magdi-dawood Well well well,for me this is one of the best philosophical stories I have watched on the screen, besides best performance for John Cusack in his whole history, I saw it as a person who entered the life we know, suffering, struggling, living in agony with few moments of joy and happiness, I changed see even when he think he is safe and OK and finds out he is not, he is still living his true life, every pain you can imagine is in this movie, prisoner, phobias, loss, isolation, death, and weaknesses, I know may be I can not explain what I c as good as u can figure it out when u watch the movie from this perspective, All respect to everyone involved in that movie, I gave it 9 just because the sound tracks could be better It's not an horror movie, it's something else from Stephen kings

Gypsy Dark There are so many bad reviews for this movie. I don't get it. I absolutely despise John Cusack - I mean, I really hate him; he's the reason I never saw it before now even though I adore Stephen King - and I still enjoyed the hell out of it. I see people saying the character wasn't set up and his "behavioral changes" from cynical writer to emotional basket case were not explained... he's being terrorized by a haunted room. What other explanation does there need to be? I'm not sure how some people could not follow this movie, or what they were looking for. It was pretty straightforward and very well done. The man is being assaulted nonstop by a supernatural force and cannot tell what is real and what isn't. It's SUPERNATURAL. As in, a ghost story. It isn't complicated and it isn't exactly groundbreaking. If everything needs to be explained to that level, what is the point of watching these kinds of movies? Also, some are criticizing the adaptation from the story yet admitting they haven't actually read the story. If someone couldn't follow the movie, the story will make even less sense. All in all, a tight little old fashioned ghost story that I enjoyed very much, Cusack or no Cusack.

Nina It's not the same plot of course, but haunted hotels nonetheless, both based on books by the same author. I think there's a bit of Stephen King in Mike Enslin, played by John Cusack who in my opinion is an underrated actor because he truly delivers in this film (and others, but he is often given roles in crappy films).A cynical, drunkard writer frequents haunted places even though he doesn't believe in ghosts, but a part of him hopes to finally witness ghost activities in order to provide his readers authentic horror stories. He finally gets to experience it, but it's nothing like he'd imagined. The ordeal is eye-opening to him in two aspects: supernatural entities do exist (in the movie at least) and his own life. The true horror is mostly psychological, as this entity makes him relive the worst moments of his life: his daughter passing away from cancer, him leaving his wife afterwards and moving away to distance himself from anything that relates to the tragic event and his complex relationship with his father. He's filled with regret over a lot of life decisions and that is what breaks him, and also what compels him to survive and win the battle against the room. There are two alternative endings to this film, one where he lives and the other where he dies (obviously), but the one where he survives is superior because it would make sense after all his efforts to become a better person. I shamelessly admit that I love Samuel L Jackson regardless of the character he's portraying, and he was definitely a nice addition to the movie. The film is also not the typical jump scares cheesy thriller, and in that it stands out from the average thriller movies nowadays. I watched it too many times to count, definitely recommend this!

DansHauntedHouseful It has the flair of a psychedelic trip; albeit a trip or horrors – a very bad trip. But luckily for us the viewers, we are grounded in reality on the other side of the screen. Any "trippy" experience to be had is thankfully vicarious. But I'll admit that I found myself a bit exhausted by the film's end.I really liked this movie. It is a tense film with psychological drama mixed in with the horror. John Cusack is excellent. And Samuel L Jackson, though his screen time is limited, brings a welcoming performance. This movie is one of my favorites. See it! For a more in depth review of this film, please visit my website TheBooksofDaniel. The link is in my IMDb profile.