Said emotional baggage is wholly invented for the movie, and really becomes the heart of 1408, as the primary way that the titular room tortures the paranormal investigator is by haunting him with memories of his young daughter, Katie (Jasmine Jessica Anthony), who died following a battle with a terminal illness. Through scenes including a stay at another supposedly haunted location, a book signing, and a call with his publisher, Sam (Tony Shalhoub), we get an understanding of Mike’s personality and emotional state, and we get a hint at some emotional baggage involving his ex-wife, Lily Enslin (Mary McCormack). In the King version, readers are introduced to Mike Enslin (John Cusack) at the moment he enters the Hotel Dolphin (changed to the Dolphin Hotel in the movie), but the film provides a series of original sequences that help us get to know the character prior to that moment. This is most notably accomplished by expanding the first act and adding more depth and history to the protagonist. (Image credit: Dimension Films) How Mikael Håfström’s 1408 Differs From Stephen King’s Short StoryĪs penned by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski (with Matt Greenberg credited with the original draft of the screenplay), 1408 is what could be called a logical adaptation of a Stephen King short story: just about everything from the source material is included, but it’s all expanded on so that it hits feature length. He ultimately lasts only 70 minutes in the room, discovering that it is not haunted by a conventional spirit, but instead infected by a malevolent entity, and as terror escalates, he has to resort to desperate moves in order to try and survive. Mike Enslin goes to the 14th floor (which is actually the 13th floor) and goes to Room 1408 (which you’ll notice has numbers that add to 13). Enslin finds himself surprisingly stirred by Olin’s stories, but his cynicism proves to be enough of a shield to still see him insist on being allowed to check into the room for the night. Sitting in the manager’s office, the two men discuss the nasty history of Room 1408, which includes multiple reported suicides and dozens of unreported natural deaths – not to mention an incident where a housekeeper was temporarily blinded. Olin is aware that he can’t legally stop Enslin from checking into the room – a point made by the lawyers at the author’s publishing firm – but that doesn’t stop him from trying to convince the would-be guest to change his mind and leave.
However, he is met with extreme resistance immediately from the establishment’s manager, Mr. Constant Readers are introduced to Mike Enslin as he arrives at the Hotel Dolphin in Manhattan with the intention to write about the notorious Room 1408 as a chapter in his new book, Ten Nights in Ten Haunted Hotels.
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