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Would you stay in room 1408?

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Room 1408 is a haunted/cursed/evil hotel room from the short Stephen King novel and film "1408"

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1408 has been responsible for 42 deaths, at least 12 of them suicides, over a span of 68 years. The natural deaths are most bizarre in nature from drowning in chicken soup, to heart attack and others.

Would you stay in a room with this history?
 
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No. At best you will leave horribly maimed. Typically most people are only in there for an hour but because of the nature of that room an hour could be days
 
Aurongel

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Yes because ghosts don't actually exist and I'm not a character in a Stephen King story.

Lame bonus trivia: 1408 ---> 1 + 4 + 0 + 8 = 13
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Anthony Hopkins said:
Room 1408 is a haunted/cursed/evil hotel room from the short Stephen King novel and film "1408"

1408-2007-8.jpg


1408 has been responsible for 42 deaths, at least 12 of them suicides, over a span of 68 years. The natural deaths are most bizarre in nature from drowning in chicken soup, to heart attack and others.

Would you stay in a room with this history?
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Yes, precisely because of it is history...But that comes from someone who would want to live in Silent Hill...And I am answering seriously
 
The Albatross

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No, why would anybody.

It's like... "Would you ride in DEATH TRAIN? Death Train has 48 deaths over the last 2 years, all grissly."

Or would you, y'know, ride in normal non-death train
 
msdstc

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having seen the movie of course not. If it was some actual place that was "haunted" though in the real world, absolutely.
 
s1lver

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I'm confused. Is this a real hotel room that SK has written a story about? Or is it fictional?

I would stay regardless, but..
 
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Aurongel said:
Yes because ghosts don't actually exist and I'm not a character in a Stephen King story.

Lame bonus trivia: 1408 ---> 1 + 4 + 0 + 8 = 13
SpoooOOOooOOOoookkYYYyyYYyyy
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But the chance of that many people dying of "natural" deaths has to be 1 in billions.

While there maybe no evidence of Ghosts, we as sure as shit don't know everything about our reality, we only have 5 senses and we don't even know what's outside our universe.

s1lver said:
I'm confused. Is this a real hotel room that SK has written a story about? Or is it fictional?

I would stay regardless, but..
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Sorry I should of said its fictional.
 

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What if a group of people holding hands from the hallway to the room stay for the night? Does the room still have power over them? Only the ones actually inside the room and the ones outside see them hallucinate?

Does the novel have more details about how the room operates?
 
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I'd stay. I don't believe in ghosts. I'd love to travel around and stay only in "haunted" places just to debunk them.
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That's literally the plot


Why do you all keep insisting that you aren't like the characters in the books while saying line for line the motivation of the character in the book?
 
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msdstc said:
Right but it's also a movie. There are places like this in real life that claim to be haunted that I would gladly stay in. If it's the in universe 1408 though of course you don't stay there unless you're suicidal.
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But you don't know until you're in there
 
Youngfossil

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I wouldnt go to any Stephen King locations, Rom 1408 being on the top of the list. Followed by Castle Rock
 
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Nope. Just like I will never do Bloody Mary and shit like that. I truly don't believe in any of it...but just in case, I ain't gonna risk it.
 
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I'd go hang out in the Overlook though. I don't shine so there's not much of an issue
 
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The logic enslin(the guy who stays in 1408) uses to stay in 1408 is not very good, I mean even if Ghosts don't exist, the odds of that many ppl dying from bizarre ways are so low that somthing must be up.
 
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The one in the movie? Where it's actually haunted? No thank you. I actually thought the movie did a very good job of instilling a sense of dread and evil into a very mundane looking place, although if went a little off the rails once things started getting really nuts.

I'd totally stay in a real life "haunted" room. That shit isn't real, so it'd be kinda fun.
 
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But you don't know until you're in there
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Right but this thread is made with the knowledge already out there. We've seen the movie. Again if you're speaking from a hypothetical, would I stay in places LIKE 1408, which there are. The movie is based on an actual thing people do, seeking out haunted places and staying. I'd gladly stay in the most "haunted" place on earth. But if your thread is asking if I'd stay in the 1408 in the movie, hell fuckin no. We know what happens.
 
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Nude_Tayne said:
The one in the movie? Where it's actually haunted? No thank you. I actually thought the movie did a very good job of instilling a sense of dread and evil into a very mundane looking place, although if went a little off the rails once things started getting really nuts.

I'd totally stay in a real life "haunted" room. That shit isn't real, so it'd be kinda fun.
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the first 60% of 1408 or so is fantastic.
 
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msdstc said:
Right but this thread is made with the knowledge already out there. We've seen the movie. Again if you're speaking from a hypothetical, would I stay in places LIKE 1408, which there are. The movie is based on an actual thing people do, seeking out haunted places and staying. I'd gladly stay in the most "haunted" place on earth. But if your thread is asking if I'd stay in the 1408 in the movie, hell fuckin no. We know what happens.
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The knowledge of the room's history, not that it's a sentient ghost room
 
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Aurongel said:
Yes because ghosts don't actually exist and I'm not a character in a Stephen King story.
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The thing is, the room isn't haunted. It's not a ghost that's killing people. It's just an evil room. Or possibly a larval form of the same kind of monster as Pennywise, but that's speculation.
Grunge_Hamster said:
What if a group of people holding hands from the hallway to the room stay for the night? Does the room still have power over them? Only the ones actually inside the room and the ones outside see them hallucinate?

Does the novel have more details about how the room operates?
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I'm pretty sure the door needs to be closed for the room to torture people. There's mention of how it has to be cleaned regularly, just like a normal room, and that there are procedures to make sure it can't attack the staff in the process (and what happens when those procedures fail for even a moment).
 
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W-00 said:
The thing is, the room isn't haunted. It's not a ghost that's killing people. It's just an evil room. Or possibly a larval form of the same kind of monster as Pennywise, but that's speculation.

I'm pretty sure the door needs to be closed for the room to torture people. There's mention of how it has to be cleaned regularly, just like a normal room, and that there are procedures to make sure it can't attack the staff in the process (and what happens when those procedures fail for even a moment).
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Whoa sick
 
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I remember really liking that movie. Thank you for reminding me of it.

But no, of course not. That's like asking "Would you write your own name in the Death Note?"
 
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Anthony Hopkins said:
Are there any good movies about the Bermuda triangle? The best think like that is and xfiles episode when milder and scilly go back in time lol
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I know a movie called Triangle. It has nothing to do with the bermuda triangle but it is about some weird ass time shenanigans in the middle of the ocean
 
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Grunge_Hamster said:
What if a group of people holding hands from the hallway to the room stay for the night? Does the room still have power over them? Only the ones actually inside the room and the ones outside see them hallucinate?

Does the novel have more details about how the room operates?
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I would imagine at some point not too far into the incursion the room would forcibly shut the door and sever the hands/arms or knock the fuck out of whoever is in the way in the doorway. Then no one could get in or out until the room was done with its guests inside.
 
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What about the Bermuda Triangle? You know its history but that thing below that takes the people it shipwrecks and adds them to its mass?
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Its history as one of the most heavily trafficked shipping lanes in the world, which millions have traveled through safely? The Triangle is actually a great example: there's nothing remotely eerie about it, yet superstitious people have "heard stories" that've convinced them it's cursed or something. So much so that it's entered the zeitgeist.
 
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