{"id":366108,"date":"2026-04-09T09:20:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T16:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/es\/?p=415672"},"modified":"2026-04-09T09:20:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T16:20:30","slug":"the-most-successful-horror-movie-in-recent-years-from-japan-was-inspired-by-the-shining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/the-most-successful-horror-movie-in-recent-years-from-japan-was-inspired-by-the-shining\/","title":{"rendered":"The most successful horror movie in recent years from Japan was inspired by The Shining"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Director Genki Kawamura has revealed that his new horror film, Exit 8, is inspired by the iconic sound of The Shining, particularly in the unsettling sound of Danny’s tricycle. Kawamura, who has expressed deep respect for Stanley Kubrick, has sought to incorporate that level of sound detail that breaks down the viewer. When [Danny] rides down the hallway on the tricycle, there is a difference in the sound it makes on the wood versus the carpet. I think that level of difference really moves us and puts us in a kind of mental corner, the director commented in an interview<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The film follows a young man known as The Lost Man, played by Kazunari Ninomiya, who faces his fear of fatherhood upon discovering that his girlfriend is pregnant. Upon getting off the train, he finds himself trapped in an endlessly repeating corridor, where his only goal is to reach the exit, Exit 8<\/strong>. Throughout this journey, he encounters a boy, known as The Boy, who accompanies him in solving different puzzles that will lead him to the exit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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