Origins/background: The 8th Day is a post-apocalyptic porn adventure that stretches across a full four discs in its DVD incarnation. The VOD version available on Sugar Unlimited contains a remarkable four hours of action.
Memorable scene: Tori Black joins Poppy Morgan and Bree Olson for a moonlit threesome in the desert. The scene was so spectacular that it earned an AVN award (see “Awards” below). (starts at timecode 01:25:00)
Scene breakdown: boy/girl (2), boy/boy/girl (2), boy/girl/girl (2), girl/girl/girl (2), group sex (1)
Trivia: As of 2008, The 8th Day was Adam & Eve‘s most expensive ever movie. (AVN)
Director’s chair: Ren Savant, who directed numerous movies for Vivid and Adam & Eve between 1995 and 2011. The directorial role of the movie became a point of contention when it was alleged that Eli Cross was unofficial co-director.
Quotable: “This was a really difficult movie for us to make, and it was almost legendary. And all these people behind me are such a big, big part of this. Everyone here knows a big release takes a lot of people to do.” (Ren Savant accepting one of the movie’s awards, as quoted by AVN)
Awards: The 8th Day was one of the biggest winners at the 2010 AVN Awards Show, racking up eight statuettes, including the prizes for Best Video Feature and Best All-Girl Threeway (the “Memorable Scene” mentioned above).
The critics said: “It does rank as one of the best adult movies I’ve ever seen..” (Diesel, Adult Empire)