Klavans On The Culture: Exit 8 | Ep. 2

The Andrew Klavan Show

Society & Culture

4.8 • 22.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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In today's episode of Klavans On The Culture, Andrew and Spencer discuss the global sensation, Exit 8–first a video game, now a film. Focusing on the movie, the duo explores its fascinating story, its message about declining birth rates, and how the film bridges the gap between eastern and western storytelling. Klavans on the Culture Ep. 2 - - - DailyWire+: Become a Daily Wire Member and watch all of our content ad-free: https://dailywire.com/subscribe 📲 Download the free Daily Wire app today on iPhone, Android, Roku, Apple TV, Samsung, and more. 📗 Read my short story, "Jesus, the Movie" at the New English Review: https://www.newenglishreview.org/articles/jesus-the-movie 📙 My NY Times best-selling non-fiction book, "The Kingdom of Cain: Finding God in the Literature of Darkness" has been nominated for an Edgar Award. Available for purchase here: https://dwplus.shop/KingdomofCain 📘 My latest novel, "After That, The Dark" is available here: https://dwplus.shop/AfterThatTheDark 📚 Save the Klavan by shopping my merch here: https://dwplus.shop/AndrewKlavanMerch - - - Socials: Follow on Twitter: https://bit.ly/3B5RI1j Follow on Instagram: https://bit.ly/3D7AzXp Follow on Facebook: https://bit.ly/3TXNt08 Subscribe on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Rtfifp - - - Privacy Policy: https://www.dailywire.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:13.0	To the right bit, mate.
0:15.0	Yeah, back. Back a bit more. A bit more.
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0:36.0	So many images from Exit 8 come from The Shining, the movie The Shining, the Stanley Kubrick film, where he's going around and around
0:38.2	that hotel, the little boy is bicycling around around that hotel. And even the blood
0:42.8	that comes pouring out as a tribute to that film, it's obviously an homage because it's shot
0:46.8	in exactly, the wave breaks in exactly the same way. And so the liminal space, the eerie space,
0:52.6	is part of the haunted house.
0:54.3	I mean, just by nature.
0:55.6	Now, see, this is why you're so annoying.
0:58.2	Because there must be so many.
1:00.6	I'm sorry.
1:01.0	How much more time we have left night? And we're back.
1:22.9	Hello.
1:23.4	It's climbing on the culture.
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