Countdown is a 2019 horror thriller movie directed by Justin Dec. The film follows a mysterious new app called "Countdown" that gains popularity. The users are fascinated as the app tells them the ...

It’s abundantly clear to anyone who’s ever used Twitter that our apps want to kill us. The new horror movie Countdown just wants to ask how and why. Instantly and frequently summarized as “the killer ...

It takes almost half the film to figure out if Justin Dec’s directorial debut, “Countdown,” is seriously being serious. The film aspires to belong in the small but noteworthy horror subgenre about ...

Even the lowly jump scare can be a source of pleasure. But at its most mechanical, this least imaginative of stock devices in current horror cinema elicits less fright than annoyance — rather like a ...

Film director Justin Dec has 40 years left to live. At least, that’s what it says on an app inspired by his first feature film, Countdown. “I know it’s a fun game. But truth is, I never want to know,” ...