US EditionNeon Releases Creepy Liminal Trailer for Exit 8 — and I'm Hoping for Another Great Horror Adaptation
The film adapts Kotake Create’s hit game with a man trapped in an endless subway who must find Exit 8 without missing anomalies, premiering at Cannes 2025.
- On Thursday, Genki Kawamura released the first trailer for Exit 8, the film adaptation he directed and co-wrote starring Kazunari Ninomiya.
- Adapting Kotake Create's global hit game prompted a cinematic approach, Kawamura said `What I wanted to create is a unique cinematic experience that blurs the lines between video game and film.`
- The production team includes producers Yuto Sakata, Kenji Yamada, Akita Yamamoto, and Taichi Ito, with Nana Komatsu in the cast, and Kawamura co-wrote the screenplay with Kentaro Hirase.
- After premiering in Cannes Film Festival's midnight section, the Exit 8 film received strong reviews and will open in theaters nationwide on April 10.
- Centering on a single rule, the plot forces the protagonist to avoid anomalies at all costs, as the official log line warns, `But even a single oversight will send him back to the beginning,` framing the survival puzzle around Exit 8.
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Exit 8 trailer teases Neon’s nightmarish horror video game adaptation
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Exit 8 – The film adaptation of the indie horror video game gets a new trailer
The Exit 8 is a Japanese psychological horror film written and directed by Genki Kawamura, based on the video game of the same name from by Kotake Create. 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 […]
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