Death is unpredictable, but have you ever wished you could know when you will die? If so, Justin Dec’s 2019 feature debut horror-thriller film ‘Countdown’ is an excellent cautionary tale to quell your irrational fear. The app’s name suggests that it can forecast when you will die. If you believe the app is a harmless hoax, you should reconsider. Quinn learns about this app from one of her patients, and she had to check for herself what all the commotion is about. Curiosity killed the cat, but is Quinn doomed? Consider the conclusion from close quarters. WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD.

Synopsis of the Countdown Plot

Friends at a table are chit-chatting, when Kate shows them an app called “Countdown to Skinny,” which is essentially a calorie monitor and is reportedly her secret to having a great figure. Courtney follows the clue and discovers the Countdown app, which forecasts your death. Whoever dies first consumes all of their drinks, and Courtney has only three hours to live. When she is unable to complete her glasses, her gallant boyfriend, Evan, comes to her aid. Courtney drives home after rejecting Evan’s offer. An entity slams Courtney’s corpse to the roof in the shower, and she dies as the countdown ends.

Around the same time, Evan’s automobile is involved in an accident, and a tree limb pierces through the seat where Courtney was intended to sit. Evan ends up in the hospital, where he is preparing for surgery. Quinn, a new trainee nurse on the clock, tries to bolster Evan’s spirits before the procedure. Quinn, on the other hand, becomes intrigued enough to download the app for herself. Evan does not enter the operating room, but meets his end by a backdoor escape. Quinn goes to the bother of unwrapping Evan’s corpse in order to unlock the phone. She notices that the countdown has ended, although her personal countdown indicates that she has around two days to live.

Later, her superior, Dr. Sullivan, tries to forcefully kiss her, but Quinn exits the situation. At night, she searches the internet to check if the app has claimed any more lives. Quinn attempts to expose Dr. Sullivan’s rape attempt, but Dr. Sullivan is a far more powerful member of the inner committee than Quinn. Quinn tries to uninstall the app, destroy the phone, and even buy a new phone after losing her job. The app does not let her go, and the clock continues to tick.

Is the app cursed as the countdown comes to an end? Ozhin, who are you?

Quinn goes to great efforts to remove the app, but all of her attempts fail. She goes to tech genius Doc to acquire a new phone, but the app unexpectedly reinstalls itself on her phone. It takes some time, but we’ve determined that the app is cursed. The force that lifted Courtney was not human, and Evan witnessing Courtney’s spirit in the stairway adds credence to the app’s demonic links.

Quinn notices a horrific robed apparition outside Doc’s Wireless on the rearview camera. She turns around to find the white guy shouting at her for causing damage to his Lexus. Quinn is rescued from the wreckage by Matt, who emerges from the other side of the street. He has his own countdown that expires before Quinn’s. They walk to a bar and meet Jerry, a flat-earther, who convinces Matt to download the app. As it turns out, old Gear-bear will survive till the age of 91. They also pay a visit to a regular priest, who is of little assistance.

However, the priest refers Matt and Quinn to another priest who specializes in demonology. When they present their case, the eccentric and hip Father John begins geeking out on demons, but he can put some light on the problem. The app appears to be a sophisticated retelling of an ancient fabled tale about a gypsy woman and a prince. When Prince approaches a gypsy woman to inquire about his death, the woman delivers him a scroll. When it is stated that he will perish in battle, he accepts a rain check and sends his brother instead.

The prince’s fate is not changed because his brother returns alive and victorious. When he returns to the gypsy lady, stating that the “Angel of Death” is on his way, the woman informs him that he is dealing with Ozhin, the demon, not death. When Doc hacks into the app, they discover a Latin sentence that Father John interprets as a curse. Ozhin appears to be the horrid-robed specter who reveals their worries. So, are there any mythological demons with that name? No, we are terrified. The monster is a creation of the writer-director.

Is Quinn still alive or dead? Is She Able to Break the Curse?

Quinn and Matt do everything they can for mortal humans to avoid their fate. Quinn, like Evan, tries to delete the program and receives a ‘User Agreement Broken’ notice. Quinn stays up late after Evan’s untimely death to check other people’s social media accounts. Under the news of Courtney’s death, she discovers a comment from @Dvader483, whose buddy had suffered a similar fate. Quinn freaks out even more after watching the self-recorded video, beating on her phone.

Quinn travels to Doc’s Wireless to get another phone, but she soon discovers that the situation is not as simple as it appears. Quinn encounters Matt outside Doc’s, and their quest to break the curse takes them to Father John. Despite his tinder date, Doc offers to jailbreak the phone in exchange for two credit cards when the mastermind priest proposes hacking into the app. Quinn learns that her sister, Jordan, died a few minutes before her, but the Doc changes all of the dates in the source code.

Even the hacking has no effect on the protagonists’ fate. They return to Father John’s library, Jordan accompanying them. According to the father, if you can catch Satan’s deception, you can defeat the devil in his own game. To overcome the Latinate curse, he also proposes painting a circle with salt. You apparently live if you stay inside the curse, but the devil tempts Matt out by assuming the form of his deceased brother, whose toy dinosaur he stole. Matt believes he has overcome the curse, but he is killed in a vehicle accident.

Quinn believes that if she kills someone whose date has not yet arrived, she will be able to break the curse. Quinn takes Jordan to visit predator Dr. Sullivan because he believes he is a good candidate for the experiment. Quinn entices him to the destroyed block for a fight, but the demon sides with Dr. Sullivan. Quinn afterwards injects herself with the morphine she was reserving for Dr. Sullivan, just seconds before Jordan’s death. Quinn is presumed dead by the demon, who bursts into thin air.

A bottle of Narcan falls out of Quinn’s pocket when Jordan shifts his body. Quinn is revived by an injection of the medication, which is used in opioid overdose cases. Quinn eventually visits her mother’s grave with her father and sister, as she had planned. She learns that several other women have spoken out against Dr. Sullivan, and he is considering firing her. Quinn, on the other hand, receives a notice on her new phone as they leave the burial. “Countdown 2.0” has taken the liberty of installing itself on Quinn’s phone, and a sequel is in the works.