8MM

8MM

You can't prepare for where the truth will take you.

Rating

4.3 (3)

Release Date

2/26/1999

Runtime

123 mins

Overview

A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles down an increasingly dark and frightening path. With the help of the streetwise Max, he relentlessly follows a bizarre trail of evidence to determine the fate of a complete stranger. As his work turns into obsession, he drifts farther and farther away from his wife, family and simple life as a small-town PI.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$40,000,000

Revenue

$96,618,699

Homepage

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How It Feels

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A descent into the ugliest corners of human depravity that pulls you deeper with each dark revelation. Watching it feels like becoming complicit in Tom's obsession, as the film systematically strips away his humanity alongside yours.

Mood

Dread-soakedParanoidBleak

Themes

ObsessionCorruptionIsolationMortality

Tone

Bleak

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

HandheldDesaturatedNaturalistic

Structure

Linear

Heads up

Graphic violenceSexual contentChild endangermentBody horror

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