The Hollywood Reporter

‘Exit 8’ Review: Creepy if Redundant Video Game Adaptation Blends J-Horror Tropes Into a Surreal Single Location

Director Genki Kawamura’s big-screen take on the indie video game hit follows a man who can’t find his way out of a Tokyo subway tunnel. By Jordan Mintzer The press notes for the high-concept, ...
TheWrap

‘Exit 8’ Review: A Freakily Liminal Horror Movie That Gives Video Game Adaptations a Good Name

If you’ve ever been lost in a subway you know that getting lost in a subway suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucks. It’s upsettingly narrow yet paradoxically cavernous, stark in design but grimy to the touch, and the ...
Los Angeles Times

‘Exit 8’ traps moviegoers in a video game’s puzzle — for good and ill

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. “Game over” really means “over and over and over,” since we always have ...
Rolling Stone

‘Exit 8’ May Be the Best — and Creepiest — Video Game Adaptation Ever

Go up the stairs, and turn the corner. You’re at one end of a long subway corridor — the kind of bland, generic space citydwellers tread through day in and day out. The walls and floors are colored in ...
Polygon

Video game movies won't work unless you break the rules, says Exit 8 director

Still, comparing the different evolutions of the Exit 8 story is fascinating in its own right. Exit 8 started out as a walking-sim indie game that drops the player in that same physics-defying maze of ...
Vulture

There’s a Good Video-Game Adaptation Out (Without Mario in It)

Exit 8 may be based on a video game, but it feels at least equally guided by the ear-popping pressures caused by a declining birth rate. Before it ever gets to its main action, which involves an ...
Digital Trends

EXCLUSIVE: Exit 8 director on how he turned a video game into a cinematic nightmare

Video games have gotten better film and TV adaptations these days. Since 2020, we’ve gotten hits like the Sonic the Hedgehog movies, HBO’s The Last of Us, and Netflix’s Arcane. Now, indie film ...
Geeky Gadgets

Two Folds, One Choice: Should You Pick the Galaxy Z Fold 8 or the All-New “Wide” Model?

Samsung continues to push the boundaries of foldable smartphone technology with the highly anticipated Galaxy Z Fold 8 and its Wide Fold 8 variant. These devices are designed to offer innovative ...
IGN

Exit 8: Exclusive Clip

Exit 8 tracks an anonymous subway rider known only as The Lost Man as he emerges from his morning commute into a subway corridor bound for Exit 8, his portal to a temp job in the outside world. But ...

This 8-Part Sci-Fi Masterpiece Has 1 Shot You Can’t Look Away From

Alex Garland delivered a unique sci-fi story with Devs, particularly in a single shot.
IGN

EXIT 8 - Official Final Trailer

Check out the Final Trailer for EXIT 8, an upcoming thriller film based on the hit video game distributed by NEON. Explore the endless corridors of a sterile subway station in EXIT 8, in theaters on ...