1408

394 00:22:59,795 --> 00:23:02,593 Because I know that ghoulies and ghosties 395 00:23:02,631 --> 00:23:04,929 and long-legged beasties don't exist. 396 00:23:06,068 --> 00:23:07,558 Even if they did, 397 00:23:07,603 --> 00:23:10,197 there's no God to protect us from them, is there? 398 00:23:11,941 --> 00:23:13,932 So I can't talk you out of this? 399 00:23:13,976 --> 00:23:16,536 I think we've reached an understanding. 400 00:23:16,579 --> 00:23:19,013 Very well. 401 00:23:19,048 --> 00:23:21,608 Come with me. 402 00:23:33,462 --> 00:23:35,896 Most hotels have switched to magnetics. 403 00:23:35,931 --> 00:23:39,367 An actual key. That's a nice touch... it's antiquey. 404 00:23:39,401 --> 00:23:42,962 We have magnetic cards also, but electronics don't seem to work in 1408. 405 00:23:43,005 --> 00:23:44,870 Hope you don't have a pacemaker. 406 00:23:44,907 --> 00:23:47,876 General manager claims that the phantom in room interferes... 407 00:23:47,910 --> 00:23:50,003 I have never used the word "phantom." 408 00:23:50,045 --> 00:23:52,513 Oh, I'm sorry. Spirit? Specter? 409 00:23:52,548 --> 00:23:54,072 No, you misunderstand. 410 00:23:54,116 --> 00:23:56,380 Whatever's in 1408 is nothing like that. 411 00:23:56,418 --> 00:23:59,216 Then what is it? 412 00:23:59,255 --> 00:24:01,689 It's an evil fucking room. 413 00:24:03,626 --> 00:24:05,753 Please. 414 00:24:09,498 --> 00:24:13,093 Mr. Odin. 415 00:24:13,135 --> 00:24:15,933 Oh, oui. Tres bien. 416 00:24:21,410 --> 00:24:23,935 Why don't the owners just close the room? 417 00:24:25,614 --> 00:24:28,082 The Yasuko Corporation prefers to pretend there's no problem. 418 00:24:28,117 --> 00:24:31,109 Just as they pretend there's no 13th floor. 419 00:24:32,755 --> 00:24:34,723 The room, it's got to be filthy. 420 00:24:34,757 --> 00:24:36,952 I mean, the sheets haven't been changed in what? 11 years? 421 00:24:36,992 --> 00:24:39,927 No no no, we're very professional. 422 00:24:39,962 --> 00:24:43,398 1408 gets a light turn once a month. 423 00:24:43,432 --> 00:24:45,662 I supervise, the maids work in pairs. 424 00:24:45,701 --> 00:24:48,465 We treat the room as if it's a chamber 425 00:24:48,504 --> 00:24:50,028 filled with poison gas. 426 00:24:50,072 --> 00:24:53,769 We only stay 10 minutes and I insist the door remain open. 427 00:24:53,809 --> 00:24:56,175 But still... 428 00:24:58,480 --> 00:25:01,108 A few years ago, a young maid from El Salvador 429 00:25:01,150 --> 00:25:02,708 found herself locked in the bathroom. 430 00:25:02,751 --> 00:25:03,979 She was only there for a few moments, 431 00:25:04,019 --> 00:25:06,010 but when we pulled her out, she was... 432 00:25:06,055 --> 00:25:08,785 - She was dead. - No, blind. 433 00:25:08,824 --> 00:25:11,019 She had taken a pair of scissors 434 00:25:11,060 --> 00:25:13,028 and gouged her eyes out. 435 00:25:13,062 --> 00:25:15,428 She was laughing hysterically. 436 00:25:15,464 --> 00:25:17,762 - Ouch. - Your floor. 437 00:25:18,934 --> 00:25:20,561 Well, this is where we part company. 438 00:25:20,602 --> 00:25:23,833 This is as close as I get to 1408 439 00:25:23,872 --> 00:25:25,931 unless it's that time of the month. 440 00:25:27,843 --> 00:25:30,573 - See you tomorrow. - Mr. Enslin? 441 00:25:30,612 --> 00:25:32,580 Please... 442 00:25:32,614 --> 00:25:34,582 don't do this. 443 00:25:37,320 --> 00:25:39,288 I'll call you about those Knicks tickets. 444 00:26:28,438 --> 00:26:30,631 Stop it! 445 00:27:08,212 --> 00:27:11,045 Okay. It's okay, sweetie. We're home now. 446 00:27:11,081 --> 00:27:12,373 Here we go. 447 00:28:17,181 --> 00:28:19,308 This is it? 448 00:28:20,317 --> 00:28:22,979 You got to be kidding me. 449 00:28:38,969 --> 00:28:42,268 Round one goes to the hideous Mr. Olin for effective aggressiveness. 450 00:28:42,306 --> 00:28:45,639 I have to admit, he had me going for a moment. 451 00:28:46,910 --> 00:28:49,743 But where is the bone-chilling terror? 452 00:28:49,780 --> 00:28:52,544 Show me the rivers of blood. 453 00:28:58,522 --> 00:29:00,990 It's just a room. 454 00:29:45,903 --> 00:29:49,168 $8 for beer nuts. 455 00:29:49,206 --> 00:29:51,731 This room is evil. 456 00:29:51,775 --> 00:29:54,835 Olin said hotels are about fertile creature comforts. 457 00:29:54,878 --> 00:29:57,176 It's a good line, but I wonder 458 00:29:57,214 --> 00:30:00,012 whether they're really about reassuring platitudes, 459 00:30:00,050 --> 00:30:02,541 a prosaic sense of the familiar. 460 00:30:02,586 --> 00:30:05,953 "Yes, I've been here before. 461 00:30:05,989 --> 00:30:09,117 It's safe." 462 00:30:09,159 --> 00:30:11,650 There's a sofa, 463 00:30:11,695 --> 00:30:15,187 a writing desk, a faux antique armoire, 464 00:30:15,232 --> 00:30:17,359 ...