8 Found Dead

I'm not sure what's the point of this movie. The storyline is non existence, the characters inside are stupid af. It's just boring going through the motion and there's no sense whatsoever. None of the characters, despite being younger and stronger, has any common sense or self preservation technics. Instead they behave like stupid lambs waiting to be slaughtered without a fight. This movie is a waste of time🙄 I would advise ppl to have extremely low expectations or not to watch this movie at all. I don't even have enough words to post a review of this movie because the movie literally has no plot and it's really stupid haha.

This movie was ok, are Airbnbs this much trouble? If so, count me out, the acting was fine, I fell in love with the old couple. The wife Liz was hilariois to me, lol. Her character was way off in a kooky type of way,, she seemed to enjoy her screen time, playing her role to a Tee. Barbarians the movie was about an airbnb as well, so was the new Netflix Film with Julia Roberts called Leave the world behind, same premise didferent scenario though. I would leave immediately if I showed up and someone was occupying the place I rented out. The characters in these types of movies makes all the wrong decisions.

I don't know why everyone seems to want to hate on this. It's a decent B-movie slasher.

Does it make much sense? No, not really but does that matter? No, not really!

It's entertaining, doesn't require any brain power, and is engaging enough to keep your attention.

Was I rooting for any of the characters? Absolutely not There's a little twist at the end, which is fun, if predictable.

There's a post credit scene which hints at a prequel. I'd be happy to watch that if it ever gets made.

I was going to give it a six, because the timeline is a little confusing, but I'm feeling generous and not mean, so a solid seven it is!

Of the 8 reviews until now, there are 4 with a raving score of 10. I hardly can believe that they watched the same movie as I did. In my opinion this is a totally failed wannabe thriller-horror flick, that I only sat through because I (stupidly) paid 5 euro to stream it.

Maybe the premise has some potential (two couples have booked an isolated cottage in the desert, only to find that there's already a weird older couple in the house that has no intention whatsoever to make way, but instead starts to behave more and more creepy), but out of some misguided arty whim the director decided to mix up the timelines of the individual couples arriving at the house, as well as that of the police officers that later arrive. This makes the already flimsy story completely chaotic and a tiresome watch.

Add to this that all characters (except the female officer) are extremely unsympathetic and even unpleasant to look at, that the dialogues are cringing, that the setting is limited to the uninspiring interior of the cheap looking cottage, and that the acting of the whole cast is below every reasonable par. Gradually the story derails into some kind of bloody grand guignol theater, but unfortunately without the needed tongue-in-cheekness that maybe could have saved this ill-fated project. Please don't waste money on this!

I had never even heard about this 2022 horror movie titled "8 Found Dead" from writer Jonathan Buchanan and director Travis Greene prior to stumbling upon it by random luck here in 2024. And given my love of the horror genre, of course I opted to give this movie a fair chance.

Well, if you enjoy offbeat movies then you're in for a treat here, because writer Jonathan Buchanan definitely put together something that was refreshingly unique. And thus, "8 Found Dead" was not just another run-of-the-mill horror movie crammed with jump scares to get a reaction out of the audience. While the storyline was rather bizarre, I must say that I actually found it to be adequately entertaining.

While the movie wasn't crammed with an abundance of familiar actors and actresses, I will say that the cast ensemble was nicely cast, and they definitely had some good talents to participate in the movie. The only performers I was familiar with were William Gabriel Grier and Jenny Tran.

Visually then, and while the movie wasn't heavily relying on special effects, then the effects were fair and served their purpose well enough.

"8 Found Dead" is worth sitting down and checking out if you want something that deviates from the usual horror tropes.

My rating of director Travis Greene's 2022 movie "8 Found Dead" lands on a five out of ten stars.