Forget 'The Shining,' Stephen King's Forgotten Haunted Thriller Is Aging Like Fine Wine

Forget 'The Shining,' Stephen King's Forgotten Haunted Thriller Is Aging Like Fine Wine




When people hear about aStephen King adaptation following an alcoholic writer losing his mind in a hotel, what immediately comes to mind? Fans are unlikely to jump right to 1408 starring John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson, though it is interesting how this description can match one of King's most famous adaptations as well as one of his most underseen offerings. 1408 is a strange phenomenon of a movie with a high critical score on Rotten Tomatoes, and did well at the box office, that no one commonly talks about. It's both too successful to be a cult classic, but too unknown to be mainstream. The adaptationis great in its own right, but it also has value in how it's akin to a "Greatest Hits" of Stephen King tropes, while also inverting them — especially when it comes to its protagonist.


When people hear about aStephen King adaptation following an alcoholic writer losing his mind in a hotel, what immediately comes to mind? Fans are unlikely to jump right to 1408 starring John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson, though it is interesting how this description can match one of King's most famous adaptations as well as one of his most underseen offerings. 1408 is a strange phenomenon of a movie with a high critical score on Rotten Tomatoes, and did well at the box office, that no one commonly talks about. It's both too successful to be a cult classic, but too unknown to be mainstream. The adaptationis great in its own right, but it also has value in how it's akin to a "Greatest Hits" of Stephen King tropes, while also inverting them — especially when it comes to its protagonist.

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