Psychological horrors are not only meant to mess with the characters’ minds, but also make us think about what they’re experiencing. Japanese horror Exit 8 barely gets there in that regard. Based on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kazunari Ninomiya in "Exit 8" (Credit: Toho) If you’ve ever been lost in a subway you know that getting lost in a subway ...

Liminal space horror (scary stories set in sparse hallways and abandoned-looking locations that invoke a mixture of both nostalgia and dread) is having a moment. The excellent recent trailer for ...

Genki Kawamura's 'Exit 8' is adapted from the virally successful 2023 independent videogame of the same name. Review ...

While most video-game movies fail in trying to translate active game mechanics to the passive experience of movie-watching, Exit 8 thrives by truly making viewers feel as though they’re a part of the ...

I’ve long been fascinated by what I call No Exit Horror, a term I’ve coined for a sub-genre rooted in existential dread, where characters are trapped in singular, oppressive spaces they cannot escape.

For those unfamiliar, The Exit 8 can be a relatively short walking simulator. It all depends on your own reaction times and observational skills. You’re essentially walking through an underground ...

A young Japanese man trapped in a brightly lit, surreal hallway desperately counts the number of doors, vents, and lockers. He obsessively checks the words written on the poster ads lining the walls, ...

Exit 8 will hit U.S. theaters on April 10. Exit 8 may not look like it at first glance, but it is in fact based on a video game. That would be The Exit 8, a 2023 indie game by developer Kotake Create, ...