What an awesome, epic spectacle of a video essay. I've always liked this movie but never had the amount of appreciation for its layers that I do now after seeing this. Keep up the great work, guys!

@rageagainstmyhairline5574

5 жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more. An exceptional analysis; genuinely interesting and revelatory. Well done indeed.

@firebug089

5 жыл бұрын

Honestly was quite impressed aswell, Wasn't expecting this amount of depth at all

@deshaunmcneal8963

5 жыл бұрын

This mutafucka just scared me...

@deshaunmcneal8963

5 жыл бұрын

Whole different aspect.

@cemarz

5 жыл бұрын

This video is nuts. It's what happens when you have a theory and really want to sell it. You can bend enough and ignore enough info to convince plenty of people you're right. But the movie literally goes out of it's way to literally tell us things that are completely contradictory to this video. Mike doesn't die in the beginning, we know this from his funeral one one ending. He isn't seeking god. We know this because he literally tells us he's looking for ghosts. He writes books about ghosts and not books about god. His soul searching book is a book about the loss of a child and not religious. In the second of two possible endings it is not a god that is revealed to him, it's the proof of the paranormal and ghosts. The room isn't hell. The movie goes out of it's way to tell us it's just an evil room, and does so numerous times.

1408 still holds up. So intense and psychologically terrifying.

@Hades1100

3 жыл бұрын

I thought the ending was kinda shitty after the whole almost drowning and freezing then burning part. Otherwise it's enjoyable

@professorcookie1744

2 жыл бұрын

I can't find another horror movie that's as good as this. I feel like I've already watched every great horror movies.

@aligmal5031

2 жыл бұрын

@@professorcookie1744 watch the russian movie come and see :)

@professorcookie1744

2 жыл бұрын

@@aligmal5031 Oh yes I've seen that movie and it was fantastic! The cinematography and the whole atmosphere of the movie gave me chills. The brutality of war.

It's also interesting to note that room 1408 means the 8th room on floor 14. However, most tall buildings don't have 13th floor because it is considered unlucky. Usually jumping from floor 12 to 14. This means room 1408 is on the wrongly labeled 13th floor. Making it room 1308, which is the year the Divine Comedy began being written.

@StopFear

5 жыл бұрын

HeimdallsDottir actually also/or 1+4+0+8=13

@francislelievre5172

5 жыл бұрын

@@StopFear but 1+3=4, & 4!=24.

@_yellow

5 жыл бұрын

If it jumps from 12 to 14 that makes floor number 14 the 13th floor. Even if you call it and sign it with "14" and not "13".

@cosmonaut379

5 жыл бұрын

its not "most" , most buildings don't skip a 13th floor. It is very uncommon just so you know.

@VocalEdgeTV

5 жыл бұрын

Oooo!

Does anyone else think John Cusack gave an awesome performance in this film? I thought he did great. Especially in parts where sudden realization sets in for him and how he reacts to them. It’s like you can actually see his mind taking a brief moment to register what just happened. Like when he suddenly believes he’s being spied on by a camera in the ceiling vent. Or when he’s crawling through the vent looking down into the other room, and she looks up at him, then he yells “Jesus Christ!” And recoils. And obviously one of the most important ones, when he has the whole “I was out!” scene.

@aamesworld

4 жыл бұрын

PotawatomiThunderNew honestly very under the radar. Oscar worthy in my eyes.

@Kazza_8240

4 жыл бұрын

@@aamesworld another under the radar Cusak/King film is Cell, Samuel L Jackson is also in it, seems at first like a different spin on the zombie/mind control/virus stories, but Sai King doesn't try to make it palatable, I read the book before seeing the film, but the ending is still a shock to see

@Nopperabou

4 жыл бұрын

Yes it's a career best.

@PotawatomiThunderNew

4 жыл бұрын

Mary Burdette hahahahha 🤣🤣🤣🤣 that scene killed me. He sees Samuel L Jackson’s character, but obviously he’s not really in there. So when they do the over-the-shoulder view, it’s just John Cusack with the door open yelling “WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME!?” at the inside of a normal refrigerator hahah! Like just the image of him berating a bunch of inanimate food and drinks was hilarious to me. 😂

@memyself898

3 жыл бұрын

@Daniel Appleton there is no Dana only Zuul

This is such an underrated movie. Not enough people reference or have even seen this movie.

@kleptoatefisixtodatoowonfi658

4 жыл бұрын

Without question

@avedic

4 жыл бұрын

Room 1408 might be the most _re-watchable_ movie I can think of. I've probably seen it 30 times.....more than any other film. And it's not even in my top 10 or 20 favorite movies. It's just really really good. A nice solid movie that holds up on repeat viewings. It's my standby when I can't think of what to watch. :)

@Kazza_8240

4 жыл бұрын

Cell is also underrated, with John Cusak and Samuel L Jackson in it, I dont know a lot of people who have seen it, those I do, are not really big Stephen King fans and describe it as boring, but to me, the ending of Cell was creepy, unexpected, and thought provoking. Stayed in my mind for ages after seeing it.

@ChrisJones-rd4wb

4 жыл бұрын

Came expecting philosophy, got dogma instead

@willkoestner4159

3 жыл бұрын

@@ChrisJones-rd4wb As long as you came 🤷‍♂️

That window scene is one of the most effective scenes I have ever seen in a horror movie. I absolutely love it.

@Nomihc

4 жыл бұрын

Lindsey M that window scene haunted me for months after watching the movie. Truly memorable.

@PotawatomiThunderNew

4 жыл бұрын

Which window scene do you mean? Are you talking about the one where he was looking out at the window across from him, or the one where he climbs out of his window to get to the other one and then just sees a long stretch of wall with no window??? Or do you even mean one of the smaller scale window moments where he gets his hand smashed in the window or when he sees figures jumping out?

@ashyclaret

4 жыл бұрын

@@PotawatomiThunderNew They don't know.

@miniaturesandstuff5209

4 жыл бұрын

@@PotawatomiThunderNew for me the one where he's trying to communicate with a supposed office worker working overtime only to see it's his doppelganger with a dead eyed stare mimicking his every move. Dang that scared me for days! 😮

@teashlee521

3 жыл бұрын

If you mean the scene where he sees himself in the window, that concept always terrifies me because yeah things can be scary like monsters or demons but the one thing you’re not meant to ever see standing in front of yourself, is yourself and I think that’s why it’s so scary

That is high-end analysis documentary-style. You really can't get this level of quality from Netflix and Hulu. Bravo sir 10 out of 10 that was just a damn good video

@foxmulder7616

4 жыл бұрын

Hulu is kind control n destruction watch their commercials " thisis your mind on hulu" (turns on blender =rrrrrrrrrr) lol t v is mind control "programming" TURN IT OFF!!!

@tonycariello8478

4 жыл бұрын

Uhmmm... I'd say that's due to the simple fact that Netflix or Hulu or any other streaming service I know of do any sort of analysis of film's at all!! ...like duhhh!

@anjogaming7977

4 жыл бұрын

very very good . 👏👏👏

@MC_1993

3 жыл бұрын

@@tonycariello8478 that’s not true tho. See “room 247”... behind the scenes of LOTR... MANY others are available on Netflix and hulu

What really freaks me out about this movie, is that it really reminds me of when I had a horrible trip on acid. I experienced, what felt like, a never ending cycle of horrible events repeating over and over, which I thought was hell, and that satan was torturing me, and every time I thought it was about to stop, it would start over again, and it really truly felt like this movie in a sense.

@Proverbs--tx6yr

2 жыл бұрын

Drugs allow our spirits to open a portal to satan. What you experienced was real not a bad trip…give your life to God, its the only way any of us can avoid what you saw..✝️❤️

@ryanjames4840

2 жыл бұрын

@@Proverbs--tx6yr NEEEEEERD!

@billsales3235

2 жыл бұрын

admit it emma.... something ugly happened during that trip [or that year found you in a bad 'life situation'] and the acid just intensified your natural bad reaction to that ugliness.

@EmmaKearney0119

2 жыл бұрын

@@billsales3235 nah it was definitely more suppressed horrible fears I always had growing up of hell and demons and shit that I just tried to forget about, but now I just don’t believe in it so I’m doing much better now lol

@EmmaKearney0119

2 жыл бұрын

@@Proverbs--tx6yr I’m sorry but I definitely believe that to be incorrect. Growing up, I was constantly taught about demons, demon possession & hell, and this ingrained a very deep and horrible fear of these things. I would sometimes wake up in the middle of night crying from nightmares, and all these fears came up during this trip because that is what LSD has the tendency to do. It activates certain neurotransmitters that cause you to just be more aware of certain things happening in your subconscious brain. Once I realized this, I stopped fearing all of those things and I’m much better now for it.

7:47 "As you are, I was. As I am, you will be." - best scene ever.

@yourverybestfriend1263

2 жыл бұрын

Tu fui, ego eris.

@AmethystTheEspeon

4 ай бұрын

It sounded like he was putting a curse on Mike. 😊

That awful parking job that Mike pulls 9:20 at the post office is why he gets it in the end.

@WazzieShmozzie

4 жыл бұрын

to be fair, the car to left is very much parked over to the right, so he is in his lane, but yeah still lol

@Pantherazure

4 жыл бұрын

Hehehe.... yeah that is a pretty awful job!!! How could he even open his car door and get out?

@patrickcummins79

3 жыл бұрын

Typical behavior of a jaded, miserable person.

"as you are, i was, as i am, you will be", terrifying reality

@LovelyHick

4 жыл бұрын

@Deliq You must be 18 or something? 30-40 especially is like 20-30 with actual cash, its not something to dread at all man.

@LovelyHick

4 жыл бұрын

@Deliq Dont give up is all i can say man :l Ever heard about the dude that went to Mexico with his last savings that was to last a few weeks but came back after a few months determined to keep trucking? Hookers and cocaine can fix a lot of issues if family life isnt tempting right now.

@LovelyHick

4 жыл бұрын

@Deliq Well now i know why you dont like living at least :l

@TheMemorialStorm

4 жыл бұрын

@stark1987 There's a reason why we use the word "monster" to describe something horrible. Look up its etymology.

@moler646445

4 жыл бұрын

true

Dante's Divine Comedy was, first & foremost, a political commentary on how everyone in Florence sucked for kicking him out

@klutzspecter3470

2 жыл бұрын

When the writer is so mad, he writes a fanfiction of you going to hell.

@robertovargas5839

2 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@mattmorehouse9685

Жыл бұрын

So like God Dante is a vengeful sullen brat. I guess he is going to hell after all.

@thegnome73

Жыл бұрын

First and foremost? Nah.

@Miles_Phantasmagoria

Жыл бұрын

@@thegnome73 elaborate.

1408 was attacked by critics and called mediocre when it released, but that's total bullshit, this is a classic and one of John's best performances!

Still the creepiest part to me melting phone-- "ignore the siren, even if you leave this room you can never leave this room...we have killed your friends... Every friend is now dead"

@MsBugxx

5 жыл бұрын

Read the mini-novel in Stephen King's "Everything's Eventual". The short story is even more of a headfuck.

@michelsand5399

4 жыл бұрын

Drayven Crownen jokes on you jackass! I have no friends...

@AliceSpaxxx

4 жыл бұрын

Jacques Malan 😂 good one!

@necrosunderground

4 жыл бұрын

Yes! Even in the short story, the phone was the part that got me.

@chestyp0311

4 жыл бұрын

Jacques Malan essentially, that is the song version of this film and Dantes Inferno

Is it me or is this video extremely well written? The research done on this movie is mind boggling. It's great. I was absorbed for 30 minutes.

That "I WAS OUT" moment resonates with anyone who has ever gotten back with an ex and realized you done fucked up getting back in again.

@therapheal_2278

4 жыл бұрын

Cant Just Exist facts lol

@LASAGNA_LARRY

4 жыл бұрын

So deep. You are truly the Martin Luther King Jr. of our generation...

I didn't even notice that this video is almost half an hour long. I'm honestly amazed this movie explanation is well explained. Though I watched a different version of this movie where he actually died.

Did this movie actually receive that negative criticism you mentioned in the beginning!? I fucking LOVED every single thing about this movie.

@psyghtseer

5 жыл бұрын

its just that no one likes john cusack

@forgotaboutbre

5 жыл бұрын

@@psyghtseer Too bad cuz Cusack is cast ideally for this role

@psyghtseer

5 жыл бұрын

@@forgotaboutbre cant imagine literally anyone else huh

@forgotaboutbre

5 жыл бұрын

@@psyghtseer You gotta remember, this was pre 2012 before people hated Cusack and I've never seen that movie so it doesn't bother me. He is basically tortured all movie anyways so perhaps you would enjoy seeing your not so favorite actor literally put thru hell =)

@psyghtseer

5 жыл бұрын

@@forgotaboutbre lol, I did consider that part. I would have probably enjoyed Johnny depp a lil more in this movie but would have been sad about his constant tortue

1408 was such a hardcore story from King at the time. The thing that struck me when I listened to the audiobook is that, unlike many of his stories that deal with evil, this one had a very hard edge with absolutely no hint of the "tongue in cheek." -- just the purest, most straightforward, succinct, compact, concentrated example of something evil that I think King ever wrote. Short and sweet, and 100% black as hell.

@ElectreIsMore

5 жыл бұрын

^^ This comment ^^

@TheoCynical

4 жыл бұрын

Like my coffee.

@mickthomas6242

4 жыл бұрын

Or like the blackest of heavy metal, the old venom records, et al.

17:17 - 17:41 - That scene kinda cracks me up. After Samuel L Jackson is gone from the scene, Just shows John Cusask screaming “WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME!” “WHAT DO YOU WAAAAANT” at the inside of a refrigerator. And on top of that, it shows him attacking the inside of the fridge too. 🤣 I just thought it was a funny looking sight.

@gideoniskemp

3 жыл бұрын

That shit WAS hilarious🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

God, the Doppelganger part was just pure darkness in a video

Samuel Jackson: 52 people have died in this room. Main Character: yeah nothing suspicious about that.

@cucumber7769

4 жыл бұрын

fuck the room, im changing hotels!

@nykytamcdonald

4 жыл бұрын

*John Cusack

@turecomuerde

4 жыл бұрын

52 motherfucking people have died in that room

@e13kid

4 жыл бұрын

56

@aamesworld

4 жыл бұрын

it's an evil fucking room

This was great! 1408 remains one of the best psychological horrors ever made.

@DisDatK9

5 жыл бұрын

Dr.Wily I agree! It’s sad that people usually just say it’s confusing. It’s definitely a movie that involves a lot of analysis to pick up on all aspects.

@kavijackson868

5 жыл бұрын

IKR!!!

@rameyzamora1018

5 жыл бұрын

I am so impressed, and I am subbing, too! Thanks for this channel.

@wendigo2442

5 жыл бұрын

hmmm

@xXIBANNANNAIXx

5 жыл бұрын

It gives me a similar feel to PT

I love people who "see through" a movie, not just "watching" a movie. thank you for this :)

“What makes the evil, is the evil inside the person.” 😮

This is the movie I reference when someone asks what a "bad trip" feels like in your mind.

@ChaosDragons211

4 жыл бұрын

woah, you too?

@Die_Nasty

4 жыл бұрын

I too believe this. I’ve had many bad trips that really all seem to follow a layering spiral of sin and the pain that comes with it. Every trip I’ve done has been heroic doses. My first trip I took 5 hits of acid and it started a bad trip. And in the end? Paradise. “Coming down” I see as coming down from paradise and entering reality again. My psyche is currently stuck thinkin about everything and wondering why it is the way it is and theorizing upon that question and I hate it. 😅

@judeleese7783

4 жыл бұрын

...yes..and “In the Mouth of Madness” is like a nervous breakdown.

@AliceSpaxxx

4 жыл бұрын

@@Die_Nasty yeeeeeeeah, for SURE!

@Malfunctsean

4 жыл бұрын

G The Entity, exactly what I thought.

I NEVER considered 1408 to be a depiction of the inferno.. well done sir

I remember watching this movie in theaters as a child with my dad and I just recall leaving really disappointed because I didn’t understand the movie but I vividly remember my dad being solemn and quiet after exiting the theatre and on the drive home too I thought he didn’t like the movie either so I just didn’t bring it up again, now years later and with help from this video I realize that my dad probably saw something in this movie that resembled his own life and conflicts, he passed away years ago so I can’t talk to him about it and I feel bad that I won’t ever know the kind of burdens he carried and what he was afraid of

@dianacollazo5987

Жыл бұрын

Some day you'll meet with him again. Christ made that possible. Hope you are having a wonderful life

@angrytheclown801

6 ай бұрын

I'd say probably when Michael's daughter dies in his arms, forcing him to process her death twice. A man should never bury his kid even once.

Ordinarily “they were dead the whole time”/“layers of hell” analyses are incredibly cliche and bad - but since this movie actually makes a direct reference to dante it’s one of the few where it’s a completely valid interpretation. The actual structure doesn’t quite line up with the divine comedy but I think it’s definitely intentional that all the circles’ punishments are there. Anyway, you make great video essays! Thanks for selling me on a movie I’d never heard of before!

@ChrisJones-rd4wb

4 жыл бұрын

Came expecting philosophy, got dogma instead.

@bun197

3 жыл бұрын

@@ChrisJones-rd4wb You do understand that most philosophers in history have been religious? "Dogma" is anything taken as brute fact for a system to function regardless, secularists have their own set of them.

@ErickMcNerney

3 жыл бұрын

@@ChrisJones-rd4wb It's like history. The points he was making related to those historical religious concepts. To ignore it would have made this video far less impactful and meaningful. It's clear that the movie was taking cues from Dante's Inferno as well. So I'm not sure what the problem is, even if some of the concepts happen to be considered religious "dogma" to some.

@ErickMcNerney

3 жыл бұрын

@@ChrisJones-rd4wb Also, there is philosophy in religion. I literally took a course in college called "The Philosophy of Religion" It covered people who didn't believe in God as well. This whole movie is centered on that very question.

Fucking made me cry man. This movie always made me feel empathy for his despair this feeling like I was in a pool of it myself. Forcing me to think on reality for hours or days after seeing it. I cannot believe I forgot about this for a good year or more. Hands down my favorite psychological horror and one that truly scares me. Not just jump scares the fear of an ultimate punishment taking form as your own failings your own greed and anger your own laziness and selfishness your lack of love for others unraveling your sanity inch by inch.

@nayyarrashid4661

5 жыл бұрын

Watch Triangle you will forget this one... It's even more heart wrenching than this one....

@americanlakingshomer29

5 жыл бұрын

That is why I quit drinking over 10 years ago, I saved my marriage, my relationship with my sons , my career , and my love of others before my wants / needs / etc . The best move I’ve made in the chess game of life. God bless you all

@Respect2theFallen

5 жыл бұрын

@@nayyarrashid4661 Idk man I love and own triangle but this one fucked me up more. Maybe cuz I struggle with religious beliefs after being raised Christian so this one hits closer and I've said some of the things he says in this film. Triangle is Brilliant though a must watch for sure.

@phoenixasteroid79

5 жыл бұрын

I have same experience..

@AliceSpaxxx

4 жыл бұрын

Nayyar Rashid yeah this movie is really, really good, but it's for everyone a personal thing, room 1408 fucked me more up!But like I said everybody has a different mindset.

This movie always fascinated me because it's like a bad trip & I can relate to the terror of feeling trapped in an alternate reality

God, that ending... No idea why they'd change it. Just the main character staring at his loving wife, who he knew never believed him until this moment... Brilliant and cathartic.

I like the ending where he finds the tape recorder and his ex realizes it was all real.

@WazzieShmozzie

4 жыл бұрын

that scene makes the hair stand up on end, such a good scene, makes me want more of the movie

@timbazzinett2693

4 жыл бұрын

@@WazzieShmozzie Yep, The ending always creeps me out. Every. Single. Time.

@pammunoz546

4 жыл бұрын

I havent seen that ending but ive seen the one he dies in the room and gets buried in the end

@TheSlammurai

4 жыл бұрын

@@pammunoz546 If I recall correctly, the tape recorder ending isn't really in circulation anymore, as the Blu-rays have a different ending. Which is a shame because I feel like that's the best ending.

@fluff1353

4 жыл бұрын

@@pammunoz546 Sam Jackson shows up at his burial at the cemetery with a box of affects he found in the burned out room. Among them is the man's tape recorder. His ex rejects the box and admonishes Jackson's character. He returns to his car with the box, opens it up and presses PLAY on the recorder. It's still working, and you hear Cusack's character saying and experiencing everything he actually experienced. Then Jackson drives off., before the ghost scene with Cusack hearing his daughter's voice and haunting the remnants of the hotel room. It's important to note that when Jackson confronts the ex, he states that Cusack's character was actually a hero, because he made the room forever uninhabitable.

1408 has been my favorite horror film for as long as I can remember. I love psychological horror so much because rather than relying on jump scares, it relies on your mind and this movie focuses solely on that. I love how the room was a physical version of his own hell and how it would use every weakness he had against him. It’s a brilliant movie and I always felt like it had an even deeper underlying meaning and I feel like you found that. This video essay was so amazing, ;-; thank you for giving this movie the recognition it deserves

1408 has always been my favorite horror movie. It’s beyond underrated and I appreciate it more than ever after this video essay 💗

I always loved that quote from the movie that wasn't in the book... "Some smart-ass talked about the banality of evil." That was actually King himself who commented on banal evil in his classic vampire novel, "'Salem's Lot".

@JohnSmith-yf1ro

3 жыл бұрын

C.f. the famous Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil

1408 is one of my most favorite horror movies and I'm glad someone did it justice by talking about the things that made this movie a cut above your conventional haunting movies.

I want to remind something very important about Dante’s Inferno. I took a class which extensively covered Dante and his writings in history. He wrote the story/poem not with the aim to convey how he imagines hell but as a criticism of extreme corruption, disloyalty, and betrayal in Italy at the time where no one could have been trusted and money ran everything.

@THX1999

5 жыл бұрын

StopFear sounds alot like these last days

@Arkangel630

5 жыл бұрын

Good to know some things don't change eh?

@StopFear

5 жыл бұрын

wolfaesthetic Yes, sure. It’s happening in all places and times which is probably why he used an example of hell as having permanent places for such people implying that it is a problem for all humanity. The main unique thing about poem is that he gave the deepest (implying worst) place in hell to the betrayers and it’s frozen solid. Sinner me were frozen or freezing there without escape.

@jodaman1000

5 жыл бұрын

Wouldn't that be the same for every nation or at least the UNITED STATES.

@StopFear

5 жыл бұрын

Jo Bruser Yes, of course. It’s just that Dante wrote about Italy because he was from there, Florence. He knew some people would read it and know what it is about. So the social commentary was aimed at the audiences familiar or possibly familiar with it. I do think it is implied it is like that everywhere actually because of the parallel with the Bible and Christianity, which teaches that all humans everywhere are suffering from the same sinful temptations and bad behavior.

1408 is like the darkside cave in empire strikes back. Luke: whats in there? yoda: only what you take with you

I've watched this video about 10 times in the past years. First time I watched it sent me down a rabbit hole of horror symbolism. Thank you so much for this.

@ArinJager1

Жыл бұрын

"you only see what you want to see"

@BeautifulEarthJa

Жыл бұрын

Rewatching again

Wow! This movie has always been underrated for me, but you just hit a whole new level of depth. Congratulations on the great essay! Subbed.

@jackbagnall9851

5 жыл бұрын

What movie is this ?

@jackbagnall9851

5 жыл бұрын

@Daniel Valdez yea I just got done watching it.

@40nights40daystv

5 жыл бұрын

lol thought i'd see A Matter of Film here

@keegs1163

5 жыл бұрын

This was incredible man but where did you get the layers of hell picture in the beginning? Its the only one ive seen that shows the layers and the cantos all in one

@NextWorldVR

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Because of you I looked to check, How the heck was I not already subscribed? ;")

The firemen who save him also both have the number 7 on their helmets. The number of the Seal of God.

@MetaKnight964

6 жыл бұрын

The bible mentions so such thing.

@TheNightWatcher1385

5 жыл бұрын

@@MetaKnight964 I think we may be referring to the 7 seals, which when undone begin the apocalypse. May be wrong. It's been awhile since I've read Revelation.

@therightsupremacist5638

5 жыл бұрын

marcos laureano , Possibly! Good observation!

@ivartheboneless2481

5 жыл бұрын

He burns to death dude

@biggestbrowneyes

5 жыл бұрын

No he lives in the end with his wife ....

I'VE BEEN SAYING THIS FOR YEARS THANK YOU. Man the first time I saw this film I was like "oh, this is what horror should look like." I had seen a few films in the genre that were OK to pretty deece but this was the first that made me not just shocked or jump scared, but truly horrified, and not afraid. It made me think of the endless ways a mind can torment itself into total cataclysmic destruction and make death seem like an escape. AND THE WAY IT ENDS it reminds me of the ritual, or even the newer evil dead. The triumph in the face of cosmic evil so unknowable the catharsis of crawling out of hell and shouting back at the devils from the other side is like falling willingly into shockingly cold water. FUCK MAN. fuck.

This was the first horror movie I ever saw. I had no idea how deep it was.

@cultusfetus

3 жыл бұрын

man what

@onionrangerduck7024

13 сағат бұрын

​@@cultusfetus it was my first horror movie too, I saw it as a kid because my mom was too afraid to watch it alone. It ended up being a childhood nightmare.

Turns out I have never seen the original ending of this film, only ever seen the version where he dies at the end xD Never even knew it was a alternative ending...

@alwaysnever6004

5 жыл бұрын

There’s like 3 or 4 ending I think

@vJaukbby

5 жыл бұрын

Me neither boyyo..

@devsox1

5 жыл бұрын

I was so confused about this ending because the one I saw, he escapes the room but wakes up back in it. He never ended up escaping. Had no idea there are multiple endings

@Aramisrulzz

5 жыл бұрын

devsox1 the ending I got was that he burned the hotel and he dies but come back to hunt Samuel Jackson

@famco_inc737

5 жыл бұрын

Me too! But I guess if he dies that completely change the analysis of the video because he can't be in paradise.

This is honestly one of the greatest KZread videos I’ve seen in a long time. You should be more than proud of yourself.

@skachor

5 жыл бұрын

Which circle is that?

@Karl_Marksman

5 жыл бұрын

skachor ahaha you cheeky bastard

@bensmith9253

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Superb job.

@ForOrAgainstUs

5 жыл бұрын

Hopefully you've caught LikeStoriesOfOld's channel as well. Not to blow your top off, but he has a pretty excellent video on the meaning of life that I highly recommend. Saying this because I agree with your assessment. I was not expecting this level of research and effort in this video.

I saw this in theaters and at the time I thought it was goofy. However when I rewatched it as an adult I understood how psychologically scary it is. But for his POV he said there would be no god to protect us from them. That’s where he’s wrong. Sort of. If those things exist that are evil then it must mean that the good entities also exist. There’s no one without the other. But my favorite scene for some reason has always been the part where Sam Jackson is sitting in his office and finds out Mike beat the room so he pours himself a drink and says “Well done mr Enslin”.

@safespacebear

10 ай бұрын

I think it's neat how some horror only lands once you're an adult. I saw The Shining as a teenager and thought it was creepy and a bit boring. Watched it as an adult and a father and was horrified

I worked at a upscale hotel in Pittsburgh, one night my friends and I watched this movie and I really didn't pay much attention to it... the next day at work I was approached by a very unpleasant woman at the desk. She asked me what rooms had a hot tub and I without thinking booked her into 1408. This was at the end of the night and I didn't think much of it. The next day I received a call before work from my manager asking about the woman because she didn't have a reservation and I failed to copy her ID... when I got to work I was approached by detectives... the woman was found dead in the hot tub, she had taken a bunch of pills and slit her wrist... very unnerving

@ArinJager1

Жыл бұрын

source: "trust me, bro" -_-

Fire is purifying. I feel that's probably why it was involved in his sacrifice. Also, it's broad daylight and I was still getting chills.

I actually prefer the alternate ending. With the alternate, it actually places Mike with his daughter, instead of his wife. He sacrifices his soul in order to protect other souls from the hell that he had come to know as 1408. Once he passes away, the final scene shows the windows of 1408 outside of The Dolphin, burnt and charred. Eventually, the camera is level with the windows, peering into the room which is completely destroyed, due to the success of Mike's plan. There you see Mike, standing there smoking a cigarette, surrounded by his work of destroying 1408 (probably the piece of work he is most proud of). You hear his daughter call for him, and he turns around towards the door of 1408. He responds with "Yes, of course" and walks towards the door. He fades through the door, and then you hear the door shut, and lock, symbolizing that Mike is now at peace, Nirvana, etc. to spend the rest of eternity with his daughter. This ending portrays the seriousness of the movie. The amount of hell Mike had deserved ultimately ended in his death. He wasnt allowed the opportunity to come back to life, explain what had happened to his wife, and enjoy what he had taken for granted all those years prior. No, he gave his soul for the mission of destroying this hell, 1408.

@greetings.haveaniceday.7162

5 жыл бұрын

I still like the fairy tale ending, where he survives.

@Melkje

5 жыл бұрын

So is this ending from the blue-ray version?

@StopFear

5 жыл бұрын

I didn’t actually see that conclusion at all. I think the meaning was that his daughter never actually died but it was something in his head and perhaps even his grieving for his daughter was his negative thinking about how he would think and behave IF that took place. So essentially fear. OR It could have meant that that he actually died before getting into the room. The room itself is an illusion he is seeing after he died or killed himself.

@hdofu

5 жыл бұрын

The directors cut with the original theater ending is the best version, it just is more coherent, some scenes cut add tension and explain more details. There are 2 other endings I first encountered on the blockbuster release. They also are interesting.

@burning1aces777

5 жыл бұрын

I mean as someone who originally knew nothing about the movie and watched it on tv in passing one day (the version where he dies), then months later buying the movie from the dollar store to show to friends, and seeing that it was the version where he lives, not knowing that this movie has different endings. I thought I was losing my mind. I think partly because in his death, he made the ultimate sacrifice, and could be at peace, while the one where he is saved just felt wrong for some reason.

Just a reminder, since I'm at the lust part. Lust does not have to be only for women. I'd say it's more believable that he's lusting after the thrill of finding supernatural evidence.

As I watched this spellbinding film adapted from Stephen King's short story, I could not help but wonder how much of this was illustrated by King's unconscious mind. It is as this review suggests, a quintessential metaphysical tour de force, littered archetypal imagery and symbolic easter eggs. The only weak spots are the references to Dante's inferno, which give away the literary structure of the plot. Still, this is an unbelievably good horror film and a great film in general. King is and will always be one the best wtiters and storytellers of the 21st century. John Cusack is absolutely brilliant in this film as well! A+ overall.

I've always thought that if Dante's Inferno was real, I'm really in for a wild ride when I die.

@melhupby

4 жыл бұрын

Tell me about it. 9 circles for 9 sins? Well how the fuck am I gonna exist in 9 circles simultane- Ah shit...the cat furries have it all figured out.

@K1ng_Solo

4 жыл бұрын

We all are

@ChrisJones-rd4wb

4 жыл бұрын

Ive always found it fascinating that most *Christ* -ians, for some reason, seem too follow the old Jewish texts more than the teachings of Christ himself. What's funny is that Jesus never preached of heaven and hell, he only made vague statements that evangelicals take out of context and latch onto, projecting their violent world views onto them.

@KevinM88TR11

4 жыл бұрын

@@ChrisJones-rd4wb there's alot of pastors that believes Hell does not exist, but its not easy for them to preach that

@Peter_H_Art

4 жыл бұрын

Chris Jones check out Richard Rohr if you haven’t already. Very intelligent guy and speaks a lot on that topic

I chose this randomly, for background noise while I work. I ended up watching the video instead of doing the work! Lol 😂 You did a great job! 👍

@internettevarolanadam

4 жыл бұрын

An in depth analysis of 1408 with connections with Greek and Christian myths, for background noise. That must be "hell" of a ride

I never realised there were alternate endings. The version I watch saw him die in the room and cuts to his funeral. I think I prefer this ending

@theproplady

8 ай бұрын

This ending better fits the theme of the Inferno and the Hotel Dolphin being part of the Afterlife. The funeral ending just seems like an excuse for a jumpscare.

This is hands down the best movie analysis to ever grace the tube. Thank you! I'd like to add that the doppelganger is his more sinful self, being dressed in black and sitting in front of an empty block. and most importantly: he is smoking a cigarette. As Mike makes a big deal out of having quit smoking and carrying around his last cigarett wherever he goes. I do prefer the director's cut ending where he doesn't live. It makes his sacrifice more impactful and the film less hollywood. He can only truly redeem himself by making the ultimate sacrifice.

This is my fourth time watching this ever since yesterday.... There's something extraordinarily profound about this, and it touches me and I don't know what. You made me change the way I view this movie. It's amazing!

I prefer the theatrical cut ending’s somewhat. Mostly because of Samuel L. Jackson’s character. In the theatrical cut it is somewhat understood that he knows something we don’t. That he’s somehow part of everything. But in the alternate cut. He seems scared and concerned. He’s even spooked by the ghost in the car. That takes all the mystery that was built up upon the character away for me.

@butlershome7777

5 жыл бұрын

yea, and ending such an awesome movie with a shitty clichee mirrorjumpscare ruins it for me.

I never seen this version. The version of this movie I saw, he blew up in the hotel and appeared as a ghost in Samuel L Jackson’s backseat as he was leaving the funeral lol

@mr.elastomeric1787

3 жыл бұрын

I heard there were four alternate endings only can find 2. Movie is free on You tube and the alternate ending is as well.

@skywalkerchick

3 ай бұрын

That was the director’s cut ending. The theatrical ending is the one where he survives the room, writes his book about it, and he and his wife recover the recording of their daughter on his burnt tape recorder. The director’s cut was how the movie was supposed to end originally, but it was cut when it performed badly with test audiences, and tbh I agree that it should’ve been cut. Supposedly, test audiences said it was too depressing, but I thought it was just a little too outlandish. Why would Olin be surprised to hear Katie’s voice on the recorder when he knows nothing about Mike’s personal history? And the jumpscare with Mike’s burnt corpse in the back seat, it just kinda kills the tone. I honestly think the theatrical cut was the overall stronger version of the movie.

The timing of this video was incredible. I'm so glad I stumbled across it while journeying through the KZread abyss.

You should really send this to Stephen King, I think he would love this! Incredible job man!

@sobo2001

4 жыл бұрын

I don't know about that. Artists usually never appreciate an interpretative take on their song, movie, painting, etc. For one, the critic could never understand the artists motives 100%. Two, even if the reviewer could get everything right, the artist doesn't like to have his obscure ideas revealed in totality, especially if they are not doing the reveal themself. If the piece is supposed to induce thought, sometimes even into several distinct ideas or morals, they don't like it narrowed to a one, even if it is the primary.

@jrharlow4360

4 жыл бұрын

They did send it, he said yea that's cool...... I wrote it that way. . . . . . Meme with picture of king and song playing 'dam it feels good to be a gangsta'

@Jennifahh

4 жыл бұрын

@@jrharlow4360 like the guy above said, artists doesn't like their tricks or motives to be revealed

Damn.. I always said this movie is underrated.

Fascinating breakdown. The messages are all in the movie, but the spectacle somewhat obscures their meanings. Now I want to watch the movie again with a "new set of eyes". Thank you.

Wow, this was really deep. It never even occurred to me that Mike died at the beginning of the film, but hearing you explain it makes perfect sense. Great video!

The urge to watch this film overpowered me, sorry, I just love it... can't finish your video. It seems great, I'll leave a like. I gotta go watch 1408 now.

@NextWorldVR

5 жыл бұрын

WELL COME BACK AFTER DUH! Layered films are meant to be analyzed, rewatched... Talked about :)

This was such an eloquent gut punch to absorb (as a confused agnostic.) Every single sentence you have written and each frame explained is a tour de force of moral inquiry. Your work deserves acclaim and preservation in film studies archives, at the very least.

@goddessgreen

4 жыл бұрын

I agree that this was very well done. Kept my attention and made me question things from beginning to end.

Wow I’m taking aback, do you know how many years I’ve always know what 1408 represented, and now to see I’m not being called “OCD” by my friend who says I over analyze horror movies. Lmao this was a great video and the narration is FLAWLESS!!! I think you have a new subscriber. 😉

Basing on the many subtle hints and hidden details no average viewer could notice it really makes me think how talented and cultured some movie dirrectors and screenwriters are, and most importantly the ability to translate written text into a visual representation in such sophisticated way, just makes me envy them for their intellectual.

@lecobra418

Жыл бұрын

Dude, Mike Enslin makes a direct reference to the circles of hell in the scene where the room is freezing cold. The average viewers even dared to deem the director as a vulgar Yes Man, it's hilarious how stupid, and, yet, full of themselves the average folk are.

I've never even seen this movie but this is brilliant, I'm sold. Physiological horror is my favourite genre

@combatsportsaddict2334

5 жыл бұрын

same

@04dram04

5 жыл бұрын

have a morbid obsession with it too. But I must say, it doesn't feel healthy

@loricrockett-owens5117

5 жыл бұрын

Very good movie

i can tell a man's quality by his appreciation of the film room 1408. literally instasubbed lol

@gooberstein4166

5 жыл бұрын

Boy10Dio i loved this movie, especially when we thought he escaped, but didnt and the mailroom started to get destroyed, but this video essay makes me appreciate it way more

@DaGraphittiX

5 жыл бұрын

Boy10Dio I loved it

@itsjenn.4660

5 жыл бұрын

Me too! Subbed before I started watching lol

@robertvarcoe651

5 жыл бұрын

the mini story 1408 by king was good

Great job putting all of that together in a cohesive visual analysis. Nice touch on the ending song also- "We've Only Just Begun." IDK why but somehow that really wrapped it up perfectly.

This is, to this day, one of the best videos on youtube. ever. the production not only is amazing, its very smart, the writing its clever, clear, the ideas are understandable and even the sound aspect its so well done. what an amazing essay. people should use this video as inspiration into how to make a high quality essay.

Your video editing and writing is superb. Bravo. 30 minutes flew over me in an instant

You know, when I first saw this movie, I thought it was silly. Kind of a bummer. Now that I'm older, and wiser, and now that I've seen your video, good lord...this is a good movie. This is a horror movie that tells a story, leaves it open, keeps it SIMPLE while having so much depth. The main character, is also NOT AN IDIOT. And the biggest part that makes it wonderful? It's a mental horror, not a fear horror. This is a horror that you watch, and try to understand. When you understand it, it's not "scary" it's "intelligent." Thank you so much, I love this and I think I'll give 1408 another watch!

This explanation of 1408 was fantastic. I watched this movie a dozen times and Dante's Inferno never crossed my mind. Such an awesome way of putting things in a different perspective for all of us. Great work!

This is why I love this movie. It's always more deep than simply "spooky ghosts do spooky things to screw with main character." The novella isn't as blatant of these details in some parts are kinda there if you look really closer into it and squint a little. While I don't agree that Mike died before entering 1408, it does explain certain details. Who sent him the postcard enticing him to the room could have been his evil alter ego enticing him lower, and why when he's walking to 1408, he seems to loop around and come back to the elevators, with the door opening as he arrives. Olin, as Mike's Virgil couldn't talk him out of staying in the hotel, so the hallway twisted on itself to bring Mike to where he started. To offer him one last way out to avoid stepping into his own private Hell, one he had to decide on taking without someone to try and convince him. The last life line offered. Which Mike didn't take, his ego and own sin too strong and the idea of 1408 being another definitive nail against the existence of God took him into the room. Also explains Olin's last words in the film "Well done Mr. Enslin. Well done." He was happy that Mike had achieved salvation, his sin being purged from his spirit without stumbling and being claimed to join the rooms many other spirits who are trapped in Hell.

@339gabriel

8 ай бұрын

The look of Horror on the apparitions faces as they commit suicide is bone chilling tbh

Very good analysis... One other aspect of importance I'd like to point out. Later on as the film goes on and all this happening to him. Once again he opens the Bible hoping to seek relief, only to find the pages totally empty. This illustrates how he is separated from God. Overall this is a pretty effective scary flick with a lot of unexpected twists and turns. One of the many standout scenes of this movie is when he observes two people (from long ago) who jump out of the window. First a man and then a woman (presumably the wife noted by her crying in grief because her husband jumped out first). Using "We've Only Just Begun" by the Carpenters was effective in that the song is supposed to be about a new beginning in a relationship. Instead, the song portends a new beginning of torment. Also notice how the song goes off key and slows down later in the movie which adds to the overall effect and reinforces the scene. Although it did good in the theaters and can be judged a success, it should have been a blockbuster. But sometimes the spookiest of movies are underrated and fly under the radar generally become cult classics like "Carnival of Souls", ""Phantasm" and the original 1968 "Night of The Living Dead". This one deserves to be in that category as 'cult classic' despite being released in 2007.

@tituslafrombois1164

5 жыл бұрын

Can't forget how everyone hated The Shining when it was released lol. This film definitely blew me away. I'd seen it for years at DVD stores and avoided it because the cover made it look like mediocre shlock, but then when I finally watched it simply because I found out John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson were in it, it amazed me! I think that definitely fits the criteria for cult classic.

@MidlifeCrisisJoe

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I remember watching the film when it released theatrically, having recently read the short story collection it was originally published in. It was the only story in that collection that was genuinely unnerving, and when I saw the film I thought it was easily the best or second best adaptation of a work by King I had ever seen (it competes with The Mist for that title in my eyes). A real under-appreciated film that was better produced than I thought possible. And frankly, one of John Cusack's best performances, since the entire film rests on buying his emotional state. But even then, on opening weekend, it was not drawing that much of a crowd. Shame really.

@Last_Green_Man

5 жыл бұрын

So glad you included Phantasm in your list. That one is incredible. The 71 Cuda itself deserves an in-depth analysis.

10:20 "So, if you've made your peace. Then the devils are really angels, freeing you from the earth. It's just a matter of how you look at it, that's all. Understand?" - Louie, from "Jacob's Ladder"

@johnturtle6649

4 жыл бұрын

I heard they're remaking that movie. It can't possibly turn out as well as the original.

@thothheartmaat2833

4 жыл бұрын

What a goofy mind fuck of a quote.. what is good and what is evil? The devil's are angels and murder and death are good? Really?

@aaronpeters6209

4 жыл бұрын

@@johnturtle6649 It's not a remake necessarily, pretty sure its a couple of people going through a similiar experience. I still agree with your doubts.

@aaronpeters6209

4 жыл бұрын

@@thothheartmaat2833 I basically have a sneaking suspicion that people can interpret angels to be demons. Because they are expressing a tarnished version of themselves. One's angels are trying to the destroy this attachment/memory that keeps one from being an inauthentic version of him/herself. That's why I link that quote to that particular scene, hammer weilding woman could be interpreted as an angel. She goes after the shadow version of Cusack. He turns to find that she not there, she doesnt want all of him. Just the part that is not a pure expression of himself.

@johnturtle6649

4 жыл бұрын

@@thothheartmaat2833 Dont mock what you dont understand

Why after three years youtube is pulling up this video right now on my suggestions? I had no idea there was out there such a deep analysis of this masterpiece. 10 kudos for you sir, the best analysis of a movie I've seen so far. By the way the version I saw was the director's cut, the end is completely different than this one. I highly recommend this version for those who haven't seen it yet.

This was a brilliant analysis on my all-time favorite horror movie. I knew it had references to The Divine Comedy, but did not realize just how closely connected those two stories really were! That movie was truly terrifying, and even today I still have to "prep" myself before watching it...; god, even THINKING about it scares the pants off me! A freaking masterpiece, IMHO... And, I should mention that I'll NEVER be able to listen to that particular Carpenters song ever again without chills running down my spine (that bloody filtering effect was brill :-}

To this day, the final scene of this version is one of the most spine-chilling moments I can remember in cinema.

That was incredible, you seriously made me do a complete 180 on 1408. Seriously, you took a so so average film and made it one of my favorite horror/thriller films of all time. Kudos👍

@synystersilence60

4 жыл бұрын

I am so glad you did not say 360. You will not believe how many people I've seen say, 360.

This was by far one of the best explanation of a movie i have ever seen. Phenomenal and quality content. Your pacing is awesome. Subscribed.

This has got to be the most intelligent and well thought out analysis of this film I've ever seen. I never would have thought to parallel this film with Dante's Inferno. The way you explained it made so much sense.

@ArinJager1

Жыл бұрын

you mean this reaching, bias, projecting,... etc.? nah, far from it

"And turn to ash." "Mr. Enslin, I don't feel so good."

@zoltanivanyos2896

5 жыл бұрын

epic.

In multiple aspects, one could also compare *Silent Hill 2's* themes of acknowledgement of/penance for sin + James Sunderland's journey to Dante's travels through Hell, although the levels would likely be more difficult to define & personify.

@alexanderstrickland9036

5 жыл бұрын

Keith absolutely. Or even silent hill: the room on a introspective level as opposed to actual sinfulness. The themes and stories are so fucking good

This is by far them most comprehensive tear down of a film that I have seen in along time. Well done my friend, well done! Makes me see this film from a completely different perspective!

Not gonna lie man, at first I was thinking you were over reaching on a great movie, but as you continued and gave each reason for every layer I left with a newfound respect for one of my favorite movies of all time and will honestly never be able to see it the same way again. Thank you for educating me.

'We've Only Just Begun' - The Carpenters ...... Jesus Christ - a Carpenter

@Williamwestp24

6 жыл бұрын

Trying to correlate things there (as according to the movie).

@AngryRamboShow

5 жыл бұрын

Thor also liked working with a hammer. Jesus died being nailed to a cross. I'm seeing a correlation there.

@wowza935

5 жыл бұрын

Carpet makes up 60% of the word carpenter. I have carpet in my room. I walk on it. I'm Jesus.

@googleuser9383

5 жыл бұрын

While this video provides a great analysis it really doesn't paint god in a good light. So, god tortures this man's soul with unneccessary strain. According to the principles of conditioning, in other words how your "god" supposedly has created us, it is absolutely rational to refuse the concept of a benevolent higher being. Where's the "Mercy" in this so called "mercyful" god? God seems so much worse than jigsaw. That guy at least kills you only once. Ps. You know what's even worse? There is no limbo in the new testament (jesus himself declared that). No purgatory. Only ETERNAL hell. ETERNAL punishment for a FINITE "crime" in the eyes of a sick tyrant. PPs. Would you pray to kim jong un if he'd threaten you with eternal death, assuming this is the only life there is?

@alexanderstrickland9036

5 жыл бұрын

Kenji Wright to be fair 1408 and other fictional writings with similar heaven/hell-God/devil themes kind of put the protagonist through a trial or Crucible(see what I did there? Lol). It's kind of like the saying, "god only helps those who help themselves". In 1408 god isn't the antagonist, a devil/djin/demonic force is. The typical application of god in modern works (like 1408 and shamalamadingdong's 'Devil', Constantine, the book of Eli, the da Vinci code, etc.) is such that he works with subtle nudges as opposed to just outright banishing a demon or saving the hero. And they are 'tests and trials'. If Eli failed to deliver the last Bible then that would be it, he would have failed his trial. God in cinema allows us to be self determanitory(except legion where he takes wishy washy sides). That can kinda sorta ify maybe attributed to how badly god messed up when he flooded the world and decided he would never do that again(possibly even interfere directly at all).

"The depths horror can reach." I see what you did there.

I just want to point out that there is a difference between "it's untrue until it's proven true" and "you shouldn't believe it until it's proven true." One assumes that something is wrong, the other does not assume anything at all.

Dante’s Inferno is very opinionated. Everyone Dante didn’t like is portrayed as being in Hell. He also gets to self-insert himself into a story where he gets to hang out with his favorite author.

@ArinJager1

Жыл бұрын

so is this video... it's biased, very biased

What you essentially created in this video was a sermon, and a deep, moving, and effective one at that. A sermon that I needed to hear. Thank you.

@airatrev6557

5 жыл бұрын

I can wholeheartedly agree with that.

@kevinkellyswellies

5 жыл бұрын

amen

@djentile7773

5 жыл бұрын

Right on!

@04dram04

5 жыл бұрын

study Buddhism and Hinduism. They are philosophies that go deeper into this.

@matthewkearney9044

5 жыл бұрын

Good luck with your silly religion.

This is, by far, the best video I've seen on youtube with less that 100,000 views.

God : "You never believed in me, so I'm going to traumatically prove to you that I am real" Mike : "Bro, all I needed was proof without the trauma"

@valorrepublic8059

3 жыл бұрын

Bruh you literally just sat through a 30 minute explanation yet somehow missed the whole point.God didn't do anything. Mike did everything to himself.

@memyself898

3 жыл бұрын

@@valorrepublic8059 so god didn't make the rules of the game then? Is he not omnipotent?

@RR-xz6bv

3 жыл бұрын

me myself it’s not rules, it’s laws. Like the law of gravity, he doesn’t do anything. If you jump, you get pulled down. If you sin, you get pulled down.

@memyself898

3 жыл бұрын

@@RR-xz6bv who created these rule...er...I mean laws? Was it not god? If not, is he not omnipotent?

@dontask6863

3 жыл бұрын

I chuckle at how you all that question god, don’t get what omnipresent entails. Have you not heard of the rebellion of the most perfect angel? Lucifer? Have you not understood what FREEWILL means? Have you not understood that the devil is allowed only to work his confusion because God wants YOU to choose what’s right on your OWN accord. God loves its creation it will even allow us to have a choice to deny them. And if we do deny, then the devil has the reign over your reality. The devil is the one creating pain trying to pull you with doubt into the cold. You know what the right choice is. Goodness. Yet many still seem to not get the duality of this plain. It’s a choice. A test of your faith. What you wish most you will become.

What a great find on KZread. This is absolutely intelligent, clear and made me see this movie (which I’ve seen many, many times and read the SS by King) in a completely different way. Mind blown! Well done. I can’t wait to check out more of your content.

Only movie I've seen by myself at the Theater, there was maybe 20-25 other people there so there were alot of open seats, I took the back row which was completely empty. The movie was amazing, it pulled me in with that beginning and him meeting Samuel Jackson and his description and feeling of the room, the scribbled writing "My Brother was Eaten Alive by Wolves on the Connecticut Turnpike" freaked me out for some reason and has always stuck with me, what was the story behind this, why did it strike such a creepy unsettling cord with me, being its a 2-3 second scene that goes by real quick.. So the movie was disturbing and scary as all hell, being in that pitch black theater all by myself didn't help, a few times the movie caught me off guard and I turned to look at someone else's reaction, quickly remembering I was by myself, so I had to sit there with goose bumps running down my spine, no one made a sound the entire time.. towards the end it seems like the movie has wrapped up, and it looks like it was a " Near Death Experience " to make him want to live again after losing his kid. I was like, oh wow this is crazy, I'm cool with this trippy ending, he wrote a book, was patching things up with his wife etc, I was like, oh I bet they'll be a cliff hanger right at the end! At that point the movie took the hardest left turn I had ever seen, thrusting us the audience back into that hellish room, with the alarming going off.. I almost felt like I was losing my mind at that point, I was so positive the movie was wrapping up, now i'm being thrust into the most intense, and horrific moments of the final act of the movie, with another 20-25 minutes still left.. leaving the theater I almost felt drained by the experience.. love that movie.

@hussainrt3242

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly what i felt when i watched it, it kept pulling me back i felt i was personally in the room

@fienyx7333

4 жыл бұрын

Its strange you noticed that quote on the documents. It was the same for me. That phrase has stuck with me for years. I cannot explain why I feel such a weird connection to it. I've even looked into the phrase and I havnt found anything on it yet.

@alybd3470

3 жыл бұрын

@@fienyx7333 same here! That quote always stuck with me and I never understood why. Maybe because I love my brother and the thought of that breaks my heart ):

1408 is one of my favorite Horror movies. I watched it so many times.

@almasakic1148

4 жыл бұрын

i just saw it for the 5th time with my mum (her first time). Even she liked it and she's sooo nagging and picky. I'll watch it many more times.

This is an amazing film analysis! 1408 is one of those movies I saw randomly when I was probably too young to actually watch it. And its images are stuck in my head even though I only saw it once.

This movie has been somewhat of an obsession of mine. Your interpretation of it, combined with the extensively researched and well spoken commentary makes this video classic. Your uncanny ability to keep this easily understandable, while taking it to intellectual and spiritual levels that I had even missed myself, is absolutely amazing. Not even taking into account the comments and replies that followed... giving even more food for thought. Sparking debates (that overlap yet somehow make sense) using references ranging from Dante's Inferno, Jung's "shadow theory", The Bible itself, quotes in this movie not brought up as well as other movies (i.e. Jacob's Ladder) and much, much more... WOW! That about sums it up! Incredible. I'm not easily encouraged to hit a "Subsribe" button on someone's page, however, in this case you've outdone yourself to the point where "subscribe" isn't even enough. I will be posting a link to this on other social media, as well as spreading the word about this video. No pressure, but I hope to see more like this in the future. Even though this comment is long I still can't find the words to accurately explain how this entire video as well as what followed made me feel. Great job! Now only if there were more movies out there like 1408 to review!. It's truly in a class of it's own. However if you have any recommendations on other films with this type of "extremely deep, mind- blowing, chill you to the core" feel to them, please feel free to let me know. Thanks again -Rich