(SeaPRwire) – Ada keakraban yang menyenangkan apabila mendaftar masuk hotel — susunan yang sentiasa tidak berubah, bantal lembut, kemudahan perkhidmatan bilik. Pada masa yang sama, menetap di tempat tinggal baru yang aneh boleh menggangu mereka yang lebih imaginatif. Berapa ramai orang yang telah tidur di katil ini sebelum ini? Adakah mana-mana cermin itu dua hala? Adakah anda telah memeriksa setiap celah kecil untuk kamera tersembunyi?
Dua menyentuh aspek yang lebih membingungkan daripada tinggal hotel yang lama. Jack Torrance mengambil alih sebagai penjaga musim sejuk di Hotel Overlook yang terpencil dalam The Shining, hanya untuk jatuh ke dalam kegilaan dalam retelling sejuk novel King yang telah mengukuhkan dirinya . Dengan auteur seperti Stanley Kubrick di belakangnya, melepaskan ketidakselesaan daripada susunan labirin Overlook dan hantu yang buruk, dan selepas hayat budaya penonton out of its ambiguity, it’s easy to see why King’s other haunted hotel adaptation has been overshadowed.
With a now out, though, there’s no better time to check into 1408. Based on King’s 1999 short story, the 2007 film follows supernatural skeptic Mike Enslin (John Cusack), who books the title room at New York’s Dolphin Hotel. No one lasts longer than an hour inside, he’s told, and 56 guests have perished there over the years. He’s unfazed by its macabre reputation, but over one unending hour, Mike experiences the malevolence firsthand.
Bagaimana 1408 Diterima Semasa Dikeluarkan?
The psychological horror grossed a tidy $132 million against a $25 million budget, good for a second-place opening at the US box office. Calling it the year’s — high praise, given that 2007 also gave us Paranormal Activity, The Orphanage, and REC — critic James Berardinelli named it “among the best King-inspired motion pictures to-date.” It was also warmly received by Mick LaSalle, who called it “a more than most horror films” and “one of the good Stephen King adaptations.”
Inevitable (and unfavourable) comparisons to The Shining, however, spawned less enthusiastic takes. Admitting he was “”, Wesley Morris said it lacked “the lunging horror and dramatic architecture to be remotely comparable.” Rob Salem got right to the point: “1408 is . Not even the TV-movie version.” Still, most reviews were positive, even if the movie isn’t as well-remembered as other King adaptations.
Mengapa 1408 Penting Dilihat Sekarang?
It’s easy to see why 1408 might immediately call to mind Kubrick’s masterwork — aside from the setting, both center prickly fathers with fraying family units who seek out a stay at a haunted hotel and are forewarned by managers citing an on-site history of violent murders. Both persist anyway, anticipating the experience to be conducive to their writing careers. Both are oblivious to the horrors awaiting them.
Much like the impossible to map Overlook, room 1408’s layout shapeshifts, expands, and loops in on itself, adding to the sense of disorientation. Rather than induce claustrophobia, the space instead seems boundless, and the initially sarcastic and unimpressed Mike now appears small, alone, and helpless. A roving camera reflects his POV as his eyes dart around nervously. Painful memories intrude, blurring the line between present reality and past regrets. 1408 builds up its unsettling atmosphere gradually, with dread and confusion heightened through its sound design — the whistling wind is a constant presence, Mike suffers a sudden onset of tinnitus, and he eventually experiences auditory hallucinations.
The room is even calculated in its menace, turning on the sprinklers and shorting out the author’s laptop as he attempts to summon help. Unlike Jack’s rapid mental unravelling in The Shining — which King complained robbed audiences of “” — watching the rational Mike break and finally acknowledge the existence of a supernatural evil is what makes 1408 so harrowing.
The film is also terribly sad. Mike is revealed to be a talented writer who’s taken to churning out hack work after a shattering personal tragedy, and it becomes clear that he spends so much time seeking out ghosts so he doesn’t have to examine his own.
While the room tries to goad Mike into taking his own life, it also doubles as a portal into what his life could be like if he makes amends. In showing him all his lowest points, it makes him see how he could’ve acted differently. Four endings were shot for 1408, but the theatrical version got the “happy” conclusion, supplying a welcome catharsis absent from The Shining’s enduring, inescapable horror.
Apakah Ciri Baharu yang Dimiliki oleh Blu-ray 1408?
includes the theatrical and director’s cuts, each on its own 4K UHD disc, and a Blu-ray containing both versions. Other features include:
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- Satu featurette bernama Don’t Enter 1408
- Komen audio oleh pengarah Mikael Håfström dan penulis Scott Alexander dan Larry Karaszewski
- Tiga akhir alternatif filem itu
- Scene yang dipadam dengan komen audio pilihan
- The Secrets of 1408: Satu featurette di sebalik tabir
- Satu temu bual dengan John Cusack
- Inside Room 1408: Satu featurette pembuatan filem yang fokus pada bilik dan kesan khas
- Treler teater asal untuk 1408