Exclusive: Exit 8 director on how he turned a video game into a cinematic nightmare

In an exclusive interview with Digital Trends, director Genki Kawamura broke down his liminal new horror film, Exit 8.The ...

‘Exit 8’ traps moviegoers in a video game’s puzzle — for good and ill

It's not impossible to translate a video game to the big screen, but Genki Kawamura's film version of a Japanese puzzle ...

Video game movies won't work unless you break the rules, says Exit 8 director

"Video games aren’t very good source material for movie adaptations… I wanted to blur the boundaries between what movies and ...

'Exit 8' director Genki Kawamura on bringing the hit video game to cinemas

Newsweek chats with Genki Kawamura about turning the viral video game sensation into a tight, pulse-pounding cinematic ...
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Film: ‘Exit 8’ is the video-game adaptation to see right now

Kawamura’s film is based on an indie video-game sensation, The Exit 8, where first-person players are ushered down a tiled metro tunnel (almost exactly like the one in the movie) and don’t escape its ...