So many roads to choose

We start out walking and learn to run

And yet we've just begun

Sharing horizons that are new to us Hello everyone and welcome to the Stephen King cast.

One Man's Musings on the Works of Stephen King.

Each week I'll review one entry in the bibliography of Stephen King and chronological order of publication.

And this week I'm examining the film adaptation of the short story found within his 2003 collection Everything's Eventual,

about a haunted hotel room that'll drive you insane, and the movie, of course, is 1408.

Now, as you know, from my review of Everything's Eventual, I love this short story.

I think it's a weird, surreal trip. It's definitely a mind trip.

When I heard that it was being made into a movie, I immediately thought it was a bad idea.

The thing that made it so effective, I believe it would be lost when they tried to translate it into a film.

I remember, barely, seeing it in the theater, but I remember my viewing experience justified my initial

thoughts. I thought that the short story was a brave move on King's part. I mean, it can't be

easy writing a story about a haunting in a hotel without drawing comparisons to this shining,

but what King does in the short story is completely different from what

he had done with the Shining. So any initial comparisons are blown away as soon as you begin reading.

However, a movie is a different experience, and unfortunately, Stanley Kubrick had already done

surreal with the adaptation of The Shining. So by the very nature of what Kubrick had done,

this movie was going to be compared to the film legend, that is, The Shining. So how did it

fare upon rewatch? Let's find out. But first, let me read a listener email. Brett writes,

Hello, sir. I'm up through your night shift review, by the way, really enjoying the shows.

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