Exit 8
Directed by Genki Kawamura
A man trapped in an endless sterile subway passageway sets out to find Exit 8. The rules of his quest are simple: do not overlook anything out of the ordinary. If you discover an anomaly, turn back immediately. If you don’t, carry on. Then leave from Exit 8. But even a single oversight will send him back to the beginning. Will he ever reach his goal and escape this infinite corridor? From TMDB
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Released on 29 August 2025, Exit 8 had the highest three-day opening for a live-action film in Japan for the year. It sold 672,000 tickets and earned over ¥960 million (approximately US$6.46 million). It debuted at #2 for the weekend, behind Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle. The film has also had a solid opening run in international markets. It debuted as the #2 movie in Russia and Korea, as well as being in the top 10 in Turkey and Hong Kong. It has also been relatively successful in France. In South Korea, it debuted at #2 behind Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc which had a cumulative audience of 186,107. In the U.S., the film opened and remained for the first…
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60 of 231 · most liked firstJust saw the Exit 8 movie and that shit ROCKED!!! New high water mark for game adaptations imo
positive · AI labelView post →The Exit 8 live-action film announced by TOHO (2025) Teaser Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=05gf... www.gematsu.com/2024/12/the-... exit8-movie.toho.co.jp/news.html
neutral · AI labelView post →Apparently the live action adaptation of The Exit 8 premiered at Cannes and is getting really good reviews and I think “terrifying game that costs 5 dollars made in unreal engine” should be the goal for adaptations. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_DJ...
neutral · AI labelView post →The Exit 8 Movie Teaser (August 29th, 2025) www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZXr... exit8-movie.toho.co.jp/news.html
neutral · AI labelView post →A few days ago it was announced that the indie game The Exit 8 was getting a movie. It's being directed by Genki Kawamura who is best known as a producer of anime films, including Your Name. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_DJ...
neutral · AI labelView post →Neon has acquired the North American rights to Exit 8 adaptation - planned for early 2026 theatrical release www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
neutral · AI labelView post →A Tim Curry centric #LastFourWatched this #LetterboxdFriday. It reminds me of how truly special he was as a performer. RHPS is the film I've seen the most in life, Congo has angry gorillas and lasers, It fostered people's fear of clowns, and Exit 8 examines guilt in a liminal space. #FilmSky
neutral · AI labelView post →Highly recommend the new Spidey film! The Bank (1915) Exit 8 (2025) The Balconettes (2024) Joy Ride (2021) It's What's Inside (2024) Solo! (2018) Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026) #LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday #Letterboxd
neutral · AI labelView post →I often find myself saying, "This movie should've been an episode of an anthology series instead." It's very nice to see a movie that maintains such a strong, singular genre concept while justifying being a feature. More flicks like EXIT 8 would be welcome!
positive · AI labelView post →Watching Exit 8 (the movie) Wife: you would probably like this Me: well I did, I played the game Wife: you would say what a fun little puzzle. I would refuse to participate and just wast away. And the evil beings who set this place up would be frustrated with me
positive · AI labelView post →After watching the Exit 8 movie with the gang last night we got @yonashipanderson.bsky.social to play it for the first time and he made funny noises.
positive · AI labelView post →Had a chance to watch Exit 8 and man what a fun movie. Hits every beat of the game while taking interesting narrative swings. Probably the best video game adaptation objectively.
positive · AI labelView post →"To celebrate the release of the live-action movie, The Exit 8, we have released an update adding new anomalies. A sale is also underway, so please enjoy playing The Exit 8 alongside the movie!" steamcommunity.com/games/265379...
neutral · AI labelView post →perfectly marketing the Exit 8 (the movie) escape room next to a real-life exit 8
neutral · AI labelView post →I watched Exit 8 just now on Shudder. A very trippy Japanese liminal space movie. That subway is nit picky as hell!
positive · AI labelView post →I've now seen the Backrooms and the responses below, taken as a whole, are a good sense of what sort of horror film it is. I really enjoyed it. Like Exit 8 the makers are faced with the issue of "we have to introduce a human story into this creepy scenario" but I think Backrooms does it better.
neutral · AI labelView post →Nobody knows what the things to do is. But everything will be fine. Movie : Exit 8 (2025) Director: Genki Kawamura (Photo by Kirpal)
neutral · AI labelView post →Gmdm Saturday!! End of the week cheers!! I saw the Exit 8 movie last night, it was interesting seeing the narrative they added!
neutral · AI labelView post →Apparently the video game genre that makes the best movies is the Walking Simulator - Exit 8 review – Escher-esque subway station corridor leads to disquieting psychological mystery www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ap...
neutral · AI labelView post →I really dug Genki Kawamura's EXIT 8. Sort of a CUBE for the late capitalist commuting dead. A movie home to a scare that made me snort and startle at the same time so that I made a noise like Tim Conway's sneezing Siamese elephants.
positive · AI labelView post →Forgot to let everyone know the Exit 8 film based on the video game was actually pretty damn good. Built on a simple premise. 8.75/10
positive · AI labelView post →Saw Exit 8, the film. Enjoyed it but also it exposed a fascinating storytelling tension between the game and the film…
neutral · AI labelView post →Just watched Exit 8, The Movie Really interesting film based off the game... I can't say I knew what to expect, but it took me for a few mental loops.
positive · AI labelView post →NEON has picked up director Genki Kawamura's feature film adaptation of the liminal horror video game EXIT 8 for theatrical release next year. Don’t overlook any anomalies. If you find anomalies, turn back immediately. If you don’t find anomalies, do not turn back.
neutral · AI labelView post →I can’t say I would have predicted a film adaptation of Exit 8.
neutral · AI labelView post →Exit 8 is a solid movie. A really great example of how to do a video game movie right! Kept all the mechanical horror to build great tension but then sprinkled a nice and simple story over it.
positive · AI labelView post →Hollywood's big budget attempt to compete with films like Skinamarink, The Backrooms and Exit 8 is a little movie they call "The House that Kills You" (Source: tinyurl.com/2ytsc5bu)
neutral · AI labelView post →Went to the theater to see Exit 8, the new J-horror film based on the game of the same name. I knew nothing going in, and I found it to be a clever and creepy liminal space horror film. Fans of the game seem to really be pleased with this adaptation. I’ll be curious how Backrooms compares to this.
positive · AI labelView post →The Exit 8 movie is amazing wtf I didn't know it was possible to turn a liminal space 15 minute game into a movie and make it good while not going stupid. It's like that room 1408 movie, excellent stuff
positive · AI labelView post →Oh, “Exit 8” is on digital this week. In case you missed it, I put together a video a few weeks back looking at the film as an example of the emerging liminal horror subgenre. And what that says about Gen Z’s anxieties. I think it’s a good essay. WATCH: youtu.be/nk404rjV5OE?...
neutral · AI labelView post →I hope the Exit 8 movie is good, so this argument could be put to rest.
neutral · AI labelView post →Picking a (not so) random film from my collection to show off for no real reason! Year 2, Day #316 "Exit 8" (Genki Kawamura/2025) Another new addition to the collection that I have not watched yet. Heard this is a mind bender of a horror/mystery. It comes to me highly recommended.
neutral · AI labelView post →Really like that a significant number of comments under this week’s video on “Exit 8” are people who watched the movie *because* of the video.
neutral · AI labelView post →I read that this is “liminal horror,” and I very much enjoyed Backrooms, so I’m hoping I’ll like this, too. Never played the game so I’m going in with zero knowledge of anything. #NW Exit 8 #100HorrorMoviesin92Days
neutral · AI labelView post →Just watched EXIT 8 and loved it. Unlike BACKROOMS, which betrays its limitless premise w/ narrow execution, EXIT 8 amplifies a simple construct into a metaphor for the infinite. It's the rare film that both feels like a video game and visionary cinema. This is liminal spaces done right! #FilmSky
positive · AI labelView post →i'm watching Exit 8. it is a Japanese movie. half of the subtitles have said "[In Japanese]" at the start. no shit
negative · AI labelView post →So I just got out of seeing the film adaptation of “EXIT 8” That was great, expertly done. Goes up there with Iron Lung IMO in terms of game-to-film adaptations that understand and elevate on the source material. No complaints, just a solid as hell psychological/liminal horror
positive · AI labelView post →Exit 8: The Game : The Movie : The Novel
neutral · AI labelView post →Wife is away with friends this weekend so I think Exit 8 will be Radish’s first official horror movie
neutral · AI labelView post →watched the Exit 8 movie on the plane. it was fun and stupid. lots of points where i was thinking "why are you just looking at the scary thing. turn around. that's the whole point of Exit 8. you see a scary thing and u turn around." but it was still fun. and there were some really cool moments too
neutral · AI labelView post →The Exit 8 infinite-loop horror game gets a live-action film from Toho next year!
neutral · AI labelView post →Just watched the Exit 8 movie while editing. Good stuff for adapting what could be at most a 20-minute video game (if you get lucky and know what you're doing) into an hour and a half-long movie. The way they expand the material and thematically weave in the idea of being stuck in a loop of...
positive · AI labelView post →I need to spend a whole day in the movie theater this weekend to see: - Faces of Death - EXIT 8 - Lee Cronin’s The Mummy - Ready of Not 2: Here I Come
neutral · AI labelView post →Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle continues its reign at the top of Japan's box office, Exit 8 stayed at #2, and the new Karada Sagashi film opened at #4 last weekend.
neutral · AI labelView post →Cult Japanese horror game The Exit 8 gets first film trailer www.eurogamer.net/cult-japanes...
neutral · AI labelView post →saw the Exit 8 movie last night pretty fun
positive · AI labelView post →Cult Japanese horror game Exit 8 gets bloody new film trailer www.eurogamer.net/cult-japanes...
neutral · AI labelView post →Exit 8 |2025 www.imdb.com/title/tt35222590 #NowWatching #filmsky #horrormovies ·a man trapped in a endless sterile subway passageway sets out to find Exit 8. the rules of his quest are simple: do not overlook anything out of the ordinary. if you discover an anomaly, turn back immediately...·
neutral · AI labelView post →also in the Backrooms vein: Exit 8, based on the video game. haven't played the game, but the movie is good creepy fun.
positive · AI labelView post →x.com/ihdjcitybbaz... Rocky in Exit 8! I actually saw the trailer to this movie it looks freaky, in a great way! #lackadaisy #lackadaisyrocky #rockyrickaby
neutral · AI labelView post →EXIT 8 (2025) Streaming: April 28, 2026 VOD/Digital (Apple, Amazon, Fandango at Home, etc.) #Exit8 whentostream.com/exit-8-digit...
neutral · AI labelView post →Exit 8 movie review: they really "ate" with this one!!!
positive · AI labelView post →#NowWatching: Pssst, hey kid, ya like Backrooms? #MovieSky #FilmSky #HorrorSky #Exit8
neutral · AI labelView post →New #BloodSplatteredVlog! 📽️ This week The Horror Guru & Count Jackula review EXIT 8! A Japanese horror film based on the video game of the same name about a man trapped in a loop! #HorrorSky #FilmSky #MovieSky #Horror youtu.be/FFUxhD2e4rE
neutral · AI labelView post →Exit 8 is tremendous, here's my chat with director Genki Kawamura www.engadget.com/entertainmen... (Audio is also at the end of this week's podcast: www.engadget.com/ai/engadget-...)
neutral · AI labelView post →NEON has released an English-subtitled trailer for the Exit 8 film, which will open in North American theaters on April 10.
neutral · AI labelView post →Toei announced a movie adaptation of 'The Exit 8' will be coming out sometime in 2025. automaton-media.com/en/news/the-...
neutral · AI labelView post →just realized the new RE movie attempts the same emotional conflict the Exit 8 movie did with "immature guy finds out his girlfriend is pregnant moments before disaster" thing doesn't exactly work there either tbh...
negative · AI labelView post →Now watching Exit 8 (2026)! 📽
neutral · AI labelView post →Can it carry a whole movie? I mean maybe - Cube is a comparable film where there is speculation but no answers. In Exit 8 the film-makers obviously don’t feel the setup is enough and give the main character personal stakes and the situation a related moral dimension -
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