Mike Enslin is an author who specializes in horror, but does not believe in paranormal occurrences. Having constructed an entire career on his ability to dispel superstitious "haunted house" rumours, Mike is convinced that the afterlife is a manmade construct. His latest project is a book entitled "Ten Nights in Haunted Hotel Rooms," and it seems that in room 1408 of the Dolphin Hotel, this sceptical scribe may finally find proof of the supernatural. Now, the writer who thought he knew it all is caught entirely off guard.