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'''Gerald Olin''' }}

 

** In comparison, Olin is definitely this. He decided after the 4th death under his watch to have the room sealed and forbade any guests to check into it. He has 1408 serviced once a month, under his direct supervision, with maids working in pairs [[Properly Paranoid|and the door kept open at all times.]] He tells Enslin that he treats the room as if it were filled with toxic gas, and won't even go near it unless he has too.

* [[Parking Problems]]: The protagonist takes up two stalls with his SUV in front of the post office at the beginning of the movie.

* [[Primal Fear]]:

** Notably on the ''Heights and falling'' part...

* [[Psychological Torment Zone]]

* [[Race Lift]]: A white middle aged British man played by [[Samuel L Jackson]]. A very effective transition at that, as pointed out on his page: "If some British guy walked up to you and said 'Don't go in the room!', you'd probably do it out of spite. Now if ''Samuel L Jackson'' told you 'Don't go in the fucking room'..."

* [[Room 101|Room 1408]]

* [[Schmuck Bait]]: The postcard Enslin receives, warning him "Don't go in 1408!"

* [[Shout Out]]:

** To the fridge scene from [[Ghostbusters]].

* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: Takes effect once {{spoiler|the voice on the phone offers Enslin the express checkout and he acts completely nonchalant for the rest of the film, such as relaxing on the couch as the place is set on fire}}.

* [[Trash the Set]]: {{spoiler|After Mike seems to have escaped from 1408 and lived a week or so of his normal life, he goes to the post office to deliver a letter, and suddenly all the employees start destroying the place, to reveal 1408 beneath it.}}

* [[Up to Eleven]]: Near the end of the film, you think the room has done its worst to Enslin--tricking him into thinking that {{spoiler|he had actually been out of the room for ''weeks'' before bringing him right back}}. Then it does [[Died in Your Arms Tonight|that thing with Katie]], and you can't possibly imagine it doing ''anything'' more horrible than that, as Enslin looks like [[Despair Event Horizon|a textbook example of a broken man.]] Then it {{spoiler|rewinds to the beginning and tells him he can relive the experience over and over and over...}}<br /><br /> {{spoiler|And then the theatrical release has his wife overhearing their daughter's voice on the tape at the end of the movie, begging to be allowed to stay with her parents, before the room reclaims her.}} Remember this was the ending the studio forced so it wouldn't be such a [[Downer Ending]].

** {{spoiler|Enslin is waiting for the clock to count down to zero, thinking then that he'll be safe. [[Complete Monster|Then the clock starts up again at 60 minutes]]}}.

** And {{spoiler|letting him "escape"}}. And {{spoiler|showing him his daughter, then ripping her away again.}}