Stephen King's 1408 (2007) Endings Explained

[@dmittleman9757]

If a concierge tells you to stay out of a room, you want to see the room. If Samuel L. Jackson tells you to stay out of a room, you stay out of that damn room.

[@nickseda5371]

You stay out of the motherfuckin room, more like

[@quacker7581]

I’m so sick of these mother fucking ghosts in this mother fucking room

[@TheHaloVoyager]

*I'm sorry. I'll show myself out*

[@amanibob1416]

"Say what again!"

[@twitchy3815]

D Mittleman words from a wise man

[@icewallowkids6628]

1408: im gonna make this mans so depressed he kills himself Mike: *actually gets closure, the strength to move on and actually gets proof of the supernatural*

[@thedude8457]

I guess Mike should thank room 1408 for fixing his life

[@SuperBubblyme]

1408 : Am I a joke to you?

[@Milenaiguess]

1408 once he gets out: 🤨

[@Ant-i-Freeze]

@@thedude8457 It gave him what he wanted, another chance to hear the daughter and see her. So having ''few'' horrow scenes to pay for it, was totaly worth it , for him.

[@Judicial_Cat]

When you try to kill a man and end up giving him what he wants and bettering his life.

[@peekaloo12]

I remember the first time I watched it, I saw the ending with him living and having the tape with Katie, but I went to go watch it when years later, I watched the second ending. Y'all, I thought I was tripping balls.

[@regularolfish7085]

I would've thought I was living in a simulation or something 😂

[@rav3style]

There being two endings and you tripping balls are not mutually exclusive :D

[@kakashiMEK]

for real, i was like "shit, am i having a dejavu?"

[@Jess-Rabbit]

Same! My friend and I watched the movie in theaters and loved it, then later watched it on DVD and were like...what the actual fuck...were we smokin crack the first time or now?

[@a.t.9572]

Fuck same. I was arguing with a friend like “this is NOT the ending I saw in theatres. I’m not crazy.”

[@ryanr1945]

I don't even consider this one a horror movie anymore. It's an epic story about a man's road to redemption and I cry everytime. The theatrical is for sure the better one.

[@librawasabi2951]

It's almost about the book he had written before.

[@Gianni.achillea]

feels like Silen Hill

[@SpoopyTime]

I AM TIRED OF THESE MOTHAFUCKING GHOSTS IN THIS MOTHAFUCKING ROOM

[@alikarol3]

😆😆😆😆😆😆

[@ghostofkrows]

There it is. I was looking for this one.

[@viceramirez2563]

Was wondering when this was gonna pop up. XD

[@noctemluxarmiger]

@RehlDregur the shielded In Snakes on a Plane Samuel L. Jackson said I'm sick and tired of these monkey fight snakes of this monday through friday train. (I think) which means I'm tired of these motherfucking snakes on this motherfucking plane. He just basically redubbed it for this movie as a joke. I'm aware this could br a joke but my dumb ass wanted to point out to obvious

[@nicknevco215]

he could suddenly have a ghostbusters weapon to zap them

[@tarushsingh1108]

Mike : There are no ghosts 1408 : Am about to end this man's whole career

[@eldritchpain]

1408: "Hold my beer"

[@ApatheticBlogger]

Lmao

[@aichitoshiki1321]

Hahahs. Kinda what he gets being a bastard

[@KoTsuki-jo1pw]

1408: hold my ghosts

[@frankwoods7140]

Don'tAsk he ain’t doing anything after this

[@captcrais101]

When the guy comes to fix the thermostat, I see that as the last chance Mike has to leave the room.

[@aliandrahartwell3597]

Facts cuz that was the last time the door opened willingly since he had checked in.

[@Whatever_man]

Fun fact: The telephone he uses to make an appointment for the mechanic to come isn't even plugged in.

[@jasperzatch610]

@@Whatever_man oh man that means that man wouldn't even be real

[@Whatever_man]

@@jasperzatch610 Yeah, I paid extra attention to the phones in my previous viewing. Every time he uses the phone he picks it up and it's clear there is no cable plugged in. This means he never speaks to the reception by phone(at any time in the movie) and the mechanic doesn't exist.

[@twop3178]

@@Whatever_man I was going to say. He never got a choice to leave once he entered. This film was awesome

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

The theatrical ending is much better, it feels complete and he comes out as a better person instead of just burning to death without facing his issues head on.

[@davidking4838]

Indeed......much better!

[@bacnpiggeh486]

Hey i saw you on the halo 3 farewell video by ubernick

[@kgapaneseschoolgirlb]

What is it with Americans loving happy endings?

[@thatoneguy1224]

@@kgapaneseschoolgirlb right? Ruins a lot of otherwise great movies ex: the babadook

[@kgapaneseschoolgirlb]

@@thatoneguy1224 [SPOILERS FOR ANYONE WHO HAVEN'T SEEN THE BABADOOK AND A FEW OTHER FILMS THAT THIS CHANNEL HAS COVERED...DUH!] Yeah, I thought it was pretty weird that they just end up feeding him worms at the end and hurray everything is solved. Much prefer the endings to Impetigore, Saint Maud, Son which all end badly. Even the Empty Man has an ending where it's like "yep, this guy was doomed from the start and there was nothing he could have done" none of the "oh he found a magic lamp and now everything is sunshine and rainbows" like that's not the point of horror movies to me.

[@ubzSS]

agreed. mike surviving the room, with the proof he wanted, was truly the better ending.

[@harmonetheanimationaddict4419]

Me too.

[@fluff1353]

@@ChopsWildRide Except that in the Director's Cut ending, you only HEAR the girl. You don't actually SEE her. Plus Jackson at the end mistakes another little girl for the ghost girl...right after seeing Cusack's charred body writhing in pain and reaching out...like a tortured soul in Hell would.

[@vinnyl264]

Boyd we don’t watch movies to get reminded of the real world. We watch them to get OUT of the real world for 2-3 hours

[@shoqwavebeats8745]

But then it would be like it was a dream he had after getting knocked out by the sulfur board

[@j.krollin1307]

@Fresh Beginnings how comes no one went to check on him? How long was he even in there for....

[@darkridr25]

You missed a key aspect of this movie: Near the beginning as he looked out to the brick wall out the window, there was a tiny message on it, saying "Burn Me Alive." This is what prompts him to turn his whiskey into a Molotov cocktail. It's also why the manager congratulates him -- it's because he figured out what that specific clue meant.

[@oofoff6064]

I am confused please explain when and where it is?

[@darkridr25]

@@oofoff6064 By my copy of the movie, it appears at 59:38. He had just re-entered his room after the ledge escape attempt, the room showed his room as the only one on that floor, when he looked out the peephole, all he saw was bricks, and when he turned around, his window was bricked up as well. The message is written on the bricks in the window, whiter than the color of the gray bricks. Faint, but not that hard to miss. And yeah, my memory was off: I thought it was shortly after he first entered the room, but indeed it was a bit later.

[@plagueduck6443]

Cool anime man

[@darkridr25]

@@plagueduck6443 Thanks very much. :)

[@TravelsWithKris]

@@darkridr25 i don't think thats a clue. i think it was just scratched by a previous guest going crazy. i think fire was always in his mind, as he was deeply upset about his daughters cremation. i mean, the room wouldn't want to give him ideas about how it could be destroyed, it wants to keep killing people.

[@coffeepp7306]

Mike: this room is fake Room 1408: aw shit here we go again

[@Flaccid_Child1]

It’s: “Ah shit... here we go again”

[@kaiba3612]

More like, "I'm gonna ruin this man's whole career"

[@suri4252]

nabil ahmed wow ur a genius 🤠🤠

[@GOLOSA8623]

Corny

[@GOLOSA8623]

@@kaiba3612 corny

[@jeffgrey2161]

The interaction between Samuel L Jackson and John Cusack were the best moments in the film, I rewind to watch them multiple times. Two artists at the peak of their craft.

[@SpiritSoPoetic]

Agreed

[@nukenade4623]

oh agreed, i just watched it and that interaction had me more on edge than anything else

[@j.p.obregon1415]

I agree. Samuel L. Jackson is only in the movie for a few minutes, but the dialogue between the two is one of the best parts of the whole movie.

[@dinamush1342]

That ending, when she hears the recording of Katies voice, confirming what Mike has been through. Thats some excellenct writing

[@Jarmikou]

2B...

[@stanleyc2978]

One of my favorite narrative techniques. You create a situation where seemingly all evidence points to it not being real, or at least you cannot find easy evidence of the encounter. However, the movie ends with clear evidence that the character did indeed experience some crazy shit. I can't remember what movie it was, the one with Sandra Bullock and aliens? But it uses the same type of technique to tell the audience that her experience was real.

[@daffinydavis977]

@@stanleyc2978 is that the one where she keeps thinking she talking to someone on the other side one of them being her father but when she returns no one believes her bc she was gone for only like 5 minutes even though there like 24 hours of the recording?

[@Jenacide]

@@daffinydavis977 That's Contact, lol

[@deathkitsune6839]

honestly i prefer the ending where he burns the room down and dies in it, the bitter sweet feeling it gives kills my heart, it gives us a little more insight on the hotel manager when he actually praises the main character to his now widowed wife for destroying the evil of the room, make us believe there might be a bit more to it than we are shown in the movie when we see an entity behind him in the car mirror that freaks him out. but most importantly what I love most about it, being the moment where you see his spirit in the burned room and then hear his daughter call out to him, and he walks away out of view replying "of course". letting us know that in death he was reunited with his daughter.

[@yolandaponkers1581]

I love this host so much because he reminds me of the funny, pot-loving sidekick in vintage slashers that I always want to see survive but who ends up dying in the first twelve minutes.

[@spicybeantofu]

He's way better then that. He's more a die at the beginning but come back later to help.

[@bettyboop4460]

Except for cabin in the woods

[@lamelwinston7101]

@@bettyboop4460 loved Marty...

[@ckotcher1]

He reminds me of Shaggy in Scooby-Doo

[@puppyhowler]

John: I'll be checking into this room Samuel: I recognize that you have made this decision, but given that it's a stupid ass decision, I've elected to ignore it.

[@hearts4mikey]

I understood that reference

[@mirelaejbeja8054]

Good one

[@jessicadegen8433]

John: perhaps it is a stupid decision, but its mine to make

[@judyjackson3576]

I'm

[@curtisc6429]

I liked when the room faxed him his daughters dress, showing that the room is both evil and good with technology

[@D0ng1]

You ever notice the weird, gruesome sounding splattering sounds as the dress is coming out of the fax machine? That always confused/disturbed me.

[@leeman27534]

i mean, it faxed a dress. that's not how fax machines tend to work. though evil tends to be pretty hip to technology - sure, some pagan god living off of sacrifices in some thousand year old forest can do without it, but there's plenty of weird shit more than willing to take advantage of it.

[@davidbutler1622]

Apparently now the room tweets it.

[@superblondeDotOrg]

The room also uses Yahoo video calling, for the ultimate in techno-savy

[@ariananoemimartinez5570]

Why did this make me laugh 😂 lol 😂

[@guy8393]

Samuel L. Jackson* "You don't wanna see that room" Me* I DON'T REMEMBER ASKING YOU A GOD DAMN THING

[@pugtie4695]

I would have

[@amanibob1416]

Me: *It's free real estate*

[@jotoman1796]

“But upon seeing the steep price of 8 dollars for peanuts he declares that the room might just be evil after all” You’re so funny 😂

[@Argos-xb8ek]

But he's still basically the second biggest character. His character is the only person other than the electrician to interact with Mike

[@DualityOfficialTV]

BEER NUTS

[@rjunid]

Ah yes, the true villain... capitalism

[@TheCoolerChannel]

Luc Germain ikr!? I’m so confused as to what that guy was tryna do here

[@annieme-tions]

@@TheCoolerChannel Comment came out of nowhere lmao

[@Videolegacy2005]

John Cusack: "I'm not locked in here with you.......YOUR LOCKED IN HERE WITH ME!!!!!! " (throws Molotov)

[@enlightenednormie242]

Isn't that a quote from Hitman: Agent 47!?

[@jcaliberty8288]

@@enlightenednormie242 The Watchmen

[@tardwrangler]

OH NO! BURNING! MY ONLY WEAKNESSSSSSS

[@al5846-1xall]

Quote of Rorschach from The Watchmen movie

[@joememester2311]

Locked*

[@corybrian7234]

Before Mike gets to the room, I believe the elevator door opening by itself resembles Mike’s last chance to leave before going into 1408.

[@mymy-pc6zq]

what about the guy that came to fix the roomtemeprature? mike had a chance to leave then too..

[@TheWiseCollector]

​@@mymy-pc6zq the room seems to be an entity using the managers appearance as an avatar I think it knew he wasn't going to leave when he was there as he was to curious

[@clockworkNate]

​@@mymy-pc6zqYou're assuming the repairman was actually real.

[@Mikey-ym6ok]

@@clockworkNateI assume he was. As he didn’t want to even step into the room. But since he just disappeared without a trace seems like it could be part of the room. Who knows.

[@Charlotte8591]

​@@Mikey-ym6okWhen Mike looks to see where the repairman went, he sees the repairman walking away. So we do see where the guy went. He was just fast to get away from the room lol

[@j.h170]

Mike burning the room fighting it back, telling it to go to hell, and then making it out alive after destroying it, is the most badass thing I've seen ever.

[@bastianeis9939]

Tbh I liked the Ending where he died more I mean the Room wanted to torture him and commit suicide and when he just burns the room I think it wants to atleast take him with it. It is in my Opinion the most logical ending.

[@thedude8457]

@@bastianeis9939 it’s the more cliched ending

[@bastianeis9939]

@@thedude8457 wouldnt the cliche be the Ending where he survived there cant be always an happy Ending

[@Nepomniachtchi_Austin]

He didn't escape, it was just the second hour. He would've escaped a third time, and a fourth, fifth.. sixth, etc

[@dallasneedsamedicbag8208]

@@thedude8457 the clitche ending is him surviving be honest

[@jamesu7674]

Missed the foreshadowing where he literally says “the rooms on fire” when calling to report the thermostat and that’s the only time he could get the door open or sees another actual person

[@paulmousel7624]

In that scene the telephone was unplugged, the man was never there.

[@nukenade4623]

@@paulmousel7624 dude i need to rewatch it. i didnt even catch that

[@ZanathKariashi]

Given that all King works are 100% connected, it's pretty clear that the room was built from materials recovered from the Overlook Hotel. Stripped of most of it's spirits by Danny absorbing them, and having to build up it's strength again by tormenting and twisting new victims.

[@Joeykm1972]

There is another possibility that the room contains an egg from Pennywise that was not destroyed. The Powers of the room seem to mimic Pennywise to a much smaller degree.

[@crieverytim]

yeaaaaaaah. pretty clear

[@enbydude2123]

Galaxy Brain: both are right, making it even worse

[@futrious]

@EmperorJuliusCaesar okay then.......

[@pentel4178]

@EmperorJuliusCaesar ok, boomer

[@EctoBabble]

Bringing his daughter back to have her die again in his arms and cremate her - then whiplash him with that song - that was the most brutal part of the movie for me. I watched this with my family and we had a child death and my parents couldn't handle that scene and we had to take time. The "You can't take her a second time" will always hit me really bad but I genuinely love this movie.

[@SpicyLimon4723]

So sorry for your loss 😢 I lost it at that point, soooo sad, I wanted to skip it

[@DarkroomMedia007]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ Hosea 13:14 -"From the power of the Grave I will redeem them; From death I will recover them. Where are your stings, O Death? Where is your destructiveness, O Grave?"

[@aapelikananena9699]

L bozo

[@aapelikananena9699]

@averagestarwarsenjoyer5058 she actually does

[@moresomoze]

​@@aapelikananena9699 Tldr: I agree, super L I'll never understand people who feel the need to be validated by posting their deep intimate secrets on fucking KZbin comments. Unprovoked even. 1, most child deaths occur from shitty negligent parents, 2 you'd think the last thing you would want is to randomly relive an event like that to get a couple likes on KZbin. 3, again, no one asked.... At all... Did you just want to get one of those "so sorry for your loss" comments from someone's lonely ass grandparent? Like why?

[@gerlalu6647]

I went and watched this video, not knowing it’s gonna be 34 minutes... but I can’t stop now...

[@destinygallagher2367]

Lol same

[@X296-g6y]

Yup same

[@QuietFury9]

Wouldnt have realized if not for this comment haha

[@pugtie4695]

We've only just begun

[@lechex290]

gerlalu 66 I didn’t even know it was that long until I read your comment

[@DeLorio]

The person you keep calling "hammer lady" is actually a man. His name is Benny "the Jet" Urquidez. The guy's been a stunt coordinator and martial artist since the 80s.

[@linkslayer15]

He assumed the gender

[@toongrowner1]

wait for real? Allways thought it was a woman Oo

[@tommy123333]

Oh yeah he was the rival hit man in Grosse Point Blank

[@sexycavetroll2788]

His fight with Jackie Chan is one of the best

[@Bub_bsy]

Sandlot?

[@lrmcatspaw1]

When Samuel L Jackson offers you a fancy whiskey to stay out of a room....

[@j.samuelwaters81]

Even when that fancy whisky is actually Cognac :)

[@lrmcatspaw1]

@@j.samuelwaters81 Well.... shit.

[@josephochoa9861]

@@j.samuelwaters81 does it even matter samuel l jackson handed it to you,so you must accept it

[@j.samuelwaters81]

@@josephochoa9861 Indeed. You must respect The Jackson.

[@josephochoa9861]

@@j.samuelwaters81 indeed we must all follow the advice and respect the jackson

[@phooeyfudge]

Multiple endings, playing with our heads. It's like the room is toying with us. Well played, 1408.

[@Smashine]

Also did you know there’s no 13 floor in china or number on their phones it’s seen as a highly bad number it is met anywhere

[@yt-sh]

I thought Director's cut would always be superior for any movie, well not for this movie

[@robyndaniell434]

Ric Sanches The only ending I remember is the theatrical cut (am I really that old? yes, say the nieces and nephews) from the original viewing and coulda sworn I caught this on repeat on satellite TV (SyFy, or FX, or AMC, or something) with the theatrical cut too. You're right, the Director's cut ending does not fit the themes built during the movie and short-changes the character's arc.

[@gabrieldias8246]

@@robyndaniell434 i remember watching this movie a couple times on satellite tv too and i never saw the directors cut, im glad i watched the best ending tho lmao

[@Manganization]

The reason the Theatrical Cut was even scrubbed was that it was poorly received. Personally, I love the Director's Cut more, because to me there's no way someone's gonna survive a sealed-off burning room without any scars in addition to being a room that was so high up for fire-fighters to efficiently deal with. The theatrical cut requires a lot of suspension of disbelief in order to achieve a sort-of happy ending, which to me does the movie a disservice.

[@R0ndras]

@@Manganization It's a movie about another dimension/ghosts and you're worried that firefighters are too fast? wtf..

[@FauxFoxPaw]

Im sad I never got to see the theatrical version when I first saw it. The reason I really disliked this movie was because he died at the end. I might have had a different opinion if the version I watched had him live.

[@leonielson7138]

Steven King: It's a story about a man locked in a haunted room. Producer: Let's get John Cusack. John Cusack: . . . Yea, sure.

[@chelseadayy]

foundflix: 1408 adding up to unlucky number 13 me (an idiot): 14 plus 8 does not equal 13 also me (at 31:25): ohhh 1+4+8

[@jbjacobs9514]

OMG I did the same thing at first. LOL

[@PaulMaulACT1]

Lol me too.

[@s1mplem4gic58]

Yay I no longer feel stupid

[@Delta_Nix]

Chelsea Torres Lol not only that but I’m surprised that foundflix never mentioned that the room is on the 14th floor, and the hotel skips the 13th floor, so the room is technically on the 13th floor. The room's key lock also has "6214" etched into it, which adds up to 13 (6+2+1+4=13), and the first death was in 1912, which adds to 13 (1+9+1+2=13).

[@Delta_Nix]

Chelsea Torres nvm he did explain it at the end.

[@pab1381]

I saw this film in theaters when I was a junior in high school. I thought it was underwhelming. I saw the theatrical version obviously. But now seeing it again as an adult I like it more. When I watched a scene on KZbin the other day with the ending I was like “that’s not the ending I remember”. Glad you cleared that up. My personal favorite scene is when Olin hears the fire alarm and knows it’s Mike finally beating the room so he pours a drink and says “Well done Mr Enslin. Well done.”

[@maniax7517]

I have to be completly honest with you...this is by far one of my favorite Stephen King's adaptations, 1408

[@bronwyngavin6076]

It's such a sneaky masterpiece.

[@McMeatBag]

I went into it knowing nothing about it. Loved it

[@toasty_guy1090]

The Maniax iduyuhrh

[@Exel3nce]

Its not like there are so many good ones. My two favorites are this one and the mist

[@laneythelame]

So happy to see this upload, 1408 brings back memories!

[@johannfunn6962]

lanethelame I know! I’ve been waiting for so long!

[@a_vortex_war]

Im not old enough to know stephen king movies, so what type of memeories did you think about?

[@TheRobotjellybean]

@@a_vortex_war just think of classic nostalgia. Something that gives a weird case of the butterflies while simultaneously feeling empty because there may not be anything else like it

[@a_vortex_war]

@@TheRobotjellybean i don't know what that means buy ill take it as an answer! Thank you! 😀😁

[@a_vortex_war]

@@overlord2321 I was born in the early 2000s so if you were I guess were on the same boat?

[@sinom]

I personally prefer the room itself simply being evil, instead of the room being controlled by some random entity. Imo it's just scarier and a more interesting concept

[@averythesuperhero]

I know right?! Not only does it differ from the cliche "possessed by vengeful spirits" angle, but it appeals more to my love for cosmic horror, where you don't know and can't know much about it's origin or intentions. You just know that it's here and it's bad news for you

[@4skin595]

Logical thinking doesn't apply to illogical things. So yeah, making the 1408 logical is just dumb.

[@commandercat10]

@@averythesuperhero I agree because that is what makes it scary. The room doesn’t need a reason to fuck with you it just does

[@cannibalbunnygirl]

Yeah, an evil room is scarier because there's no reason to it. Ghosts are pissed because of how they died or what was going on before they died but an evil room is just evil and you can't appease it.

[@smileyjayofficial2888]

Well in the short story and movie they never say its a vengeful spirit while granted you see the last moments of spirits in the movie its not really the same, like mentioned in the video the only vague explanation we get is that something controls the room, and it wasnt ever alive or human

[@8076A]

The Theatrical ending was phenomenal. When I watched this movie for the first time and he woke up in the hospital I thought "Maybe it all was a hallucination like the room did previously and none of it was real. Maybe he was having a mental breakdown and we just watched the inner fight and turmoil." Movies have done similar things before after-all, but when the tape-recorder played and you hear the voice of the deceased, undeniable proof that it was real and he waded neck deep through hell, a very genuine chill ran down my back at the mere prospect of it.

[@DarkRubberDucky]

The theatrical one really does sound legit awesome. The mother hearing her daughter's voice would have been a strong ending.

[@dandandydan]

It was. That particular ending solidified this as one of my absolute favorite King adaptations. The other ending is weak af, and the story feels clunky in comparison, imo.

[@surturfenrir2864]

What people seem to always miss is that the daughter wasn't an illusion whipped up by the room, listen close to what she tells him, she asks him if he loves her anymore, and she tells him "it won't let me stay, it won't let me stay" and he holds her and tells her she's safe before she dies in his arms and explodes to dust. it implies the room really reached into the ether and brought her back to life, only to kill her and make him suffer having watched her die twice.

[@surturfenrir2864]

not to mention he was wholeheartedly convinced she truly was there

[@anjali-mu1hb]

@@surturfenrir2864 intresting, you might be right.

[@TheEmohan]

Regenerating toilet rolls would get that Hotel 5 stars right about now lmao

[@toddstarks226]

😂

[@cincyshooter]

And reappearing chocolate!

[@bliskin8847]

Lol, during the beginning of the pandemic people would be lining up to be in the room just for the toilet paper.

[@InspireInk]

Omg I actually remember seeing the theatrical version on tv. It was maybe 5-6 years ago. They were showing it on TNT. And then the following week they replayed it with the other ending and I was confused thinking which did I actually see.

[@jryde421]

people be like "mandela effect" lol

[@badwolf1913]

yeah I've seen it on tv too

[@robertrobinson5307]

Ha this movie always on tnt 😂.Every time I click on tnt this movie always playing

[@pugtie4695]

Same

[@xonrob9575]

1408 pulled a “the room” on ya

[@zaera1653]

John's performance was amazing. I used to think nicholas cage should've been the star, but John totally rocked it, especially the assault on the fridge lol.

[@nurseray6866]

Assault Lmao

[@Daedalus4]

Cage would have made sure nobody took this movie seriously ever.

[@j.p.obregon1415]

John's good in these types of movies. He was really great in Identity, too.

[@Urza26]

It should have been Tommy Wisseau. Tommy Wisseau vs "The Room".

[@jamesmiller532]

My theory is that the room is not in fact full of evil but is actually judgment before heaven. All of the stories Sam l. Jackson tells are the people who have failed to get into heaven and the people that did jump out of room 1408 are going into hell as they failed to confront their worst deeds/sins. Sams L. Jackson character is the angel at the gates of heaven. all of the things mike sees are challenges he has to face to confront his worst deeds/sins. And that seeing his daughter was confronting his worst sin. Not being a good father and husband . The women with the hammer was the devil trying to prevent him from going to heaven. The repeating day was god testing him too see if he had really changed from being a selfish self loathing prick to a good person. And as the room explodes it’s not only his death but also god accepting him into heaven. This theory only goes with the directors cut.

[@PunkyPrincessPop]

James Miller that’s a great theory, makes so much sense! 👏👏👏

[@jamesmiller532]

PunkyPrincessPop thanks!

[@harrizburhan]

James Miller it's the same as Dante's inferno tho

[@wrydrune]

"Hammer lady" is a dude. Benny urquidez.

[@mrmayor7436]

This is A great explanation

[@BartAllen]

*Mike Enslin:* "Is 1408 a smoking room? " *Gerald Olin:* "As a matter of fact, it is. Yes." *OH, THE IRONY 😂😂*

[@ayushi7822]

It's Enslin? My dumbass thought it was 'insulin' the entire time 😂😂

[@BartAllen]

@@ayushi7822 *

[@royalhydra9790]

@@ayushi7822 same

[@armandogalindo7412]

Wait I dont get the irony

[@depressedtheatrekid1709]

@@armandogalindo7412 the room burns Burn= smoke

[@witch01125]

The concept of this movie genuinely terrifies me like i cant imagine-

[@Ken-no5ip]

Anything to do with fear, the unknown and indefiniteless make me shiver

[@sammeyphammey349]

As an ex English professor, I can confidently say that Chris has the most impressive vocabulary that I have ever heard by a KZbinr

[@amberkelly3187]

I always felt like the rooms power was in showing you the worst things and making you suffer, whereas Mike had already suffered the worst thing he could imagine which took away some of the power enough to defeat it. Both endings showed he did have the strength to overcome it and move on.

[@MysticEle]

Sam's character is a older British man in the book. A famous line goes: "If a stuffy british man tells you to stay out of a room, you'll likely go in out of spite. When Sam ****ING Jackson tells you to stay out of the goddamned room, you at minimum consider it." Hence why he's in the movie.

[@raven.9550]

i had no clue and thats so good lmao

[@selenajarv8763]

Yoooo i tooo just read the book

[@MrLinuxify]

Dude I love your videos. It's literally watching a movie and understanding the movie in a well written video

[@YourMKArcadeSource]

I always thought the theatrical ending meant that he was still in the room, along with Lily now. Hearing his daughter's voice on the recorder with Lily hearing it too would indicate that not only he is still in the room, Lily is too.

[@jessicasolorio6590]

yessssss this is what I thought too !! the only reason he survived is bc lily told the police he was still in there yet the room is the one that brought her to the hotel but why would it do that unless it wanted her to be apart of it too ? along with mike screaming ‘you can’t have her’ it seems like the room did want her too

[@MrIncreddible79]

I also had this thinking. When his daughter's voice came on and his wife dropped the box I was expecting the room to change. It didn't but I still took it as they were both there now.

[@jasonjay1053]

I just finished watching the movie & reading comments but I think you guys are correct & the daughter said something like “ I want to stay with you & mommy” they won’t let me stay”which signifies the mother is in the room as well. It makes sense since the mom heard Katie on the tape as well, They are both in the room still. Possibly.

[@davidsalinas2918]

I think he's out, we do get flashes of writing on the walls saying burn me alive, I first thought "who would write that, burn ME alive? With all the suicides that rooms brings why is that one on the wall? It's for the room, one wall to end it is to burn it, also they seem to indicate he'll relive that hour forever in a loop, but we know 15 minutes before the next loop, his wife says she'll be there in about 15, when the next loop starts she's now 5 minutes away, showing that even with its time bending and reality bending its bubble is still in this universe so when he starts the fire the bubble pops and put them back

[@davidsalinas2918]

And I think the ending with the daughter was the entity's remnants to show it existed, because if it was just him rambling about what happened his wife would just think of him being theatrical and extra, but showing that interaction and only that, could be proof enough that it happened

[@jenniferiwanowicz8486]

1408: "oh yeah! Here's some toilet paper. We're gonna scare the crap out of ya!"

[@the-amazing-karnak]

2020 and 1408 seem to have similar ideas then

[@babiyaga9276]

We haven’t gotten Pan’s Labyrinth yet >:0 I HAVENT FORGOTTEN I NEVER WILL UNTIL THE DAY I SEE A PAN’S LABYRINTH ENDING EXPLAINED

[@Whimsicorn]

Yes! Never forget!

[@kaylirobles35]

Ooh I second this!

[@mr.unfunny9368]

I third this

[@hanabee4086]

yes yes pls pls pls PLLLLSSSS PLLLLSSSSS PLLLLLLLSSSSSSSSSE 😭😭 pans labyrinth

[@Exel3nce]

I cant even remeber the ending becsuse the movie was kinda meh

[@rinneganss-3242]

You’re legit a lifesaver when boredom kicks in, keep up the incredible work.

[@applejayz1987]

I love how they outright say it's not possession or a haunting, but just a sentient structure of pure supernatural evil

[@jacobboss8919]

I still love the psychological horror behind 1408!!

[@Chrexter]

He's sad then happy then sad

[@amberlance3221]

I always thought of 1408 as a doorway to hell, or a better description: An elevator through Dante's Inferno..

[@Thaistickthai]

Thank you! I was peeved foundflix didnt pick up on this!

[@deepthigarikapati5030]

You should watch kzbin.info/www/bejne/i3_PnXR6oax8m5o Abosolutly amazing analysis and makes perfect sense of your observation

[@knockitoffhudson3470]

It is absolutely 100% a retelling of dantes inferno. Every layer is hell is covered in order.

[@Nick-ce6lt]

It's nazi code. Stephen King is alt-right. Whole movie was white supremacist propaganda if you think about it

[@brookeverdun3961]

Nick pardon

[@kleitoes]

Room: hAha You're tRaPped wiTh mE MIke: NO U

[@dannydeclue5219]

Mike enslen's book The Long road home was actually about his relationship with his father. The father is mentioned multiple times in reference to the book, even by Olin who says that he rather thought the father was a bastard

[@Ch4oTiK]

In an odd way, the second ending is a happy one as well, or at least bittersweet. Not only did the room answer him about the afterlife, he got further proof of it by existing within it himself, now reunited with his daughter. I think him vanishing from the confines of the destroyed room is both of their spirits sort of being free of it due to its destruction, so he also saved her from being brought and trapped there by his grief. Showing his spirit chillin there with a smoke I think is meant to show his sense of satisfaction, or at least contentment, at the results.

[@Despond]

Forever a walking spirit in a room with only one spirit/entity knowing you're there? Sounds like inconceivable hell.

[@catsquidcatoverlord9842]

@@Despond Well the point would be in the case the room is still destroyed, or dead, so he isn't trapped there. Basically all it means is that after he died to took one last look at the room himself, and then left with his daughter to the afterlife.

[@salaciousBastard]

@@Despond They're not trapped in the room as their appearance at the gravesite indicates.

[@blackbeauty6902]

I didn't know there were 2 endings when I watched the movie twice.. so I thought I lost my mind or had a Mandela effect 🤣

[@jayschaffer7520]

Ganat Suliman maybe you are trapped in 1408 lmao

[@blackbeauty6902]

@@jayschaffer7520 lol.. perhaps my friend

[@vsusanmoon]

I think it’s technically 3 endings or I have seen. There’s one where Cusack died but his ghost is still there in 1408. One where Cusack is again dead but pops up behind Samuel L Jackson car. And the best one where Cusack is alive but has evidence of the haunted room

[@blackbeauty6902]

@@vsusanmoon wait.. I thought the scene with him as a ghost in the room and in Samuel L Jackson's car are in the same movie ending !

[@Joeykm1972]

@@vsusanmoon The Third ending is actually similar to the Theatrical ending, with one exception. Lily Enslin does not hear Kate Enslin's voice on the recorder.

[@mattbender6601]

1408 is by far my favorite King adaptation. The sailing scene gets me every time. Good physical effects from studios make all the difference

[@Exel3nce]

This and the Mist

[@AA-ed6ek]

Mine is this, the mist and the It with Curry. I love him.

[@4thcoming]

Also from King: Stand By Me, The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile

[@kamiyal]

the room mocking him the entire time is truly the best part of the movie.

[@Kiyosheryoshier]

Mike: this room is fake Room 1408: *haunt mike* Mike: *pikachu shock face*

[@kemistree.]

The only thing that sucks about being this early, is not being able to scroll through the comments while you watch the video.

[@c-girl1216]

Pun Queen you have provided me the content to scroll through thank you

[@michaelhood2109]

Your not missing much anyways, "ive never clicked on a video so fast" "is it christmas/my birthday?!" "I miss your long hair!" "Do (insert movie title here) next!!"

[@kemistree.]

@@michaelhood2109 You're right. Thank you, good sir.

[@AA-ws2uw]

I watch youtube explanations and reviews of horror movies so that I can claim to have watched them to my loved ones. I am such a coward.

[@syds8752]

Same 😔

[@stabbeyabbey85]

ayan A Yes. Yes very much

[@whyme16]

You need to watch this one its very good and not at all scary

[@Sm0k3turt]

ayan A me too. Not even because I’m scared but because a lot of these are so hard to find because they ain’t on Netflix or anything and I don’t want to rent em

[@liz-jz8gs]

you are not alone 😅😅

[@VanillaLimeCoke]

There's actually two more endings: -One where Tony Shalhoub and Lily look at Mike's personal effects and then Tony Shalhoub somehow gets Mike's 1408 novel story and reads it. His office doors shut by themselves. -the other one where Mike gets out Alive as well but the ending is a little bit different. Lilly doesn't seem to hear Katie's voice on the tape recorder, and Mike is unmoved by this.

[@MrIncreddible79]

I knew I saw something different. I knew they opened the box. I thought I was tripping lol

[@rykerlinn1901]

If Samuel L Jackson doesn’t want him to go into the room and the rest of the staff is so afraid of the room who sent the postcard?

[@matthewprue1010]

Ryker Linn the room

[@ANite-vx1vk]

The evil entity living inside the room is my guess. If a famous author writes about the room people are going to want in. If he survives and writes about it, more victims. If he doesn't, well, nothing lost there.

[@modalovafrank1326]

I sent him the postcard.

[@SK8GEEK1]

You should do The Number 23. If you have please excuse my ignorance

[@xxka0tikkxx]

While its a good movie, and would love to see him cover it in more detail, The Number 23 in the end is that the character Jim Carrey plays is actually a killer who got amnesia. So in the end he turns himself in for prosecution.

[@florindag6619]

I absolutely love that movie!

[@Chrexter]

Number 15...

[@adahbombdon1512]

Great movie

[@mikhelatuesday]

Never seen it

[@schwarzwald6672]

The one part that really freaked me out was when he went into the duct to try and get help from the lady next door. How they did the ghosts making them static-y looking was very unique too. This imo is the perfect modern horror movie.

[@EatTheMarxists]

The ending in which he survives and his wife hears their daughter’s voice on the recorder is *the* ending; I refuse to accept any others. John Cusack acted his rear off for this movie. The dude basically did the entire thing by himself and he absolutely killed it. The guy is one heckuva actor.

[@lambrosk3790]

Agreed. Plus Samuel Jackson’s performance was great too. I really like how they got John Cusack and Samuel L in this together. The director’s cut just feels like overkill with a weaker resolution for shock value.

[@JSwaggDon]

Since your doing Stephen King and they have a new movie coming out. You have to take it back and do "Creepshow"

[@Beanhill_94]

I absolutely loved loved loved this movie. It was scary in the normal way. But it's so good and different. I like the theatrical ending better. Whenever the movie is shown here in my country it ends with the theatrical ending.

[@bens1cultist405]

Why does the lead look like nick cage combine with the lead of smash mouth

[@Videolegacy2005]

I guess that it could all use a little......chaaaaaaaange?

[@the_mr_leon-raccon_kennedy6842]

Pwnz he's going threw Changes

[@bens1cultist405]

oh the years start coming and they don’t stop coming

[@the_mr_leon-raccon_kennedy6842]

Fed to the rules and I hit the ground running

[@Videolegacy2005]

Didn't make sense not to live for fun

[@KayKay114]

I know this is just a movie explained but the part towards the end about having to live with the pain hit me hard. Two family members in my life that I considered close were murdered. One in 2015 and the other was a little over a week ago. It's so hard to live with that pain of losing someone. You can always be glad for what your remember but man....it's such a struggle. I'm still trying to figure out how to live with such violent deaths. I feel so stuck atm.

[@the_all_blue_does_exist716]

I hope that you found a way to cope with your terrible losses.

[@arabellastringer3788]

Stay strong, they will always be with you ❤️

[@thatrippycoyotee9290]

1408: the ultimate therapeutic rehabilitation experience. *the room always wins*

[@sykosocial9]

I always cry when Katie dies in his arms. Seriously that scene is so fucking brutal.

[@mauriciomeireles1210]

The best part of this movie imo was the blinded maid part: "She spent only a few moments alone and when we opened it she was..." "Dead?" He says sarcastly "No, blind... she gouged her own eyes with a scissor"

[@D0ng1]

“Ouch.”

[@thedude8457]

I wonder what the room did to her

[@Opethfeldt]

Laughing hysterically.

[@zerere_]

I love sarcastle

[@compzac]

one small point that i always thought, to the outside world it was merely a few minutes, but who knows 1408 seemed to be able to manipulate the envoirnment, create memories the whole lot so why wouldnt it be able to manipulate time, in fact it kinda seems like it does, the whole scene where he thinks he gets out and goes to write the book leading to the destroying post office, seem like that would be something that takes longer than an hour, so i always thought that maid might have spent an hour in terms of the room but to the outside world it was minutes

[@insignia9325]

How is it that Foundflix never whispers, does not add creepy music in the background, no jumpscares but just the cheer wording f the plot summary gives me the chills??? Brrrr

[@selenajarv8763]

Haha youtuber go BRRRRRR

[@Music34897]

The line his dad said to him is an ancient memento mori. It was a common grave inscription in ancient Rome as well as during the Renaissance in Italy

[@SheBizzler]

What's the line?

[@Music34897]

@@SheBizzler "I once was what you are and what I am you also will be" is the translation I learned about in Art History, it's on Massacio's "Holy Trinity", written in Latin on an altar that has a skeleton on it. Variations on the Latin phrase have popped up throughout history. Massacio probably got it from such a source, the Renaissance was all about gritty reboots of ancient Greece and Rome. It's a memento mori, something meant to keep people humbled by reminding them of death's inevitability. Fits in the movie pretty well I think :)

[@paradoxoracle9685]

I remember being a kid and this movie traumatising me. I had no idea there even was a directors cut.

[@thedude8457]

Damn where’s John Constantine when you need him?

[@cabbagestorm9381]

Mike: *Is a sceptic* Room: I'm about to end this man's whole career

[@kimmyhead7097]

Skeptic.

[@cabbagestorm9381]

@@kimmyhead7097 Sceptic is correct too.

[@kimmyhead7097]

@@cabbagestorm9381 My apologies, you're right.

[@goreman7160]

I just spent 2 minutes staring at this and wondering why this looked like it said septic

[@cmen6895]

This is almost the exact recoiling horror you experience on a bad acid trip. Trying to leave the room and blinking to be back in it.

[@DarkLawYGO]

i havent seen 1408 in a few years, might have to give it a rewatch now that im older.

[@amorahart]

This movie, Ghost Ship and The grudge are movies that scared the living shit out of me when I was a kid

[@toddstarks226]

Walked out of Ghost ship at the Theatre. Terrible

[@thedude8457]

@@toddstarks226 yeah it peaked at the beginning and never managed to peak again

[@toddstarks226]

@@thedude8457 I Hear ya! As a matter of fact, I think it might have been the only movie I’ve ever walked out of. When I was a kid, I also walked out of “Never Cry Wolf” don’t know if you remember that one. Think it was a Disney film.

[@pimentinha1121]

just noticed that this and Babadook have the same "Moral of the story" you cant get rid of bad memories, just learn to live with them

[@leandroisaac2000]

56 likes. 56 deaths

[@dogzilla0578]

3 years later...And I'm still about to blow your mind... ...What if The Babadook got placed in 1048 instead of the basement?

[@apathicmiko6546]

Love this movie, one of my favorite stories ever, but there's a small detail here that was not mentioned. When Mike is about to send the book at the post office and the people start destroying the place, showing that he never escaped the room, the camera pays attention to one of the walls for like three seconds, there is small inscription that said something like "burn it", that clues him into burning the room later. I always wondered who wrote that, couldn't be the room, would not make sense for the room to tell him how to kill it, was it the ghosts of the people killed by the room or his daugther who left that message there to help him? or was it Mike own subconscious that came with the idea and the room copied into the wall by accident? guess I'll never know

[@brickmatt6776]

I thought that the room actually despised its own existence, and was lashing out at its inhabitants as a result. So the writing on the bare bricks (symbolising the room's subconscious, or just deep within its mind) with no wallpaper (honest, no facade) was the room asking to be put out of its misery.

[@juliav8159]

It said "Burn me alive"

[@glitterspray]

@@brickmatt6776 that’s a fascinating can of worms!

[@Jordan_99]

No, it says burn me alive

[@clockworkNate]

Wasn't Katie's ghost saying something like that too, couldn't she have wrote it.

[@2025-e4n]

All's i wanna know is: _Did_ Mike eat those sweets that the Ghost left for him on his bed?

[@s0d100]

He did

[@krdiaz8026]

They were laxatives. 1408 has an evil sense of humor.

[@skullcrusade3436]

@@krdiaz8026 The shit that comes out of you are the real chocolate. Daring you to eat it before it reaches the water on the toilet.

[@parrishharris3008]

Lmao me to 😄

[@cannibalbunnygirl]

Plot twist- Sam Jackson put them there and they're full of hallucinogens and Mike was tripping balls. That's why the room looks normal between shots

[@alltimesad9288]

The director’s ending was selling us on the idea of the ‘tortured soul’ where you can only find redemption in death

[@21Lauren21]

My parents bought the DVD when it first came out and it plays the theatrical ending automatically so I never realized there was a second ending.

[@twistedkarma9574]

Same here

[@nicolecarr4883]

A couple of things: 1) I think his daughter was really there. Her spirit. I think that because she said "It won't let me stay" when he was begging her to stay with him. I saw that room as him going through the 9 circles of hell. Hell brought her back, just to take her away, so he could suffer more. 2) I don't think he ever left the room even in ending where he "survived", remember his tape caught the room saying "even when you leave this room, you never leave this room", which I took as he never left the room. I like the ending better where he died because he got to be with his daughter at the end, his ghost never having to suffer again, while also saving his wife.

[@davidsalinas2918]

I think he's out, we do get flashes of writing on the walls saying burn me alive, I first thought "who would write that, burn ME alive? With all the suicides that rooms brings why is that one on the wall? It's for the room, one wall to end it is to burn it, also they seem to indicate he'll relive that hour forever in a loop, but we know 15 minutes before the next loop, his wife says she'll be there in about 15, when the next loop starts she's now 5 minutes away, showing that even with its time bending and reality bending its bubble is still in this universe so when he starts the fire the bubble pops and put them back

[@davidsalinas2918]

And I think the ending with the daughter was the entity's remnants to show it existed, because if it was just him rambling about what happened his wife would just think of him being theatrical and extra, but showing that interaction and only that, could be proof enough that it happened

[@mrtjwitdabs6949]

nobody: stephan king: yoooo what if the hotel room was the killer and there isn’t any actual ghosts???

[@losberries8631]

I cant stop thinking of the one episode from the Suite Life of Zack and Cody when I see this movie.

[@bullymaguire6722]

Berry Edwin yeah it does remind of that hunted hotel room episode😂

[@callmejohn5595]

@@bullymaguire6722 how does one hunt a room?

[@bullymaguire6722]

Also Epic A ghost in a hotel room🤦🏾‍♂️

[@alexzuniga6558]

Also Epic how does one become a jackass like you?

[@FuriousCanadian]

Ghost: Spooky cho- Me: *Throws the chocolate down throat* GIVE ME MORE I DEMAND IT Ghost: *Spawns more chocolate* ME: MORE MORE Ghost: Dude you need to calm dow- ME : I REQUIRE THE CHOCOLATE NOW

[@tatacamille1851]

And now the weather

[@theinquisitionsparrot6749]

I REQUIRE FOOD AND LUKEWARM WEATHER OH HEAVEN BLESSED ROOM

[@area3181]

Did you say chocolate? Chocolate? CHOCOLATE!!!

[@riotkitty]

That’s how you beat the room. Just demand more chocolate no matter what happens.

[@Joeykm1972]

Ghost: Floods the entire room with liquid chocolate. Oompah, Loompah, Doompaty-Doo... What do you get when you guzzle down sweets? You drown. End of movie. Next!

[@mitch27560]

Tiny bit of trivia... The "crazy hammer lady" was played by famed martial artist Benny "the jet" Urqidez. John Cousack is a huge fan of his, and has even trained with him. I'm sure got him the part

[@kelst75]

Speaking of John Cusack, how about doing Identity? Like to see that

[@bronwyngavin6076]

Another one of my faves.

[@SpliffStar79]

That movie was awesome.

[@joshuablackman9108]

Yes! Awesome Movie!

[@zammymynakersnackstbmoth]

Yaaas!!!

[@LucyLioness100]

Great choice! I liked that movie too

[@seriousnesstv7902]

Hey FoundFlix! This is John and I was hoping you could do stephen king's thinner! I would greatly love to see that video! Thank you and have a great day!

[@louscopedyew-2604]

joe

[@Christrulesall2]

I was just watching that the other day on amazon prime. Ive seen it years ago but i always wondered since he killed his daughter by mistake, did he just loose it and kill himself by eating the pie out of guilt?

[@seriousnesstv7902]

Christrulesall2 I never understood the ending rlly

[@Christrulesall2]

@@seriousnesstv7902 When he lets Dr. Mikey in to join him for a slice of pie, he smiles as he closes the door.The guilt just consumed him.How could you live with yourself after that? He just killed his daughter indirectly. There is just no coming back from that. He had nothing to live for so he ate the pie as well. Its all left up to the imagination, but thats my interpretation.

[@seriousnesstv7902]

Christrulesall2 I really wish his daughter hadn’t died! I felt so sad!

[@random8314]

Did you guys know Steven King was 6'4? (I just didn't expect)

[@ninjaflamewolf1619]

Random damm

[@s0d100]

Damn its funny he looks like he would be at least 5'7 if that makes sense

[@UncleBubbl3s]

Im 6'3 and 15 lmao

[@random8314]

Will Cosnahan I’m 6’1, just turned 19, you will probably be 6’4 by that age

[@ilc_mike.2241]

@@UncleBubbl3s i'm a fetus and 8'6

[@X7Excalibur]

Anyone else realize Jake had to go through a place just like 1408 in the Gunslinger series? I love how everything is connected in his dark universe. And at the center of it all is the Dark Tower, slowly decaying... Hell when he gets to the Tower itself, it acts like a sentient mind reading being itself...

U think u hot but u aint all that lil homie matter of fact u aint shit dog

[@OneReallyGrumpyJill]

That moment when Lovecraftian room tries to prank you with your dead daughter but you set it on fire. Not cool, bro.

[@prophswrld]

Lil' Connor Peterson r/woooosh r/ihavereddit

[@CrashCarson14]

Bro the ending with his daughters voice made the entire movie! I remember seeing thins movie I think in theaters. I don’t remember it (I was young) but to this day I remember the ending being the total switch up. Made the entire movie good.

[@acrazysheepdog1555]

Our boy Mike after going through hell in that room for a whole hour, simply told the room to go to hell and saying that the room was a 10/10 skulls, who cares about Steve Rogers taking on Thanos, this is a true badass.

[@D0ng1]

Still my number one favorite horror film personally. From the set design (even as the room becomes trashed and frozen, too) To the acting (Olin and Enslin talking in the office being the best dialogue exchange for sure) To the themes, the scares, the audio and imagery. Such a great, honestly underrated film. The theatrical ending will forever be the best. Seeing Mike come out from the experience a better man, having made himself whole. As well as the horrifying final implication that everything he’d encountered in 1408 was very much real, as evidenced by his tape recorder that Lily listens too as well, further proving him right as he now is a believer.