In the movie, however, Mike either dies in the room (director's cut) or escapes to write a book about his experiences (theatrical version).īesides adding the ex-wife, daughter and father, there aren't too many character differences. In the short story, Mike escapes the room but is left with burns, traumas and health problems, including a complete inability to write. There are two alternate endings, neither of which is exactly the same as in the book. The plot about the dead daughter and estranged wife only exists in the movie, just like the father in an institution and the first 'serious' book he wrote. In the movie, Mike's life story is explored in more detail, and it also affects his hallucinations in the room.

We don't find out much about his life either before or after entering the room.

The story in the book is pretty short and relies mainly on atmosphere there isn't a lot of plot there, and the part where Mike stays in the room is quite short. Plot/character differences: The basic idea of 'horror writer who believes in nothing enters haunted hotel room' is the same in both, but the details are very different. The movie was directed by Mikael Håfström and starred John Cusack and Samuel L. The screenplay was written by Matt Greenberg, Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski. Before that, it appeared in an audio book called Blood and Smoke (1999). King decided to expand it into a short story, which was then published in the collection Everything's Eventual (2003) along with 13 other stories. The fire didn’t make any sense to me.The book: Stephen King's 1408 first appeared in his non-fiction book On Writing as an example of how a book develops from first to second draft.

Our him waking back up in 1408 after the final scene where he plays the tape recorder with his daughters voice. Why did he deserve to survive 1408?i would’ve been fine with the ending being him succumbing to the same fate as everyone else who stayed in the room. Cusack’s character was a jerk throughout the whole movie. I also liked the little bits of comedy, like the “Express Checkout”. It gave a feeling of dread throughout the whole movie, as a good Stephen King movie should do, especially when he climbs out of the window trying to get into another room, but there are no more windows. It was one of the best Stephen King adaptations I’ve seen! John Cusack was amazing in his role.

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