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This episode is very compelling and atmospheric though with a bit predictable ending. Charles Beaumont did a great job as always and obviously based his story on Aldous Huxley's Brave New World - a book which I highly recommend, unlike its recent adaptation which presents BNW as a utopian society instead of dystopian and glorifies it instead of satirizing it as Huxley did.

The lighting and cinematography are great in this TZ episode and reminiscing of German expressionism (Cabinet of Dr Caligari). Combine that with costumes and fake smiles of characters, it really gives a sinister and twisted image of a brainwashed society of the future that seems closer and closer. Huxley predicted it better than Orwell in 1984, though both books are brilliant and draw inspiration from Yevgeniy Zamyatin's 'We'. Still, it seems that we're heading for a totalitarian society controlled by drugs and drawing in physical pleasures rather than fear and tyranny.

Although many users and critics link this movie to Seven (1995) cause it comes from the same screenwriter, basically it is much closer to Hardcore (1979). In it, the main character (brilliant George C. Scott) also delves into the world of underground pornography and sickening snuff films, investigating a young girl's death - only that girl is his daughter.

Like Hardcore, 8MM keeps a moral sense to it all throughout the movie and does a fine job to develop the central character, so it is quite unjustly bashed by critics. It has a good script, directing and performance. It isn't boring, the pace is good and has no major plot holes.

The portrayal of violent pornography makes you sick and it's repulsive, but that's how it should be!