The Exit 8 is the most boring and terrifying video game I’ve ever played – Reader’s Feature

The Exit 8 – the game that inspired the movie (Playism)

As Backrooms enters cinemas it’s not the only horror film based on liminal spaces, as a reader gets to grips with the game that the movie Exit 8 is based on.

I did things the wrong way round. Recently I went to see a Japanese horror film called Exit 8. Afterwards I found out that the movie I’d just watched was inspired by a video game, and so I decided to try it.

The Exit 8 begins with zero fanfare and no title screen. Played out in first person view, the game puts you in a white-tiled passageway with six billboards on the left side wall and three doors to the right. A yellow dividing line runs along the floor. On the other side of this line, a man in a light blue shirt carries a briefcase while he calmly walks towards you. An overhead sign provides direction by means of an arrow. Go str...