The Hateful Eight poster

The Hateful Eight

2015168 minutesR
3.6
Arcplot Score
📝 Unconventional
Unverified
⭐ 7.8IMDb
🍅 74%Rotten Tomatoes
Ⓜ️ 68/100Metacritic
🎬 7.8TMDb
📊 6.9Popularity
🏆Won 1 Oscar. 46 wins & 116 nominations total
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Some time after the Civil War, a stagecoach hurtles through the wintry Wyoming landscape. Bounty hunter John Ruth and his fugitive captive Daisy Domergue race towards the town of Red Rock, where Ruth will bring Daisy to justice. Along the road, they encounter Major Marquis Warren (an infamous bounty hunter) and Chris Mannix (a man who claims to be Red Rock's new sheriff). Lost in a blizzard, the bunch seeks refuge at Minnie's Haberdashery. When they arrive they are greeted by unfamiliar faces: Bob, who claims to be taking care of the place while Minnie is gone; Oswaldo Mobray, the hangman of Red Rock; Joe Gage, a cow puncher; and confederate general Sanford Smithers. As the storm overtakes the mountainside, the eight travelers come to learn that they might not make it to Red Rock after all...

Box Office

Budget:$44.0M
Revenue:$155.8M
Profit:$111.8M

Arcplot Score Breakdown

Beat Timing Precision4.9/10
Emotional Arc Impact1/10
Thematic Consistency5/10
Overall Score3.6/10

Beat Sheet

15 plot points

The Hateful Eight Arcplot
1
Opening Image
1 min
2
Theme Stated
10 min
3
Set-Up
20 min
4
Catalyst
35 min
5
Debate
50 min
6
Break Into Two
70 min
7
B Story
85 min
8
Fun and Games
100 min
9
Midpoint
120 min
10
Bad Guys Close In
135 min
11
All Is Lost
145 min
12
Dark Night of the Soul
155 min
13
Break Into Three
160 min
14
Finale
165 min
15
Final Image
168 min

Emotional Arc

+100-10

Plot Points

#1

Opening Image

1 min

Snowy Wyoming landscape. Wagon approaching. Isolated, tense setting established.

#2

Theme Stated

10 min

Theme: mistrust, justice, survival in moral ambiguity. Characters morally gray.

#3

Set-Up

20 min

Wagon passengers introduced: bounty hunters, outlaw, sheriff. Dynamics and suspicion form.

#4

Catalyst

35 min

Characters take shelter in haberdashery due to blizzard. Tension escalates.

#5

Debate

50 min

Who can be trusted? Hidden agendas surface. Violence possible at any moment.

#6

Break Into Two

70 min

First deaths occur. Conflict becomes lethal. Isolation heightens stakes.

#7

B Story

85 min

Relationships among survivors. Alliances shift. Suspicion and strategy interplay.

#8

Fun and Games

100 min

Reveals, interrogations, plotting. Psychological tension dominates.

#9

Midpoint

120 min

Major revelation about the traitor. Stakes fully realized.

#10

Bad Guys Close In

135 min

Characters fight, bloodshed escalates. Survival uncertain.

#11

All Is Lost

145 min

Almost all are dead. Despair, betrayal, and isolation peak.

#12

Dark Night of the Soul

155 min

Remaining characters reflect on fate, morality, choices. Emotional low.

#13

Break Into Three

160 min

Final confrontations begin. Strategy and violence collide.

#14

Finale

165 min

Survivor(s) prevail. Truth revealed. Justice, revenge, or irony fulfilled.

#15

Final Image

168 min

Snowy silence. Survivors/aftermath shown. Isolation and moral ambiguity remain.