You can’t go anywhere these days without bumping into a Stephen King adaptation, as the prolific author’s work is constantly mined for new movies and TV shows, a trend that’s been going on for over 40 years at this point. The results have been about as inconsistent as you’d expect, bringing us classics like The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile along with disasters such as The Dark Tower and Dreamcatcher, but 1408 remains one of the most severely underrated.

The psychological thriller is a good old-fashioned two hander starring John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson, with the plot following an author who specializes in debunking the supernatural. After checking into a hotel and failing to heed the warnings of the manager, a stay in a supposedly haunted room leads to a series of bizarre and unexplainable events.

Both Cusack and Jackson deliver solid performances, and 1408 scored generally...