Parents Guide for
8MM (1999) More at IMDbPro »

This is sleaze on high level.

Throughout the movie, we see clips of a film in which a girl wearing a tank top and underwear is slapped and then stabbed repeatedly by a man wearing a leather S&M outfit and mask (the camera moves around so the picture is often blurry and unidentifiable, but we do see blood on her torso and arm). In a few other films, we see a man's bare butt being slapped by two women in leather outfits, a bound and gagged woman being hit by a leather-clad man, a woman being choked to death and a woman hanging by her arms being slapped, punched and then stabbed repeatedly by two shirtless men (we see lots of blood on her body). A man is sliced with a knife (we see some blood), another is stabbed (we see a knife handle sticking out of his chest) and another is stabbed with what looks like a long skewer (we later see him pulling it out of his bloody stomach). A man ties another's neck and hands to a post, and it's implied that the man beats him to death with the butt of his gun (we hear the man being hit and later see the bloody gun and the man's bloody body). A man with tape over his mouth and blood on his face is tied to an archery target; we later see his dead, bloody body hanging from it. A man pours gasoline on a corpse and sets it on fire. Lots of threatening with guns and knives; a man shoots at another several times. A man is shot in the chest with a cross bow and another is shot in the neck (we see lots of blood pouring from the wound). Twice, a man is handcuffed to a bed and beaten (we see bloody cuts on his face); we also see a few scuffles and several men being punched, kicked and knocked down (often we see bloody cuts on their faces afterwards). Two men scuffle and fall out of a window.

About 70 F-words, many anatomical references, lots of scatological references, many mild obscenities and several insults.

The hero (Nicolas Cage) smokes throughout the movie though his wife would like him to quit and he doesn't admit that the still does. Three other main characters smoke: Joaquin Phoenix & Amy Morton cigarettes, Peter Stormare cigars.

Mild drinking.

No drugs.

yes violence is fightening