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 ...
In terms of horror movie premises, it feels like almost everything has been done, and that anything can be evil. There have been movies about killer cars, killer tomatoes, even killer clothes. Of ...
"All we need to do is beat the clock by one second." STX Entertainment has debuted an official trailer for a psychological horror thriller titled Countdown, opening in theaters the weekend just before ...
Just in time for Halloween is a horror film that’s scaring the bejeesus out of people from their phones. Scary technology is the scariest thing of all, didn’t you know? Countdown is preying upon those ...
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 ...
An app that can predict the date and time of your death may have been too much for Apple to stomach: The iPhone maker removed a viral app inspired by the upcoming horror movie “Countdown” a few days ...
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 ...
In "Countdown," an app tells users exactly when they're going to die. And you thought Facebook had its drawbacks. It's a cheapo horror movie premise so obvious it's a wonder it wasn't exploited sooner ...