Exit 8’s director was inspired by watching people play the game

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Genki Kawamura talks about adapting the horror game for film and getting advice from Shigeru Miyamoto.

Genki Kawamura talks about adapting the horror game for film and getting advice from Shigeru Miyamoto.

by Andrew WebsterSep 13, 2025, 1:00 PM UTCAndrew Webster is an entertainment editor covering streaming, virtual worlds, and every single Pokémon video game. Andrew joined The Verge in 2012, writing over 4,000 stories.

Few video game adaptations understand their source material quite like the Exit 8 film. It takes the rules and structure of the game — which strands players inside of a looping hallway in a Tokyo

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