A young nurse downloads an app that tells her she only has three days to live. With time ticking away and a mysterious figure haunting her, she must find a way to save her life before time runs out.
Production
Genuinely unsettling app interface design, surprisingly slick UI horror.
Practical Effects
Demon creature work that's admirably physical in a CGI era.
Writing
Brazen sequel-bait ending that absolutely should not work but does.
Director
Justin Dec
Elizabeth Lail
Quinn Harris
Jordan Calloway
Matt Monroe
Talitha Eliana Bateman
Jordan Harris
Peter Facinelli
Dr. Sullivan
Dillon Lane
Evan
Matt Letscher
Charlie
Tom Segura
Derek
Lana McKissack
Rachel
Anne Winters
Courtney
Tichina Arnold
Nurse Amy
P.J. Byrne
Father John
Valente Rodriguez
Father David
Louisa Abernathy
Mrs. Talbot
Charlie McDermott
Nurse Scott
Jonny Berryman
Jeff
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Countdown app actually existed on the App Store before release; Apple removed it for being 'too similar' to the movie's fictional death timer.
This rode the 2019 wave of 'phone horror' alongside Wounds and Untraceable, reflecting genuine anxiety about screen addiction and surveillance capitalism.
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