He appears in the short story 1408 and its film adaptation, where he is portrayed by john cusack 1408. He has no reason to fear room 1408 any more than any other room hes been to. Based on the short stephen king horror story of the same name, 1408 is about supernatural writer mike enslin, an author of two successful books on supernatural phenomena. In 2002, 1408 was collected in written form as the 12th story in kings collection everythings eventual. Enslin reconciles with his estranged wife, writes a book about his perceived experiences in room 1408, and months of his life seem to pass by.
Mikes wife then suggest he write about the experience. We then see mike writing about the experience of 1408 on his computer and how it was a hellish dream he built in his mind. In the first scene he arrives at an inn with claims and nothing occurs. They simply try to play with your mind and inner mindpsychology. However, he does carry a cigarette around everywhere he goes by placing it above his ear, just in case a nuclear bomb should be dropped, so he could. Mike enslin first received the card that urged hi m not to visit the dolphin hotel and room 1408 in specific.
Jul, 2015 mike enslin is the managing director at psaros. As research for his latest book, enslin is determined to check out the notorious room 1408 in a new york city hotel by personally staying as a guest in the fabled room. Mikael hafstrom hollywood success the success author mike enslin, specialize in the supernatural, decides to investigate the myth about a condemned hotel room in new york. The story is based on a short story written by steven king and directed by mikael hafstrom. Claustrophobic hotel rooms and intermedial horror in 1408.
Despite the hotel managers warnings mike insists to spend one day in room 1408, where a series of gruesome deaths occurred. This puppy is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay andor viewings of the movie to get the dialogue. A novel writer named mike enslin visits the dolphin hotel in search of the cursed room 1408, where over 50 people have already died. Stephen king brought the character of mike enslin into the book and made him. In the movie 1408 with john cusack did he end up dying answers. Jun 22, 2007 even so, mike enslin seems content in being miserable and bitter. The laws said that room 1408 in the hotel dolphin was his if he wanted it, and as long as no one else had it first. Released in 2007, 1408 tells the tale of mike enslin, a jaded writer who tours the country looking for haunted places in order to make a living, recieves a mysterious postcard telling him not to enter room 1408 at the dolphin hotel in new york city.
Olin gives enslin the room key most hotels have switched to magnetics. The movie also adds some grisly details to up the scare factor, like the sewing machine salesman who tried to sew himself together again after staying in the room. A monster jumping out and trying to eat people can certainly be scary and. Unfortunately for writer mike enslin john cusack, room 1408 in the dolphin hotel punches his number with a vengeance.
Since his daughter katies jasmine jessica anthony death and split from his wife lily mary mccormack he has become rather embittered and disenchanted with the world. Yet the writer in him refuses to pass up the opportunity to stay in 1408, despite common sense. Cusack plays horror writer mike enslin, who specializes in. So youve got this guy, paranormal travel writer mike enslin john cusack, who really doesnt believe in ghosts, but wouldnt mind seeing one.
Enslin a book documenting the 56 deaths that occurred in room 1408 over the. Mike enslin is divorced, his daughter died some time ago and he travels around the country alone to debunk paranormal occurrences. In this ending writer mike enslin has died setting fire to room 1408. Intrigued, he travels the country, and demands the hotels manager mr. Olin thinks that this will make mikes stay in 1408 that much worse. In the introduction to the story, king says that 1408 is his version of what he calls the ghostly room at the inn, his term for the theme of haunted hotel or.
It is directed by mikael hafstrom and stars john cusack, samuel l. It is the third tale in the audiobook collection blood and. In the dark tower 7, the last book of the series, susannah has a dream in which the number 19 itself verbally tells her that all her friends are dead. Mike enslin is the primary character in the stephen king short story 1408, which appeared in the blood and smoke audio book. Apr 06, 2019 the only wrong thing about room 1408 in the movie 1408 is your mind. In 1408, mike enslin, best selling author of true ghost stories, decides to spend the night in new york citys most haunted hotel room. All the multiple endings of 1408 see john cusacks mike enslin. Jackson, based on a stephen king short story by the same name cusack plays horror writer mike enslin, who specializes in investigating supposedly haunted houses and other sites of supernatural activity, which he has documented previously in books like ten haunted. The film follows mike enslin, an author who investigates allegedly haunted houses and rents the titular room 1408 at a new york city hotel. We have magnetic cards also, but electronics dont seem to work in 1408. The choice is yours either you be victim or fight and make the opponent victim. The paranormal the real 1408 story the hotel del coronado. It is for his current project that mike heads to new york city and into the dolphin hotel. It starts good, but around the middle of the film we understand that its all in the protagonist mike enslins good acting by john cusack imagination.
The main character in the movie is mike enslin, played by john cusack imdb. Jackson also did a great job as the smooth talking manager who knows the truth about room 1408 and decides to let john cusack do what he has to do. Mike travels to various hotels and inns with claims of the paranormal. If an author does not believe in the material and content he or she sets forth, is it quality work. Once a smoker, enslin quit after his brother died of lung cancer. What happened to mike enslin at the end of 1408 answers. The book is usually better than the movie and rarely does the movie seem to better. Olin, the hotel manager, begs mike enslin not to stay in room 1408, and says that after reading mike s books about spending nights in supposedly haunted houses and castles, he gets the impression that mike has absolutely no belief in the supernatural. The cynical and skeptical writer mike enslin writes books evaluating. In 2002, it was reprinted in written form as the twelfth story in the compilation everythings eventual. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. You still dont think i can talk you out of this idea of yours, do you. Mike cant help but feel like hes slumming, writing these cheerful, exploitive trueghost books. Being a suspense and thriller it is a great choice for adults and mature audiences.
The theatrical version ends with enslin moving back in with his wife, who finds his fire. It starts good, but around the middle of the film we understand that it. Jackson, based on a stephen king short story by the same name cusack plays horror writer mike enslin, who specializes in investigating supposedly haunted houses and other sites of supernatural activity, which he has documented previously in books like ten haunted graveyards and ten haunted mansions. In the short story 1408, mike enslin hears a similar message through the phone. Renowned horror novelist mike enslin cusack only believes what he can see with his own two eyes. His goal is to spend an entire night in room 1408, but when requesting these accomodations, the hotels manager gerald olin samuel l. In an attempt to debunk supernatural phenomena and cash in on a lucrative book series deal, author mike enslin plans to spend the night in a haunted room of the dolphin hotel in mikael hafstroms the rite adaptation of stephen kings 1408, a short story borrowed from his collection. But after a string of bestsellers discrediting paranormal events in the most infamous haunted houses. He gets to a bookstore for a book signing where only 4 people show up.
Even so, mike enslin seems content in being miserable and bitter. Horrortourism writer mike enslin john cusack checks into a verrry haunted new york city hotel room where 56 people have died and nobody lasts more than an hour. Mike enslin john cusack is a washout author of true supernatural events. Olin thinks that this will make mike s stay in 1408 that much worse. But he must live to write about it without the help of his ex bestfriends, his trusty smokes. At his burial, his wife is approached by the hotel manager, offering his personal belongings. Michael mike enslin is a cynical, skeptical author who is estranged from his wife lily after the death of their daughter katie. The film was released in the united states on june 22, 2007, although july which in 2007 fell on a friday is. It is the third tale in the audiobook collection blood and smoke, released in 1999. Will room 1408 make for an excellent final chapter in sceptic mikes new novel. In researching for his latest book, enslin is intrigued by the. And next to the humidor were mike enslins last three books. Renowned horror novelist mike enslin believes only in what he can see with his own two eyes. Mike s wife then suggest he write about the experience.
Apr, 2020 at one point during 1408, mike enslin appears to have escaped the room, with the experience being written off as a possible vivid nightmare. When he decides to spend a night in new york citys most infamous haunted hotel room, he must survive the ordeal without the help of his trusty smokes. After much hassle and waring from the hotel manager, mike finally makes it into the room. Jackson, mary mccormack, tony shalhoub, len cariou, isiah whitlock, jr. In researching for his latest book, enslin is intrigued by the infamous room 1408 in a new york city hotel.
And in 1408, listeners are introduced to mike enslin, a famous author of true ghost stories. After a string of bestsellers discrediting paranormal events in the most infamous haunted houses and graveyards around the world, he scoffs at the concept of an afterlife. Finally, the 1408 script is here for all you fans of the stephen king movie featuring john cusack and sam jackson. The audience is set to unde rstand long before the second spatiotemporal collapse. Mike enslin, a writer of books about time spent at supposedly haunted locations, is insistent, however, on staying in room 1408.
However, he does carry a cigarette around everywhere he goes by placing it above. What was actually wrong with room 1408 in the movie. However, he does carry a cigarette around everywhere he goes by placing it above his ear, just in case a nuclear bomb should be. Mike enslin makes a living as an author, who specializes in the paranormal phenomenon. Mike enslin is a writer of nonfiction works based on the theme of haunted. Mike enslin is the author of the successful ten nights in ten haunted. Jackson, based on a stephen king short story by the same name. Mike qualified as a chartered accountant with kpmg, south africa in 1995. He appears in the short story 1408 and its film adaptation, where he is portrayed by john cusack. It starts good, but around the middle of the film we understand that its all in the protagonist mike enslin s good acting by john cusack imagination.
The real events that inspired stephen king to pen this masterpiece of horror, occurred within the hotel del coronado. Mike enslin, a writer of books about time spent at supposedly haunted locations. Stephen kings 1408 technically on the thirteenth floor of a hotel designed by the superstitious, room 1408 has long been kept empty for the safety of guests at the hotel. The only wrong thing about room 1408 in the movie 1408 is your mind. The film was released in the united states on june 22, 2007, although july which. So i figured that what we had seen in the end was actually the wifes ordeal in 1408. However, room 1408 is seen to be basically allpowerful. But what i initially thought was since this room was so malevolent and capable of illusions to the extent that it had mike enslin believe he was back in california, it did the same to his wife who theoretically did make it to room 1408. But the film did do a good job at keeping mike enslin true to the way hes written in the short story. Inside room 1408, mike examines the room, and experiences unexplainable things. The director of the film 1408 is director michael hafstrem. Enslin s phantomfree run of long and lonely nights is about to change forever when he checks into suite 1408 of the.
At one point during 1408, mike enslin appears to have escaped the room, with the experience being written off as a possible vivid nightmare. After receiving a postcard saying do not stay in 1408, mike becomes intrigued. In 2007, dimension films adapted the story into the film 1408 where the role of mike enslin was played by actor john cusack. Enslins phantomfree run of long and lonely nights is about to change forever when he checks into. So that while the movie 1408 follows horror writer mike enslins discovery of, and subsequent terrifying stay, within the dolphin hotels room 1408. John cusack plays mike enslin, an author specializing in demystifying haunted. A horror films powerful and discontinued ending medium. But after a string of bestsellers discrediting paranormal.
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