8mm is a thriller/ horror film about a private investigator who is hired by a wealthy woman. The wealthy woman’s husband passed away, and in his private possessions is a snuff tape. The woman wants to know if the video is real footage or just a short violent horror film. The private investigator (acted by Nicolas Cage) accepts the job and dives deeper and deeper into the world of violent and controversial adult videos. He gets talking to an adult film shop employee (who is acted by Joaquin Phoenix) about where he could find these types of violent adult tapes, who agrees to help him get further into this horrid world. Does he find out if the footage is real in the end? Does the private investigator get too far into the worm hole of this evil world? Watch 8mm to find out these answers!