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.

While the lessons learned — about the embrace of change and the courage to stand up and speak without fear — are good, I’m afraid this horror film loses itself in the throes of its chaos due to a thin and plodding plot. Before The Lost Man goes on this journey — which begins on a subway and leads to being stuck in a few curving hallways that should, if he follows the instruct

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