just got off the phone with Stephen King. by Dr Gregory House	Jan 26th, 2007 09:27:43 PM
Says Red Sox will sweep the Yankees this season.
mutha f'n GHOST GOTTA EAT,,,,,! by The real Jack Bauer	Jan 26th, 2007 09:33:00 PM
**
Looks Pretty Bad (Spoilers, I Guess) by Dersu	Jan 26th, 2007 09:41:05 PM
For one thing, why can't a character become obsessed with something without having some cataclysmic event galvanize them into it? The main character is obsessed with the supernatural. Why? Because his young daughter apparently died, which is probably one of the most generic, lazy, and thoughtless reasons and it's been done in God knows how many movies. People often become obsessed with something for less overly dramatic reasons than this. It’s incredibly easy to understand why someone would become obsessed with the supernatural. Many people wonder what will happen after they die, and we don’t need yet another sob story to over-explain to us why this character wants to have a supernatural experience. I’m pretty obsessed with movies. Why? Because a movie somehow saved my best friend’s life? No, because I just love movies. Another thing, and this is much more important, is that this movie seems to really want to pander to people who are interested in the supernatural. At least this trailer makes me want to think so. There’s a part in the trailer where a woman says, “So you’re saying there’s no such thing as ghosts?” to which the main character responds with, “I’m saying I’ve never seen one. Nothing would make me happier than to experience a paranormal event.” So right there, this trailer is trying to sell this movie to skeptics. Except the problem is, that instead of carefully, meticulously, and believably trying to convince us that supernatural occurrences may be real, the trailer throws a bunch of loud noises and clichés at us. I hope the actual movie is better than this. I know it’s only a trailer, but I’m sick of how advertisers keep trying to sell movies using the same pathetic, cheap tricks over and over again. What the hell happened to good movie trailers? I’m not saying I think this movie will suck, I’m saying they need to make more interesting advertisements than this. But then again, I’m sure they know who they’re selling to a lot better than I do.
FINALLY by roccotheripper	Jan 26th, 2007 09:45:11 PM
a great horror movie! and based on a king story, i love it!
Sooo by dancinggopher01	Jan 26th, 2007 09:53:14 PM
I really dont know how they are going to turn the short story into a two hour movie...but SPOILER hopefully at least Cusack starts himself on fire
When was the last King movie... by Osmosis Jones	Jan 26th, 2007 09:56:03 PM
...that was actually sold on his name? Remember when Secret Window was sold as being "From the writer of Panic Room"?
Ghost Chaser by PoopAgoose	Jan 26th, 2007 09:58:26 PM
He needs a great dane and a cool chevy van if he's going to be ghost bustin' proper. Damn! Now that's a waste of a perfectly good white boy.
Just read the short story... by antoniojvr	Jan 26th, 2007 10:02:13 PM
... from the book Everything's Eventual. The story itself is pretty good and I can't wait to see how they adapt it to a movie.
Seems like a good concept by ewokstew	Jan 26th, 2007 10:41:15 PM
even if it bites off of his other idea a bit.
you know, secret window was kinda meh... by occula	Jan 26th, 2007 10:45:02 PM
...when you got down to it. johnny depp and turturro are pretty excellent, but, still, kind of a whoop-de-doo of a story. same goes here. we know the room is haunted. what-ev. maybe i'm just not scared of anything anymore that's 'thrilling' or 'horror' when it's done in a bigger-budget way because it's all about CG tricks and crap. what's really 'thrilling' and 'horrific'? paris hilton!
Interesting by Black Satin 2	Jan 26th, 2007 10:50:30 PM
Reminds me of a 'Tales from the Darkside story about a salesmen who rents a room and it is haunted by a female ghost who sits in the room and plays music while her victim is laid out in the tub. That one was pretty creepy but why must they give everything away in the trailer. Gee, you think he was going to see his missing daughter again? Oops, did I give it away?
Addendum by Black Satin 2	Jan 26th, 2007 10:57:24 PM
I was also thinking: If this guy strictly believes he's never seen one, what makes them believe he will? Couldn't he just explain everything he sees or experiences. I think they made a mistake by not giving him another person to play off his nonbeliever stance, they pull a switcheroo on him. That would shake his belief.
Wow by coolguyaaron	Jan 26th, 2007 10:59:41 PM
Very creepy, first time I've got chills from a trailer in a long time.
Good trailer, but too much info. by wackybantha	Jan 26th, 2007 11:30:44 PM
Saw the trailer, saw half the movie.
Looks Good! by cerebulon	Jan 26th, 2007 11:36:52 PM
But not like cedar chips
The backstory looks more entertaining than the room by Big Bad Clone	Jan 26th, 2007 11:59:46 PM
I could see the scene in the bookstore and in Sam Jackson's office being highlights.
Mary McCormack as a cam girl? by Big Bad Clone	Jan 27th, 2007 12:00:34 AM
nice
This movie vs. the story... by Nodwick	Jan 27th, 2007 12:12:42 AM
Without giving too much away, this seems more of a ghost story, whereas the original tale is a "bad place" story. The room itself is the monster, not the spirits of those who haunt it. But it's a short story. Less than a half hour to read. They have to flesh it out somehow.
July!!!? by rivercb	Jan 27th, 2007 12:22:27 AM
Damn, I was hoping for closer than that...
Stephen King and film... by streakerfreak1983	Jan 27th, 2007 12:32:09 AM
Here is how I feel about Stephen King adaptions. When King has his hands on the film adaption of his work that film tends to be pretty bad or at least just boring and forgetable. When a film adaption of his work is done without him involved it tends to be pretty amazing. Look at the two Shinings. One is wonderful and one was just meh and very forgettable. Granted it was Fucking Kubrick who made the good one but that is besides the point. King just does not belong in film. He needs to leave the filmmaking to the filmmakers and stick to just writing the stories.
Long jaunt! LOOOOONG jaunt! by Merkin Muffley	Jan 27th, 2007 12:45:50 AM
Come on.
occula, don't look in the mirror and say her name 3x by CarmillaVonDoom	Jan 27th, 2007 01:08:35 AM
;)
THAT REMINDED ME by THE KNIGHT	Jan 27th, 2007 01:11:19 AM
of the shining for some odd reason....
BATMAN by THE KNIGHT	Jan 27th, 2007 01:16:16 AM
I love how Batman related news is rarely reported on this site... What gives?
FINALLY - another GOOD ghost movie. by scrivener	Jan 27th, 2007 01:26:30 AM
After seeing all the shit being pumped out by Sam Raimis Ghost House over the last decade, I was starting to lose hope that we'd ever see another cool ghost movie... you know, like Poltergeist, Ghostbusters, bits and pieces of House on Haunted Hill... can't wait for this.
Looks good by Boba Fat	Jan 27th, 2007 01:56:27 AM
and King can write as many haunted hotel stories as he fucking well likes
A Couple Things by baseballfury	Jan 27th, 2007 03:35:15 AM
1st - Probably shouldn't have watched that trailer at 3 in the morning all by myself, in the dark, since i am a known puss. 2nd - In the short story, the room isn't haunted. I don't know about the movie, but in the story, the hotel manager makes it very clear that the writers skepticism has protected him from any spirits he might have come across, but that 1408 doesn't have a ghost in it. It's just plain fucked EEEEVIIIIL! And lastly, I hope they keep the writer the prick he is in the original, and don't make him too weepy.
Damnit by baseballfury	Jan 27th, 2007 03:42:08 AM
Sorry Nodwick, I didn't notice you had brought up the same thing I did, about the room. I suck. Picked the wrong day to stop sniffing airplane glue, I guess.
John Cusak vs. Michael J Fox by BannedOnTheRun	Jan 27th, 2007 03:44:28 AM
SPOILERS Samuel L and Michael J run a con to book hotel rooms to relatives of the recently deceased. That said, I'm tired of Cusak. Yeah, we had some good times back in the day, but I want to see other actors.
Ghost movies by JuanSanchez	Jan 27th, 2007 04:01:24 AM
Rarely work for me. I guess it's just the idea of ghosts themselves - you're completely protected by the laws of physics. If they can walk through walls - they can't hurt you. If they can hurt you - they can't walk through walls - and you can hurt them back.
another NOT SCARY horror by Angel Blake	Jan 27th, 2007 04:14:06 AM
I reckon i wouldn't survive an hour in that room, I'd probably go insane from utter boredom of the sheer volume of rubbish horror cliches that are being thrown my way. Whatever happened to the glory days of CARRIE and SALEM'S LOT???
Any Herman's Hermits groupie can tell you by BannedOnTheRun	Jan 27th, 2007 04:25:05 AM
That Noone has never lasted 45 seconds.
john cusack is a great actor by misnomer	Jan 27th, 2007 05:22:06 AM
and he pick em well. identity, high fidelity, grosse point...the man deserves...I dunno..a cake or something. Big fan of king, although few of his adaptions seem to work. Secret window was terrible. IT,Misery,Green Mile, Shawshank Redemption,Shining....all good.I even liked Maximum Overdrive just for the coke can machine and the kids getting steamrolled. This looks cool. About time King was back on the movie radar...
man that looks genuinely creepy by misnomer	Jan 27th, 2007 05:25:47 AM
kudos on the trailer edit.
I'm conflicted by Cineman	Jan 27th, 2007 05:34:31 AM
I loved this short story and I love John Cusack. But this isn't working for me. Whoever said about how the original story is more about how the room is evil rather than being haunted is right on. The reason why the story was so good was the way King described the feelings the guy was having as the room fucked with him. Watching the trailer and hearing John Cusack talking out loud to himself just doesn't have the same effect. Cusack is awesome but he is not very good at playing vulnerable or scared. It seems he will be perfect for all the first act skepticism but once the shit hits the fan in 1408, I am not convinced he will deliver. There was no way this was gonna translate to feature length without losing its more subtle creepiness and I understand that. It's a shame though.
The doppelganger scene gave me a chill by Lone Fox	Jan 27th, 2007 07:03:44 AM
But will the rest of the film? They do appear to have shown a lot of the 'audience jump' scenes. On a cosmetic note, Jackson looks great with the white flecked beard.
actually 13 by Cult Exiter	Jan 27th, 2007 08:01:52 AM
is not unlucky at all. not in casinos, not in lottery, not in horse races... that's plain fucking pop culture media superstition. we all know why and where it comes from. 13 if something, it's a new round, 1 o'clock, and a prime. and without 4, there wouldn't be structure, form, rhythm.
Rentable, I think. Like all Cusack films are. by Cult Exiter	Jan 27th, 2007 08:25:32 AM
King is olde, coughing... and overrated as always. Sure he's got his own style and sound. But in a 100 years - Stephen who?
I dig his ghost-detector lamp by BannedOnTheRun	Jan 27th, 2007 08:27:48 AM
I got one of those with my order of Urine Gone!
Trailer lost me with water pouring in from the painting by CreasyBear	Jan 27th, 2007 09:00:37 AM
Too Jumanji.
Excuse me?!!? Cult Exiter by Ryb0	Jan 27th, 2007 09:33:13 AM
The "Dark Tower" series will stand the test of time. As will the "The Stand". Also some of the best movies have been based on his books. I don't have to list them all but do a little research before you go and make a fool of yourself. THE DARK TOWER IS THE FANTASY EPIC STORY TO END ALL FANTASY EPIC STORIES.
by the way... by jimmy rabbitte	Jan 27th, 2007 10:46:38 AM
Season 2 of Deadwood, in episode 4 Requiem For A Gleet, there is an utterance of every AICN TB'ers new favorite word: Taint. I'm not sure of the original air-date for the episode because HBO's site doesn't include one. However, since the DVD set was released on May 23, 2006, it probably aired sometime in 2005. Unfortunately that predates our AICN Taint-Fest '07 by about two years. A two-year-old mention of taint... how'd we miss that?
stephen king will go down in history by misnomer	Jan 27th, 2007 10:54:46 AM
simple as. name an author? stephen king.
Thanks, BannedontheRun by Boxcutter	Jan 27th, 2007 11:22:40 AM
Best gag of 2007 so far.
Long Jaunt would get fucked over by Big Bad Clone	Jan 27th, 2007 11:22:45 AM
I can see it being done as part of a Mick Garris anthology with all the Canadien exicetment and wonder that implies. In other words, no damn good. Now, Man in the Dark Suit would make a absolutely terrifying short film.
Cool but... by kingoflight	Jan 27th, 2007 11:31:52 AM
When ever i go see scary movies i am always half dissapointed that i hardly scared by them, then the other half is alway dissapointed with the ending. This looks sort of skillfully done as a trailer but as a film hey i'll just have to go watch it. I just prey that this trailer is not a godzilla follower.
14 Oh 8 by onemanarmy	Jan 27th, 2007 11:49:07 AM
I highly recommend reading the short story before seeing this movie. As a lifelong fan of S.King I can relate to a lot of the TB'rs in saying that it's about damn time a movie was based off of his stories without being some low budget cable t.v. bullshit. This one seriously has potential of messing with some minds. Don't judge it until you've experienced the source of the material as well as the filmmakers interpretation of said source.
RE: kingoflight by onemanarmy	Jan 27th, 2007 11:52:59 AM
I feel your pain. Once you've seen an insane amount of scary movies you tend to find yourself let down more often than not. You find yourself on an eternal quest of seeing something original...which isn't exactly something "Holly-fuck you give us your money-Wood" tends to endorse. This however looks interesting.
Looks like a film based on a shitty short story that... by wolvenom	Jan 27th, 2007 03:55:19 PM
should have stayed a shitty short story.... unlike grisham, and crichton Stephen king has lost his fucking talent.....it was as soon as i read dream catcher i realized this guy has fucking lost his mind and cant write anymore.... crichton, and grisham still remain relevant. As for clancy, he can go fuck himself.
just needs to have a convincing ending by majorbobhooters	Jan 27th, 2007 04:50:56 PM
lots of king adaptations start really strongly thn go 'tits up' at the end.....likeet that one with the aliens at the end??!!!WTF??
If the ending is good by Jotham	Jan 27th, 2007 05:09:08 PM
I think it looks good, I just hope the ending dosen't suck (I'm lookin at you King!). It looks ten times better than "The Messengers"
I was wondering how they were going to flesh it out... by bottleimp	Jan 27th, 2007 05:49:14 PM
...seeing as how the story is only twenty or so pages. It looks like it might be a halfway decent horror movie, but aside from the title and the basic premise, it seems NOTHING like the original work. "1408" was easily the scariest thing King has written in years because he didn't fall back on cliched ghosts-- the room itself is EVIL (as other talkbackers have pointed out), and that evil manifests itself in bizarre, alien, and terrifying ways. The whole "no one's lasted more than an hour without dying" thing is ridiculous, as is the needless motivation of Cusack's dead daughter. It just seems to me that this story would be far better served as a short television program-- it would have fit in perfectly with the "Nightmares and Dreamscapes" anthology that was broadcast last year.
So, Jackson is the villian? by s0nicdeathmonkey	Jan 28th, 2007 01:14:39 AM
or evil or something?
Well this looks by Atomic.Lobster	Jan 28th, 2007 07:02:08 AM
about as related to its source material as The Lawnmower Man was. Can't tell how the film does it amongst all the sound and fury, but as other TBers have pointed out: there are no ghosts in 1408.
" I WANT MY $2 DOLLARS!!!" by TheUglyBaby	Jan 28th, 2007 07:38:03 AM
Stephen King's BETTER OFF DEAD II But where was Booger?
The Original is a Very Short Story by Evil Chicken	Jan 28th, 2007 09:38:13 PM
But that looks like a good night at the movies.
TOO SOON!! by Pageiv	Jan 29th, 2007 05:18:55 AM
Why cant King make good Big Screen movies lately?
so like, 56 people have died in the room...., by the_shogun_gunslinger	Jan 29th, 2007 06:46:00 AM
why not, oh idk..STOP LETTING PEOPLE STAY IN THERE?!?
I'm glad I read the talk back before watching . . . by Nice Marmot	Jan 29th, 2007 07:51:40 AM
Now I'm skipping the trailer & going in fresh, like I did w/ The Fountain.
I love it by gerrit4	Jan 29th, 2007 10:03:41 AM
Cusack's pretty much playing Rob Gordon from High Fidelity again, in a horror movie. I can't wait.
I'm rarely negative but... by Captain Sensible	Jan 29th, 2007 10:06:39 AM
This looks extremely average. It looks like the Stephen King that couldn't let go of the Kubrick changes to the Shining. There is nothing even slightly original or engaging about what I just saw, plus CGI and ghost movies do not mix.
the twist at the end by durhay	Jan 29th, 2007 12:19:49 PM
Much like that Christian Slater "Hot Wings" skit on SNL years ago, is that the room wasn't really 1408. It was the 2nd scariest room in the hotel.

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