The Exit 8 is one of the many video game series currently getting a film or TV adaptation, and ahead of its international cinematic debut in April, the team has released a new trailer for the subway-bound horror flick.
If it wasn’t already on your radar, The Exit 8 became quite a cult hit on its initial release back in 2023. It’s a walking simulator inspired by Japanese underground passageways, and while I admit that doesn’t sound great at first, here’s the thing: you are trapped in this seemingly endless passageway, and have to pay careful attention to your surroundings in order to find your way out. And, things get weird.
This is the exact premise Exit 8’s film adaptation will also lean on. “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?” reads the film’s official blurb.
We had a little look at what this film would be like last year, but now we have a new extended trailer, showing just how claustrophobic and nightmarish this looping plight will be for the poor chap – played by singer and actor Kazunari Ninomiya – who is doomed to wander the subway alone (well, kind of alone, if you catch my drift…).
You can check it out for yourself below.
Exit 8 (the film) debuted in Japan last year, but is now reaching audiences further afield with its 10th April release date.
Genki Kawamura directed the adaptation, following his work as producer on anime film Suzume, directing and writing the 2022 film Hyakka, and even producing Ed Sheeran’s Pokémon music video for Celestial.
