John Cusack has an interesting mixed history when it comes to Stephen King adaptations. To date, he has starred in three films based on the author’s stories, and there is a broad scale when it comes ...

1408 (2007, Genius, PG-13, $30) Like “The Shining,” the latest Stephen King adaptation drops a tortured writer (snarky John Cusack) into a haunted hotel room and watches as he slowly loses his mind.

Stephen King doesn't explain why or how Room 1408 got so wicked, but in the movie based on his short story, it doesn't much matter: once Samuel L. Jackson warns John Cusack that the cursed suite he ...

Listen up, all you "Hostels," "Saws" and other purveyors of bloody terror. Lay down your whips, chain saws and paring knives to watch a truly scary movie. You might ...