Many people do not believe in ghosts, but I know they exist. When I was a young girl, I would see people that were slightly different from other people, like they were incomplete. I was not scared of them. When I entered school, I quickly learned to ignore the different ones. By the time I hit puberty, I had quit seeing the different ones completely. I guess with the rush of hormones, angst and self-consciousness that being a teenager brings, I willed myself to become a person who did not see ghosts. I thought they had gone forever.

A few years later, I was standing in a discotheque, surrounded by people, watching a live band on stage. Suddenly, it was as if someone had turned off the sound. Then I heard my father say my name, Eileen. I knew then that my father had died, although he was living in New York at the time. When I arrived home, my mother was on the phone and my brother was standing there looking at her. I asked, “Daddy is dead, isn’t he?” He looked at me and asked, “How did you…?” but I knew he really did not want an answer. I went to bed.

Before dawn the next day, I awoke to perfect silence. Then I heard my name whispered, Eileen. My father was drifting at the foot of my bed. He looked lost. I said, “Daddy, what are you doing here?” He looked like a different one, so I knew what to do. “Daddy,” I said, “I love you, but you do not belong here any longer. You are dead, daddy.” He vanished and I returned to sleep.

My experience with ghosts was very different from the man in 1408 Movie. See the trailer below, if you dare.

Spooks, spirits, haunts or whatever you call them, you will see at least one nightmare-grade apparition in this trailer. Imagine how many are in the 1408 Movie. The movie is about a sad and angry man whose daughter has died. He is desperately looking for a connection to the beyond so that he may see her again. As usual, when we seek, we do not find.

He stays in The Dolphin Hotel, room 1408. The hotel manager warned him that over 50 people had died in that room. As the manager hands him the key, he says, “Whatever you do, do not sleep in that room.” Of course, he does sleep in the room and the ghosts come out–in force. Murderers and madmen, victims and suicides, he is transported to a nether world. By the time he sees his daughter he does not want to. Why? I will leave you with that question. You will just have to see the movie: