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 ...

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 ...

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,” ...