Rate the last movie you watched.

[Belmit]

1408

As a Stephen King adaptation I was worried that this would stink, as they don't often translate well to screen. Thankfully they did a really good job on it.

It really is a hark back to early horror/thriller, with an awesome dynamic in the few scenes where John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson get to throw dialogue back and forth. This film could have been made fifty years ago (minus the special effects) and would stand up today, although no doubt Hollywood would have remade it already. /cynic

Although I wish the ending could have been better portrayed, there were a couple of neat turns along the way and some genuinely unsettling moments. There were still a couple of make-you-jump moments but they weren't cheap, and they used them in the right ways unlike many modern horrors that use them as a safety net.

Cusack is perfect for the main role, and I can't imagine any modern actors in his place as the perpetual sceptic; it's the kind of role that Jimmy Stewart would have excelled at.

A good gauge of whether I like certain films is if I'd watch them again just to see other people's reactions. This is one of those.

9/10