2026 is turning into a banner year for indie horror game adaptations. In January, content creator-turned-filmmaker Markiplier shattered expectations with his self-funded adaptation of Iron Lung, while only last month, The Mortuary's Assistant sent a shiver down spines over on Shudder. And the biggest is yet to come – an adaptation of 2023's The Exit 8, which hits screens in April from Anora distributor Neon, and we've got an exclusive poster to prove it.
Like the game it's adapting, Exit 8 is set in a liminal Japanese metro station, where nothing is quite as it seems. After learning his girlfriend is pregnant and panicking at the idea of becoming a father, the film's protagonist (known only as The Lost Man) finds that he is trapped in an endlessly looping corridor. Illuminated by a set of arcane instructions, the Lost Man realises he must proceed to Exit 8 by identifying anomalies around him. Get it right, and he takes one step towards freedom. Get it wrong, and it's back to the beginning.
