‘Exit 8’ and liminal space horror: A low-budget movie trend shaped by Gen Z’s most traumatic formative years

The scariest movie you see this year might be set in a liminal space.  While studios like Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery are gearing up to release big-budget blockbusters this year, some independent distributors like A24 and Neon are embracing low-budget horror films that take place in one setting—specifically liminal spaces, which are empty or abandoned places that have an eerie and surreal feel to them.  Undertone, which came out last month, was originally made on a micro-bu...