You heard right! Remember that place you’d drive to every weekend, full of DVDs and candy. You’d give someone money and they’d allow to rent the hottest video releases for a few days. When you didn’t return them on time, they’d charge you a fee for being late. Yeah, that place, the video store. And yes, surprisingly, Blockbuster is still around trying to be “competitive” for your business. Blockbuster, now owned by Dish Network, unveiled a new pricing scheme for summer movies and kids and family movies. For the low price of $1.49, you can rent a movie and get a 20 ounce Coke. Sounds good? Well, you have to…

DALLAS, Sept. 27 — Fifty-six people have met their doom in the Dolphin Hotel’s haunted Room 1408. Now, just in time for the Halloween season, BLOCKBUSTER(R) is giving consumers the room key to see if they’ll be next. The online game “1408 Room & Doom,” inspired by the fictional movie “1408″ starring John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson, launches today along with a sweepstakes at http://www.1408themoviedvd.com. Both the game and sweepstakes highlight that BLOCKBUSTER will have exclusive rentals and alternate endings of the Weinstein Company film “1408″ when it is released on DVD on Oct. 2. Now through Halloween, “1408 Room & Doom” will pit players against the evil forces…