The movie The Hateful Eight, directed by Quentin Tarantino, was released in the United States.
The screenplay for The Hateful Eight was leaked online before the movie's public release.
Ennio Morricone began recording the score for The Hateful Eight, his first western film score.
Major Marquis Warren and a dead man are traveling in a stagecoach when they are ambushed by the outlaw 'The Hatchet' and his gang.
Major Marquis Warren and bounty hunter John Ruth, known as 'The Hangman,' cross paths and plan to travel together to Red Rock.
John Ruth captures outlaw Daisy Domergue and plans to bring her to Red Rock for trial and hanging.
Due to a blizzard, Warren, Ruth, and Daisy, along with Chris Mannix and others, take shelter in Minnie's Haberdashery, an isolated cabin.
At Minnie's Haberdashery, other characters including Bob, Oswaldo Mobray, Joe Gage, and General Sandy Smithers reveal themselves.
The guests grow suspicious of each other's identities and motives as the blizzard confines them together.
It is revealed that several people in the cabin are conspiring to free Daisy Domergue, leading to violence and murder among the group.
