He received the same birthday card from 'David' inside the dream as well (the difference being the print on the cover of the birthday card), but did not receive the postcard for room 1408.Īs a parallel to Samuel 2:13, Mike perceived the challenge of not being allowed in the room as an 'invitation' to go, he ate nuts and chocolates while inside the room, drank alcohol and got slightly drunk and after falling asleep, he was trapped inside a dream, giving him hope that he escaped the room, but in the end, did not go home. Mike got a birthday card signed 'David' just before seeing the anonymous postcard that got him interested in Room 1408. But in the evening Uriah went out to sleep on his mat among his master's servants he did not go home.'. Chapter 13 of the second book of Samuel says 'At David's invitation, he (meaning Uriah) ate and drank with him, and David made him drunk. In the room, Mike Enslin opens a hotel bible at Samuel 2:11 (another reference to 13), and reads part of the story about Uriah, David and Bathsheba. If room 1408 was deemed damaged or unsafe, Enslin would not be able to stay there - however, claiming a room is haunted by ghosts doesn't count, nor does there being earlier deaths or crimes in the room stand up as a reasonable basis to bar a guest from using a particular room. If 1408 were a real-life scenario, virtually the only ways Mike Enslin could be rejected or removed would be if he had no intention of being a guest, if he were being a nuisance and damaging property, if he refused to pay due fees or if he were suspected to injure the hotel's business or guests in a hazardous, uncomfortable or dangerous situation (State v. These guest duty laws for hotels have been established by earlier cases (Langford v. There are also anti-discrimination laws in place to protect hotel guests of protected groups.

It has to be objectively reasonable, though (claiming the hotel room the guest wants is haunted would not be likely to be found in a court of law to be a reasonable basis for rejecting a guest).

The hotel owner has the right to reject or expel persons whom he or she reasonably deems objectionable. While this does not necessarily mean they can request any room they want and stay there as portrayed in the film, innkeepers and hotel/motel owners have a legal duty to accept guests.

1408 was actually quite accurate in stating that there are laws in place within the United States forcing hotels to accept any guest.

1408 by stephen king