2019 · horror · thriller · supernatural
Countdown
Directed by Justin Dec1h 30m2019
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.
Our read: Countdown (2019) reads as a heavy, kinetic, inventive horror · thriller · supernatural entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, extreme horror / thriller, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- extreme
- inventive
- bleak
- cold
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