Of course, with any horror film, it could be chalked up to the protagonist's imagination or some hallucination, but like with all of King's works, the story of "" is based in a world where dark and supernatural places do exist, and this hotel room is just one of them. In the theatrically released ending to "," Mike's wife Lily Mary McCormack validates his experiences when she finds the cassette tape and plays it, hearing the voice of their daughter, Katie Jasmine Jessica Anthony , who at that time is already long dead.
The ending that was originally shot for the film has Mike dying in a fire that destroys room At Mike's funeral, Olin arrives to see Lily and attempts to give her all of Mike's personal items, including his cassette player. She declines, and he returns to his car. Opening the box of Mike's stuff, Olin listens to the cassette tape and hears Katie's voice, before being horrified at seeing a burnt Mike in his backseat through the rearview mirror.
This ending, which is dubbed the director's cut, ends with a look inside of what remains of room , where a ghostly Mike smokes a cigarette and walks off to reunite with his daughter. Audiences apparently thought this ending was too dark, and so the official theatrical release ended with Mike's survival, his reunion with Lily, and the listening of the tape.
But it got even more confusing over the years, as the director's cut was reportedly made the default ending in later releases on streaming networks and cable broadcasts of the film.
For people watching "" who might be interested in seeing both endings, it's now very difficult to find the ending in which Mike survives, at least in U.
Surprisingly, this actually happens to be the preferred ending for a lot of people, with many seeing the ending in which Mike and Lily hear their daughter's voice on the tape as more poignant and unsettling. The wikipedia page fo "" reports that there was also a third ending, a slightly different reworking of the original ending with the funeral, but there are no sources listed for this information.
As with any adaptation, there are bound to be some changes to the story. With "," the source material is a short story, so the film has to expand and fill out Mike's experience in the room at the Dolphin to last a whole movie's length. Probably the biggest change between the story and the film is the addition of Mike's backstory. It's certainly not a happy ending, but at least Mike survived. In the director's cut, original ending, Mike succeeds in destroying the room but dies in the process.
Lily is left emotionally shattered, and Olin sees a terrifying vision of Mike's burnt corpse, as well as Mike's daughter Katie.
It's a bit ambiguous what happens after, but it would appear that Mike and Katie go on to the afterlife together. According to director Mikael Hafstrom, this ending wasn't used because test audiences didn't like it, believing it to be too depressing to see Mike not survive. Interestingly, the original director's cut ending is the default on most home video releases of , and is now considered by most fans to be the definitive conclusion. As is so often the case, test audiences seem to have gotten this one wrong.
There are also two additional ending variants available on 's Blu-Ray release, one in which Mike dies and his publisher Sam somehow gets mailed the manuscript Mike wrote about the room during a false ending earlier in the film, and another where Mike lives that's just a slight change to the theatrical ending.
Michael Kennedy is an avid movie and TV fan that's been working for Screen Rant in various capacities since In the second ending, Mike survived the fire incident and started his life again with ex-wife Lily.
Mike kept the possession box with him and lived happily ever after. In the third ending, Lily learned that Mike actually talked to their dead daughter in the haunted room as she listened to the recorded conversation of Katie and Mike.
The fourth ending was quite confusing as the manager of the publication house received a courier, which was the first draft of Mike's experience in room Now follow your favourite television celebs and telly updates.
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