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OK, so yes needless to say this post may contain spoilers for those of you who haven';t seen the movie yet but It's bugging me and I have to get it off my chest :P

I went to this movie with Debbie, a friend from work and I couldn't help pointing all this stuff out. Bad me! lol well lets start from somewhere near the beginning. So we're introduced to the main character, a cynical author who writes about ghosts and haunted mansions, a great idea love it. But yeah so we're in a diner after he checks out of his latest and greatest stay and what song should naturally come over the radio but "I just need someplace to lay my head..." and so on a such forth, and the giggling begins! shortly after that the audience is shown a post card and the main character being the genius that he is points out that 1+4+8=13... but what they didn't tell you was that the address of the hotel itself adds to the same number, which is significant for any of you who have read the gunslinger series. Also There is something written I can't remember where but it said "the wolves killed me on the turnpike" paraphrasing because it was only on the screen for a couple of seconds towards the beginning of the movie, another throwback to the dark tower series, the giggling continues. Mind you I've only seen the movie once and this is the tip of the iceberg as far as I'm concerned of some of the things I noticed. My head is spinning trying to look for more at the moment. I was almost expecting him to stop and look at a rose before entering the building. After all he is in new york, y not. I have a sneaking suspicion that the address of the hotel probably syncs up with something in the series as well, but I'm not entirely sure. Does anyone remember the hotel room Susannah stayed in before she gave birth? goodness, the joy of it all! I'm going to have to reread the series, and actually read 1408 before I buy the movie. After all I should brush up on some more stephen king I suppose. I loved the movie it was creepy as hell without being all hack and slash. I mean seriously a horror movie that about more then killing the main character? impossible, it is a wonderful throwback to the days when movies had much more of an evil undercurrent and filled you with adrenalin as apposed to people just wanting to scream about the stupid blonde running up the stairs (where there's no escape) in high heels. from the foreshadowing ("burm me alive" being carved into the brick) to the less subtle things like the first dead mans name... hint hint though actually not a book I've read. it really just has so much little stuff for you to catch I doubt I'll ever get bored watching it. Even if I expect the hatchet swinging lunatic to keep popping back up.