Exit 8

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Exit 8

2025

1h 35m

Mystery & Thriller

Horror

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35 Reviews

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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. 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?

Meagan Navarro

Bloody Disgusting

Sep 10

3/5

Exit 8 finds innovation in exploring the game’s structure, creating an immersive experience that has viewers scouring the screen for anomalies along with trapped characters. It’s also a bit too lean in plot.

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Mark Hanson

Slant Magazine

Sep 4

2.5/4

The film mines unnerving tension from the absurdity of its main character’s confinement.

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Blake Simons

IndieWire

May 24

B+

Kawamura’s literary verve has elevated and transformed a dialogue-free indie game into a mystery box more reminiscent of complex ADV adventures such as “Zero Escape” and “Danganronpa,” and the cult film classic “Cube.”

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Pieter-Jan Van Haecke

Psychocinematography

Dec 18

With Exit 8, Genki Kawamura delivers an engaging and visually arresting psychological horror narrative.

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Matthew Turner

Nerdly

Oct 31

4/5

An engaging and enjoyable puzzle thriller that delivers suspense, jump scares and a dash of emotion. Great final shot, too.

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Joe Lipsett

Movie Oubliette (Podcast)

Oct 17

4/5

Simple, effective, but intricately plotted and executed, Exit 8 is liminal horror done right.

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acsdoug D

@acsdoug Dec 17

My initial intrigue turned into complete indifference. I just didn't care about what happened to any of these people. Maybe an explanation of why the exit was so elusive would have kept me interested.

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Pasint L

@PasintLimkool Dec 4

A cinematic masterpiece, no jumpscare or anything, just a well thought out plot and atmosphere. There's not even any fast forward or stuff like that, just one uninterrupted continuous story.

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Dec 2

I know the game, and this is true to the original. Must watch

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Nov 26

The film shows us a person's fear of being different from the behavior of the majority.

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Nov 22

I LOVE IT OMG 10/10.

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Jostein N.

@Jostein Oct 28

Mysteries movie and some creepy

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Synopsis

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. 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?

Director: Genki Kawamura
Producer: Taichi Ito
Screenwriter: Genki Kawamura, Hirase Kentaro
Production Co: AOI Pro
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Original Language: Japanese
Runtime: 1h 35m