Genki Kawamura
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…draws favorable comparisons to such classics as the foreboding hallways in “The Shining”…
Think of such liminal space thrillers asCube, Dead End, Pontypool, or even The Shining.
It easily brings to mind the work of Stanley Kubrick in The Shining, as we follow Danny on his tricycle, turning corner after corner until we stumble into a horrifically uncanny image.
…most notably an extended sequence that recalls a classic moment in The Shining…
Otherwise, allusions to The Shining, both in imagery and in Kubrick-style compositions…
KOTAKE CREATE explicitly referenced Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining” (1980), which also had a yellow movie poster.
Think of such liminal space thrillers asCube, Dead End, Pontypool, or even The Shining.
…in ways that recall Vincenzo Natali’s Cube, perhaps the granddaddy of escape-room horror…
…with echoes of high-concept films like Vicenzo Natali’s Cube…
…much like its close cousins “Cube” and “Escape Room.”
…a mystery box more reminiscent of complex ADV adventures such as “Zero Escape” and “Danganronpa,” and the cult film classic “Cube.”
The puzzle-based set-up of Exit 8 recalls the likes of 1997’s cult sci-fi flick Cube…
Exit 8 sits well among films like Backrooms, Groundhog Day or River…
Unfortunately, the repetitions that automatically come from a Groundhog Day-esque story get exceptionally grading by about the half hour mark.
Think if “Groundhog Day” (1993) was a horror movie, but in a more restrictive location…
What follows is essentially a twisted Groundhog Day…
Unlike David Lynch's "Eraserhead," the looming prospect of fatherhood actually dilutes the film's horror…
…more institutional Gothic, less by way of Eraserhead’s writhing fetuses in sinks…
For every Silent Hill (2006), Werewolves Within, or Detention (2019), there is a lot of heartbreak and titles we’re still trying to forget.
…similar to the way the town of Silent Hill treats the various protagonists that wander into its fog-covered streets…
If you were into the “Smile” franchise, you know how innately terrifying it is.
…the man is staring right into our lead like something out of the Smile films…
This is where Genki Kawamura’s Exit 8 becomes the most useful comparison.
“Resident Evil” is the anti-“Exit 8” (2025).
…the podcast-based fright flick "Undertone" could arguably fit into the category of liminal horror…
Better than “Undertone” (2026), the sound design is effective and often terrifying…
Exit 8 is one of the more successful videogame adaptations, although if its emotional richness you’re after maybe stick with The Last of Us.
TV shows like The Last of Us, and Fallout proving that there is room for serious substance in the once apparently hopeless field.
…much like an episode of “The Twilight Zone.”
It’s the backbone of Gen X classics, from the violent Fight Club (1999) to the much more comedic Office Space (1999).
It’s the backbone of Gen X classics, from the violent Fight Club (1999) to the much more comedic Office Space (1999).
Think of such liminal space thrillers asCube, Dead End, Pontypool, or even The Shining.
…a more radically freaky Japanese entrapment oddity, Hitoshi Matsumoto’s 2009 Symbol…
Think of such liminal space thrillers asCube, Dead End, Pontypool, or even The Shining.
…to the terrifying isolation Danny Boyle brought hauntingly to life in “127 Hours.”
Simple and creepy but perhaps more suited as an hour long Black Mirror episode than a feature.
Opening with a lengthy POV sequence (one that I confess I thought was going to last the entire film, reminiscent of the gonzo action pic "Hardcore Henry"…
For every Silent Hill (2006), Werewolves Within, or Detention (2019), there is a lot of heartbreak and titles we’re still trying to forget.
Exit 8 plays like a nightmare version of the classic Seinfeld episode about trying to escape from an underground car park…