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 ...

Yesterday, James Wallace kicked off Mixmaster’s horror movie countdown with the stupendous slasher-flick Halloween. James mentioned that Halloween‘s impact has made it so he can’t remember the exact ...

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,” ...

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 ...

This anxiety-inducing horror movie likely just escaped an R rating from the MPAA. Though there’s little gore, “Countdown” is genuinely gnarly at times ...

If you give someone a cursed video tape from The Ring now, in 2019, there would be no movie. Aside from nostalgic collectors, VHS tapes have gone the way of the dinosaur. This means evil spirits need ...