1408

Intro

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• countless
• it works
• pull off
• horror

• haunt
• abandoned
• creepy
• creep out

• tend to
• legend

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Sometimes it’s fun to wonder about the people who used to live where you live or who used to work where you work, especially if you live or work in a really old building.

But what if those people are…in a sense…still there?

What if they’re haunting the building?

Marni and Kevin are walking along when they find an abandoned building. It reminds Marni of a scary movie she recently saw…

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Dialog

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Kevin

Marni

Kevin:  Hey, what’s this here?

Marni:  I think it’s an abandoned restaurant.

Kevin:  It’s kinda creepy.

Marni:  It is kinda creepy! Old abandoned buildings always creep me out.

Kevin:  Yeah…oh…

Marni:  You know what this reminds me of…Have you seen that movie 1408?

Kevin:  No, but I’ve heard about it…Samuel L. Jackson, John Cusack, right?

Marni:  It’s a Stephen King story.

Kevin:  Oh, creepy.

Marni:  So it is…it’s scary. It’s about this abandoned, sort of, hotel room. The hotel itself isn’t abandoned, but the room is legend to be haunted. You don’t go in 1408…

Kevin:  Because what happened there?

Marni:  Just countless people have died in there, so they don’t allow guests to stay there anymore. And uh, it’s scary. It works. I liked it. I wasn’t sure, you know I like Stephen King, I’m a big fan, but sometimes…John Cusack, I wasn’t sure if he could pull off a horror film.

Kevin:  That’s what I think is so surprising.

Marni:  He does a really good job. It’s creepy. It’s definitely worth seeing.

Kevin:  Okay, cool. I’ll have to check it out.

Marni:  We should check this building.

Kevin:  Sounds good, let’s go.

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