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A few nights ago I saw 1408 with a couple of friends. If you don't know, it's about a writer that stays in an infamously haunted room (or "...just an evil f-ing room").

My wife is currently staying a 6 week stint in a hotel out by the airport, so every so often I come out to visit her for a night. I was surprised that last night I found myself having a little trouble sleeping.



The movie does a great job of being creepy, without gore and typical "Boo" moments. Apparently it creeped me out enough to keep me up. I can't really lay my finger on exactly what bothered me. Maybe it's that my wife's room is similar to room 1408 in that it has a living room that's separate from the bedroom (a layout similar to 1408's). At least it doesn't have the spooky paintings, although there is one of a boat on water, not disturbing by itself, but can be with a little imagination.
Maybe it was just that it simply was a good movie, some of the creepy things are just related to staying in a hotel room. John Cusack even states at one point that hotels are just naturally eerie.


Or maybe I'm just a wuss...