I found it a bit heavy-handed, but still, it was effective. King also drops little details about the aftermath, like how the edges of the tape recorder end up melted. This kept me on edge and established the room’s ominous mind-bending abilities. For instance, the position of the door in the frame is slightly different every time Mike looks at it. In just a few pages, I was taken through a surreal nightmare that powerfully portrays the effects of trauma on the human mind and body.īuilding suspense and tension is one of the most important aspects of a horror story, and 1408 does this masterfully. Released in 1999, 1408 follows Mike Enslin, a paranormal skeptic who travels the United States debunking various hauntings - until he checks into room 1408 at the Dolphin Hotel. But decades later, King wrote another tale about a sinister hotel room: one of my favourite short stories of all time, 1408. When horror fans think of a haunted hotel story by Stephen King, The Shining is usually the first thing that comes to mind.
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