The 8 Show (Korean: 더 에이트 쇼) is a 2024 South Korean black comedy torture thriller television series directed by Han Jae-rim, and starring Ryu Jun-yeol, Chun Woo-hee, Park Jeong-min, Lee Yul-eum, Park Hae-joon, Lee Zoo-young, Moon Jeong-hee, and Bae Seong-woo.
Initially, the eight people, opting to only be named based on their floor, work together to try to maximize the remaining game time and individual earnings while living with basic comfort.
[7] Studio N and Magnum Nine managed the production while Lotte Cultureworks served as co-production and investor for the series.
[16] Elisa Guimarães of Collider gave a score of five out of ten and wrote that the series "might garner comparisons to Squid Game", but " struggles with underdeveloped characters and disjointed humor".
[18] Jonathon Wilson of Ready Steady Cut rated it a 2/5 and wrote that "it's fascinating for the wrong reasons".
[21] William Schwartz of HanCinema wrote that it "refuses to caricature even its most seemingly loathsome characters" and "all of them were driven to madness by the harsh, empathy-less world they lived in long before they accepted their invitation to the game".