1408 (15)

In 1408, John Cusack plays a jaded writer who churns out travel guides to purportedly haunted sites. His next stop is room 1408 of a New York high-rise hotel, a place so terrifying that it's driven 56 guests to suicide.

Adapted from a Stephen King short story, this Hallowe'en yarn nearly qualifies as a horror comedy. The hero and the plot are soon left with nowhere to go, but the early scenes remind us that horror films don't have to be endurance tests. Sometimes they can be fun.