Video game adaptations are tough. From the polarizing second season of The Last of Us to the bevy of adaptations preceding it, it's difficult to get it right. The obvious missing element of the player ...

Cannes: Kawamura’s delightful blockbuster provocation, hailing from Toho, adapts the virally successful 2023 independent video game in smart and surprising ways. Ask anyone — it’s easy to get lost in ...

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.

The concept of popular walking game “The Exit 8,” from developers Kotake Create, is so spartan as to be practically monastic. You are lost in a labyrinthine, overlit, Japanese metro tunnel, and the ...

I never thought I’d see a video game adaptation playing the film festival circuit, but there’s a first time for anything, in this instance being TIFF 2025 film Exit 8, based on the indie horror title ...

You’re a Cabin Inspector at a place called The Cabin Factory. The company makes identical cabins for various amusement purposes, and you were hired after some incidents suggesting some of the ...

Given how few first-person videogames make a successful transition to the big screen, it's surprising how easy Genki Kawamura's "Exit 8" makes it look. But perhaps the key to not losing much in ...

Ask anyone - it's easy to get lost in the Tokyo subway. The city's underground boasts ample signposting to guide commuters and tourists - but there's so much of it, the passageways and stairways all ...

Genki Kawamura's inventive reimagining of a simple walking game is enjoyable puzzle therapy for anyone who has ever felt trapped in the Tokyo metro tunnels of their own mind. While comparisons to cult ...