And the tie-in here is that traditionally, the labyrinth is a religious tool used for meditation. Unlike a maze, a labyrinth follows a single path, with places to stop and reflect.

So the re-use of the term to represent both the minotaur’s labyrinth and a story/game with a single conclusion following many twists and turns makes perfect sense for the time. Both the game and the movie were able to use all the religious symbols associated with the labyrinth and re-purpose them for a different story. But it meant they were both able to use a well established iconography and symbology that many people in the 1980s would be unfamiliar with.