“You Have More Computing Power in Your Pocket Than NASA Did When They Put a Man on the Moon, but You Use It for Mostly Texting and Facebook. This Is Why Humanity’s Doomed.” – Derek

Written and directed by Justin Dec (Rolling), Countdown, released in 2019, is an uninspired, jump-scare-reliant horror that continually takes itself far too seriously in spite of its ridiculous premise of an app that calculates how much time you have left before meeting your end at the hands of the ancient demon, Ozhin.

Lacking wit, suspense and pragmatic dialogue, Countdown plays on our modern-day fixation with smartphones and their associated apps without offering anything unique, frightening or thought-provoking, ironically encouraging its audience to disengage and simply scroll on their phones. Rating: 3/10.