Exit 8 Review: This Flat Japanese Psychological Horror Could’ve Been Great If It Wasn’t So Underwhelming
Psychological horrors are not only meant to mess with the characters’ minds, but also make us think about what they’re experiencing. Japanese horror Exit 8 barely gets there in that regard. Based on the 2023 adventure game, The Exit 8, director Genki Kawamura, who co-wrote the script with Kentaro Hirase, puts an unnamed character — called only The Lost Man (Kazunari Ninomiya) — in a hellishly repetitive cycle.
