The urban legend surrounding snuff films is a scary one. It has however spawned some interesting works inspired by it, from video games like Rockstar Games' Manhunt to a sizeable number of movies. One such example is Joel Schumacher’s 8mm, a rather morbid Nicolas Cage vehicle written by the same guy who penned Se7en.
Tom Welles (Cage) is a Pennsylvania private investigator who gets hired by a wealthy widow to investigate a 8mm film depicting the apparent on-screen murder of…