1408 (A Kafkaesque Nightmare) EXPLORED
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- Опубліковано 19 жов 2024
- 1408 is a 2007 psychological horror film directed by Mikael Håfström, starring John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, Mary McCormack and Tony Shalhoub.
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Based on Stephen King's 1999 short story of the same name the film is as much about a father’s inability to get over the death of his daughter as it is about a man losing his sanity under the control of a mysterious room.
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This movie is criminally underrated!!!
This channel is criminally underrated
@@jay117bleach9 yes
Right
Thank you! This is my all-time FAVORITE horror flick and no one knows about it!
Just found about it! Gotta watch it now!
This is for sure an underrated film. A great sense of tension and uneasiness throughout.
I agree. saw it today again, and I understood it better. I just didn't know there were alternate endings.
Love this movie 👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽
Oh no anyone who watched it knows it was freaking awesome
I love the effects in this movie, can’t imagine how many sets they went trough for this movie that room gets frozen, flooded and burned and it all looked amazing. Kafkaesque Nightmare is right this FEELS like such a nightmare, like one of those nightmares that just changes over and over. This movie is so under appreciated tho :/
There’s a 22 minute long behind the scenes documentary of the movie right here on UA-cam just FYI.
I couldn't believe it when I seen it, but the water effects were all done practically, they had the whole room set on a tilting rig of chest deep water, the crew were on set friggin swimming around.
Movies are rarely recorded in chronological order.
I don't know, I kind of like the theatrical ending. It gives you a happy ending with Mike moving on and getting back together with his wife, but you also get that chilling moment where the recorder plays their daughter's voice.
Much better ending.
Same
Theatrical ending gave me goosebumps. So much better
This ending for sure! I wonder witch ending the director preferred.
For sure for sure. The theatrical ending was the PERFECT ending I would have to say.
This ties in well with the "1408 was all just a dream" when he awoke on the beach. I mean, you can look at the ending in 2 ways.
First is, is that you come to the peaceful conclusion that he might've been just insane, and that he was lucky to survive the fire. However, when you hear the daughter's voice, then you know that the room was actually legit evil.
Second is, after the recording and you hear the daughter's voice, which is brought on by the power of the room, you'd expect that the walls will be torn down again, only to reveal that he is still in the room since he hasn't died yet.
Director's cut is still cool, especially when the recording is played. This is because now Samuel knows + has conclusive proof that the room has powers, and what kind of power it has.
However, it's not that great when compared to the theatrical ending... since Samuel isn't that "surprised" that the room has powers, when compared to the wife.
This movie scared me as a child. I’ve been trying to find the movie title for ever, but here you are, covering it like fate told you to do so. Thanks for the upload!
You can't escape the room
Lol this movie still scares me
This movie scared me as an adult.
This video talking about the movie I'll never watch scares me
1408 is one hell of a psychological movie and one of my absolute favorites
"Sam Jackson says don't go in that room you don't go in that room."
> STILL GOES IN THAT ROOM
Sam jackson tells me to go to sleep, i go to sleep.
Definitely if you havent heard SLJ reading the book "go the fu*k to sleep: i recommend it. Never fails to cure my insomnia.
@@RedVelvetRabbit ah a person of culture. I got passed that book when my son was born, it works
@@cloroxusthestainlessone4324 it honestly does lol
Unless you're Mike Enslin.
This is my favorite horror film of all time.
"We've only just begun"
Me too my fave psycological horror movie ! it's a very good intense movie that doesn't need gore to impress.... instead it has psycological terror !!!!
I love this movie. Always had theories about it.
I prefer the alternate ending where he moves and he is able to play a tape recorder with his daughter's voice on it.
Same. I saw it in theater and that was the only ending I knew of.
@@sm_t8262 I actually looked up PG-13 horror movies for a high school Halloween event. That ending saved me from getting in trouble. Because none of the parents said "yeah I'm bringing my 7 year old kids with me"
this room is an SCP
I think there is actually a scp like this room
Probably based on room 1408, much like scp's are based off other media.
SCP-002 :)
There is an actual SCP that is a hotel in a pocket dimension that has it's on ecosystem consisting of all kinds of weird animals and plants
@@philipgotbored6495 scp - 1408
This is an odd movie in film history. It's pretty notorious but for different reasons for different people, which is pretty cool. I saw Real Dimension Pictures' video on this and seeing your video on this too makes me realize you would make good collaborations with others.
John Kusack's character reminds me of people who disregard warnings, and do what people warn you not to do.
He reminds me a lot of Benedict Cumberbatch's Dr. Strange. Hunkered down in their long held disbelief of the supernatural, then their ego gets a swift kick in the ass.
Like getting close to people during social distancing
Would you say the same if the movies ending were he and his wife comming together again and him surviving of course?
@@severedmetal yeah, because a 99.6% survival rate is HORRIFYING.
@@severedmetalanother covid comment that aged like milk lol
I thought the theatrical ending was much, much better. Not because it was a happier ending but, that chilling moment where you and his wife hears what they hear from the recorder.
You knew that whatever happened in that room, was very real to some extent.
I agree that some of it was in his head, but a lot of it certainly wasn't.
It's one evil f***ing room.
I think it proves that EVERYTHING in there was real, and that the room could and would in fact alter time and space to manipulate reality and trap previous victims in infinite loops of killing themselves
Yeah, I kinda felt while she was happy to have him back that on some level she didn't quite believe what happened until she heard the recording herself
@@dusk78Yes and there is another 4th ending where it’s the same but she doesn’t hear the daughters voice and he looks defeated which I didn’t like because it makes it seem like Mike is just legit crazy, so the theatrical ending is for all intent and purposes perfect…and yet they ruined it by changing it to the directors cut on streaming.
Missed opportunity to have made the video 14:08 in the length
Michael 3vil @0:13 John says “The room” if you subtract 0:13 seconds from 14:21 you get 14:08, which is “The Room”. Nice little way to sneak that in if you ask me. 👌🏾
@@x2Bluntz perfect in the way that 1408 added to together adds up to unlucky 13
No it should be 1 Hour 4 minutes and 8 Seconds
This movie is freaking terrifying. Possibly the most underrated horror movie out there
Highly underrated film and it's one of my favorites
Requesting more horror, foreign movies, like whats scary for a japanese culture or south africa, I am interested on this, Great channel!
Jesus Ibarra In South Africa we don’t have any really good horror movies
South Korea has some
I've seen various Japanese horror movies, in fact, the Grudge and The Ring are remakes of Japanese horror movies. Ghosts are rather big in Japanese horror.
@@jarrednaidoo3868 because everday life im South Afrika is a horror story. J/k man..
1408 is still one of my favorite movies ever, although I’ll say I personally enjoy the theatrical ending better. On one hand, I like seeing Mike live in the end and reunited with Lily. On the other, I genuinely find the ending where Lily tries to convince Mike it was all in his mind, only for her to also hear the recording where Mike talked to his daughter so much more powerful and frightening, just showing that it was real all along.
Please do "Children of Men"...the cinematography in that movie is some of the best I've seen
the ending i saw was diffaerent. he was resuced from the fire and was at home with his wife. he finds the burnt recorder in a box of his stuff and plays. the daughters voice can be heard and scares the wife.
I’ve always really liked this movie, I love horrors in general but few makes me keep coming back to it. There’s a lot of depth to this film, love when a movie decided to give more than just jump scars but also tells a great multilayered theme and story. This movie holds a special place in my mental library ❤️
Great vid. I think another way to see this is that when Mike almost drowned, he had a near death experience in which he got a taste of his own personalized hell that was waiting for him if he didn't get his life in order. That's the vibe I got. If I remeber correctly he said something about Dantes inferno in the movie as well. The last circle being the coldest that's why the room froze over. I personally loved the ending where his he and his wife listens to the tape recorder and hears their daughter and they realize it wasn't just something his brain made up, it actually happened objectively.
A lot of Stephen King's books have writers as their main character
Stephen King does not like competition
It's easy to write from your point of view.
He really knows cocaine. I'd like to see him write a book about that.
The hottest of takes right here.
This is my ideal horror and it's so sad that it's an underrated film.
The room really had a personality in this movie and was a character itself.
It constantly taunts mike and is amused at how much he thinks it’s all fake.
After watching this movie, I can't help but draw a parallel between this and the shining, the room of 1408 and the floor its on, and the overlook hotel both not haunted by an evil spirit but the places themselves are evil entities
One of the best horror movies of all time. Amazing atmosphere without a single death on screen, and no cheap attempts to scare via excessive blood and gore
Your videos are always so amazingly done. Whenever you put out an episode I will watch it, even if I don’t particularly care about the film you’re discussing. I’ve even made a list of movies and such I intend to watch thanks to your explanations. Keep up the awesome work! :)
Thanks Channing!
Loved the movie and the short story. Thank you for this.
They should have made the short story to where he woke back up in the room.
I bought Everything's Eventual in 2002 or 2003 and loved this story. I remember being so excited when this came out. I went to the theater on a Thursday around 11 AM by myself. The theater was almost completely empty. I was beyond pleased with the cast, the movie, and that i hadn’t gone to a midnight showing.
Finally thought of a good recommendation, "Frankenstein's Army"!
This is in my top 5 favorite movies of all time. From the unbearable suspense to the unrelenting isolation and abuse. This movie, no matter how many times I watch it, pushes all of my buttons in all the right ways. Always giving me a sense of terror, making my heart race, and keeping me on the edge of my seat throughout the entire movie. No matter if I know what's going to happen I still get exited and terrified when I does happen. This is a stunning movie with few to no flaws.
Me: **starts watching a new FilmComicsExplained video**
Everyone else during the school shooting: **unsettled Tom stare**
Stop,I just knew what the pumped up kicks song meant
ALL THE OTHER KIDS BETTER RUN RUN RUN OUT RUN MY BULLETS!!!
It's pretty fucked up whe people don't listen to the lyrics and think its just a jingle. Sadly I had to tell my mom years ago when she would blast this song in the car and sing along...until I told her why those kids gotta run away since they're being shot at. Her face was priceless
Dude, you have exploded! Congrats!!!
From a short story to a film. Good explanation!
"1408" is probably the scariest movie I have seen. does anyone else have this opinion?
It's probably the best Steven King adaptation ever (though I haven't seen them all yet because I don't have cable so I can't really judge.) Delores Claiborne was pretty good, as well as The Mist and Storm of the Century but unfortunately most adaptations of his work are disappointing. I think adaptations of his writing are best when they focus on the characters so you experience the horror through them. It's no good if you don't care about the protagonist.
@@shawnwales696 I think pretty much the same.
I didn't find it that scary, barring a few scenes, but it's a very good film, regardless.
It has a more like creepy than scary but still great
For me it’s not. But when I was tripping on acid,
It for sure was lol
legend has it he's still giving hearts
Legends be true!
This movie reminds me of a bad psychsdelic trip, you go in thinking its gonna be fun then everything slowly turns into hell
Another one of those profound films that rises above and beyond its place in cinematic space and time to become more appreciated and more profound the more time goes by.
I watched this film some 10 years ago. I was a kid at that time, watched the film at night, in a hotel in a middle of nowhere. I couldn't sleep through the night after finishing the film as i constantly looked out at the door. Though my dad slept next to me, the feeling of unease scared the crap out of me. I basically forget the film (and its name) even existed until today when i happen to see this video. For some reason, the elevator scene in the first few minutes triggered my memory and i remember exactly what this film is about
Thanks for considering my suggestion
Fark mate, i just watched this on Saturday night for the first time... bugger me! Awesome video - keep up the great work!
I watched this movie, loved it, and then afterwards realized 1408 is actually my birthday, 14th of August.
Standard User stay away from me
hello User
@@samsunguser3148 Good Evening, User.
Even if you leave the room, you will NEVER leave this room!
That would be 0814, sorry.
it always amazes me how you dont have more than 1 mil subs these videos are so well made
So happy you made this vid thank you
Only just discovered your channel but my oh my what a goldmine of info thanks and keep it up:D
Yeah, I think thats not room service on the phone, and when they say we'll put you through to "Management" the demon means the big guy himself Lucifer. ( or if your a die hard King fan, the Crimson King )
Man you have come along way. I remebr watching you when you made the 28 days later comic vids. Keep it up man and im sure you'll hit 1 million in no time
This is one of my all time favorite Stephen king adaptations
This will be a classic for years to come. Great breakdown as always.
Oh, could you do Identity next? Another great John Cusack film.
You really make me want to watch these movies and tvs shows man. Nice job.
Excellent video as per usual!👍 I wanted to get your thoughts on the premise that 1408, is akin to a modern day Dante's Inferno? With the protagonist going through real, or imagined 9 circles of hell... 1408 was truly disturbing! Which is saying a lot for me. As horror films rarely bother me in the least. A well done psychological thriller!👏👏👏 Also, which ending did you prefer? I lean towards the theatrical ending as it leaves much open to interpretation. Keep up the great work!👌👊
This is one of the movies I cannot stop rewatching..
Amazing video! I love this movie!
Watched this movie as a kid and it dominated my mind and psyche for a long time but I never remembered the name of the movie and that shit drove me crazy lol thank you for solving this decades long issue
we've only just begun
Binge watching this channel again... This movie was such a phenomenal psychological thriller...
Watched this many years ago and it scared me for a few years thereafter...
But absolutely love it...
In the clip where you show him on the beach recovering from drowning his wetsuit brand on his shoulder is " psycho 1"
This (with the theatrical version) is one of, if not, my favorite Stephen King movies. Such a stressful story of a grieving father, desperate for a change in his life.
Hey! “ Favorite “ as in Story abstract/ concept? Kings: The Shinning, The Green Mile, The Dead Zone, The Dark Side!?! - Written & with Better Tension & Cinematography! Actually “ The Cell “ wasn’t that bad either- Great Plot Twist Ending- though reminiscent of “ Dallas “ ‘s season ending. God Bless.
Honestly, the best ending they had was the one where they get back together. She finds his recorder in the stuff from the fire. She plays it, audio is distorted at first then she hears him with their daughter.
I love 1408. It's a very underrated film.
*WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUUNNN~*
record scratch and static
*WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUUUNNNN!*
still gives me the creeps. even while writing this x(
I've always wondered if those apparitions he sees in the room may have been spirits of past victims that we don't know about. I'm curious because at the end of the Directors Cut, after the car jump scare, you see him standing in the burnt room after his death before walking away and disappearing. All the endings were good though, and I remember this movie getting quite a bit of criticism because of how it felt like a fun house to some viewers.
That "lady" swinging the hammer is actually a kickboxing champ from the '70s named Benny "The Jet" Urquidez. The name had (possibly still has) one of the best spinning kicks in the game. It was tight, unreadable, and powerful. If his character had swung with the intent to kill, Johnny C's character would almost certainly have died.
As a fan of Kafka AND King, I really like your take on this movie. Keep' em coming!
"It's an evil fucking room." Did he just describe my classroom in five words?
I read the short (hah!) story after having watched the movie and, I gotta say, the short story was far scarier than the movie, which was pretty darn scary in its own right. This is probably one of Steven Kings best and most spine chilling works.
As for my request, I'd like it if you explored the Redwall series a little; it started out as a book, titled Redwall, which, along with the its sequel and prequel, Mattimeo and Martin (respectively), got its own television series and comics. The book series spans around twenty novels with many additional books that add to the lore; I feel this series is really under represented and could use some attention.
Really great movie, I try to rewatch it at least once every year. I really like the theory that it is all in his head, like the room IS evil, but it can't physically hurt people, only mentally, so it relies on driving people insane and putting them into a perpetual nightmare until they eventually kill themselves. And my favorite ending is where he goes down with the room lighting in on fire, as it keeps it in line with the whole thing that nobody escapes the room alive, but in dying he was able to save people from it in the future.
Excellent video. This movie scared the pants off of me. I watched it alone at night. Then I saw it in the day. Still scary in an unsettling way that you can't put your finger on it. 💀☠️💀
Explore the movie “Bubba Ho-tep” - Cult film about how Elvis never actually died and is in-fact living his life out at a nursing home. But has to kick ass when a ancient mummy starts terrorizing the home, Elvis partners up with an old black guy who thinks he is JFK, to take down the forces of evil. Great watch.
Thinks he was JFK.... what crazy talk is this! He was JFK, the CIA turned him black to hide him - or something like that.
This is, and always will be, one of my favourite movies. As much as I love Stephen King, I feel like this movie outdid the source material.
Interesting movie!! Thank you for providing awesome video!!
Dude keep it up because this is amazing! Also, I loved Kafka's The Metamorphosis!
this movie is psychological torture. In the best kind of way! Especially when you think he's out and living his life, just to find he's actually still trapped in the room. Or when the timer hits zero, just to find out it'll go on forever. Everyone I show this movie to loves it. Incredibly underrated
Hey can you do a video about Geralt of Rivia's past.
From the Witcher books & games, do a video about what witcher's are.
Also you will love the character Gaunter O'dimm.
Look him up & do a video about him.
Just finished playing wild hunt
wathced over 10+ times , and still able to find little details within, Epic!
I got lucky to see this the first time, I had just heard about it and read a couple spoiler free reviews and wished I could watch it...low and behold a few days later I am browsing channels for something to watch, and as I turn to AMC the credits for some movie were on when , lo and behold it says NEXT: 1408... I was quite pleased.
When Samuel L. Jackson tells you that you shouldn’t do it
You shouldn’t
Supposedly the “demon” that resided in 1408 took each guest into the 9 circles of hell, which explains why all of them ended up losing their minds. Each circle brought deeper and more messed up mental/emotional pain.
The question is could you beat it by simply ignoring it, knowing the fact it has done this to many before and the key is to not react
@@shawnoconnor8075 Yes; but only ifr you haven't indulged in one of the Deadly Sins. I think.
When your sleeping and you get a notification
Yep that is me.
*you're*
scariest line in the movie thats rung in my head since i saw this movie in theatres
"as you are, i was, as i am, you will be."
Two of my favorite actors. This movie was damn good.
Amazing video love love your works
Hey! Explain Apollo 18! Such an underrated movie
This is one of my favorite movies that I can rewatch forever.
Watch The Ninth Gate. Great Flick.
Underrated channel.
The scene where post office was torn apart was amazing.
No 5-star room service for you in this room, for sure.
Problem is that nobody survives to write a yelp review :(
@@filmcomicsexplained I guess its better to leave immediately when the song "We've Only Just Begun" suddenly is played.
Tbf the room does focus entirely on you, not many hotels could boast knowing and caring about their customers wants and fate like 1408 :D
Absolutely my favorite thriller/horror movie! Thank you so much for covering this
If you are looking for the happy ending, look for a 104 minute runtime. (The only one worth watching in my opinion.) Any digital or bluray versions will be the bad ending.
That's not at all how I remembered the end of the movie. . . I have memories that in the end he got back with his wife and going through some of the things he had left from the fire. Finding the recorder, playing it as his wife passed and both of them hearing their daughters voice. Leaving both of them stunned.
That's the ending where they get back together and move to LA.
@@EllBell-wj1ye Ah okay I had never seen any or heard of the other endings so I was confused. When I watched the movie that is the ending i saw.
That's the only ending I like. If you ever want to find it, check for the 104 minute runtime.
Another wonderful video.
Thanks champ!
Thanks for the nice response.
Cool video 👍👍
Thanks buddy!
I like how you narrate these videos and the great work you do and can you make a video on the chimera virus in resistance
Great movie and your video explaination too
I mean... when Samuel L Jack SON tells you "please dont do this", you know its gonna be bad.
I like horror movies, but this one terrified me to my very core... The bit with the post office.
Oh man! Good stuff! Thanks
The hotel room reminds me of the suite and the Torrence family stays in at the Overlook Hotel.
Such an underrated film by such a long shot