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.

This was quite entertaining, better than I thought it was going to be. The performances were good But the standout performance was the character Liz played by Roseanne limeres. Really looking forward to the prequel to understand why Liz and Richard were the way they were. My only gripe with the movie was that I can't find anywhere the music. The amazing main song wonder valley is unavailable to listen to despite many a search. It is sung by big Ralph and written by the director Travis Greene. Please release it on YouTube or Spotify. Give this film a go if you like situational survival horror. Is not a masterpiece but an enjoyable film nonetheless.

No pun intended - the movie starts with an Influencer theme. And then we get the first glimpse of the slasher it becomes later on - actually we do have a few time jumps ... and I don't feel the timeline makes much sense .. or rather the events and how they take place ... apart from each other. On the other hand, maybe there is a suggestion that there is more to the movie and its mythology.

That all said, you can make up excuses for anything if you want to. I also understand if people are annoyed - by the supposedly main (good) character and the bad guys of the movie. The movie almost make the bad guys way too romantic ... there almost seems to be a notion of them being "good".

Generally speaking I like when the bad guys have motivation - of sorts. Still there is a lot wrong (with the secret), the meeting and the couples in and of themselves. The ending suggest sequels and maybe even prequels ... I liked the beginning but was a bit taken aback by the rest ... still I went with a 6 instead of a 5 ... well another example of me being too kind you say? Well if you feel like that ...