1408: The Philosophical Depths That Horror Can Reach

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  @JohnnyMocny · 8 years ago · pinned

  What an awesome, epic spectacle of a video essay. I've always liked this movie but never had the amount of appreciation for its layers that I do now after seeing this. Keep up the great work, guys!

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• GO

  @GoreyBits · 5 years ago

  1408 still holds up. So intense and psychologically terrifying.

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• RO

  @rooski1191 · 8 years ago

  It's also interesting to note that room 1408 means the 8th room on floor 14. However, most tall buildings don't have 13th floor because it is considered unlucky. Usually jumping from floor 12 to 14. This means room 1408 is on the wrongly labeled 13th floor. Making it room 1308, which is the year the Divine Comedy began being written.

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• SP

  @Spirosbotos · 5 years ago

  1408 was attacked by critics and called mediocre when it released, but that's total bullshit, this is a classic and one of John's best performances!

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• PO

  @PotawatomiThunderNew · 6 years ago

  Does anyone else think John Cusack gave an awesome performance in this film? I thought he did great. Especially in parts where sudden realization sets in for him and how he reacts to them. It’s like you can actually see his mind taking a brief moment to register what just happened. Like when he suddenly believes he’s being spied on by a camera in the ceiling vent. Or when he’s crawling through the vent looking down into the other room, and she looks up at him, then he yells “Jesus Christ!” And recoils. And obviously one of the most important ones, when he has the whole “I was out!” scene.

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• ST

  @stark1987 · 7 years ago

  "as you are, i was, as i am, you will be",  terrifying reality

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• BL

  @blblbl115 · 2 years ago (edited)

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNllADlGIe8&amp;t=632">10:32</a><br>God, that clock count-down ambient sound always creeps me the F out.

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• NO

  @nothinmulch · 7 years ago

  Samuel Jackson: 52 people have died in this room. <br>Main Character: yeah nothing suspicious about that.

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• MA

  @MattyMonsters · 8 years ago

  Is it me or is this video extremely well written? The research done on this movie is mind boggling. It&apos;s great. I was absorbed for 30 minutes.

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• NI

  @nikcastle-Scribe-of-the-ROE · 6 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNllADlGIe8&amp;t=467">7:47</a> &quot;As you are, I was. As I am, you will be.&quot; - best scene ever.

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• RA

  @RangerProV1 · 7 years ago

  That awful parking job that Mike pulls <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNllADlGIe8&amp;t=560">9:20</a> at the post office is why he gets it in the end.

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• GR

  @gratefuldoge8598 · 7 years ago

  This is the movie I reference when someone asks what a &quot;bad trip&quot; feels like in your mind.

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