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Asylum | 2012 | 86 min | Rated R | Jan 22, 2013

Hold Your Breath (Blu-ray Movie)

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Movie rating

5.2
 / 10

Blu-ray rating

Users0.0 of 50.0
Reviewer3.0 of 53.0
Overall3.0 of 53.0

Overview

Hold Your Breath (2012)

There is an old wives' tale that you should hold your breath when passing by a cemetery lest an evil spirit rejected by both heaven and hell gets inside of you when you inhale. Someone in a carload of college kids on holiday doesn't hold his/her breath when driving by a graveyard, allowing the spirit of a recently executed serial killer to get inside him/her to begin a spree of body-jumping carnage.

Starring: Katrina Bowden, Randy Wayne, Erin Marie Hogan, Steve Hanks, Joshua Michael Allen
Director: Jared Cohn

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Specifications

  • Video

    Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
    Video resolution: 1080p
    Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
    Original aspect ratio: 1.78:1

  • Audio

    English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1

  • Subtitles

    None

  • Discs

    25GB Blu-ray Disc
    Single disc (1 BD)

  • Playback

    Region A, B (C untested)

Review

Rating summary

Movie2.5 of 52.5
Video4.0 of 54.0
Audio4.0 of 54.0
Extras1.0 of 51.0
Overall3.0 of 53.0

Hold Your Breath Blu-ray Movie Review

#Asylum.

Reviewed by Martin Liebman August 7, 2014

Hold Your Breath's alternate title is #holdyourbreath. What, exactly, does a "#hashtag" have to do with anything? Are movies now going to be named after their marketing campaigns? When will #Goseethismovie come out? What if it's officially called #Episode VII? The film makes no mention of #Twitter and the characters have their #cellphones confiscated at the beginning of the #movie, so any chance for them to tweet about all the #badstuff they endure goes right out the window (though it would have been #funny if the characters did tweet things like "OMG we're all about to die! #sucks #possession #murderdeathkill). #Whoknows, #whocares. It's #TheAsylum. #Mindlessmoviemaking is the norm, and for #kicks, the movie will heretofore be called #holdyourbreath because it's #fun and allows for more #hashtags throughout the review (and who doesn't like #hastags?). Anyway, #holdyourbreath isn't all bad, at least not for an #Asylum title. It's rather #trite and #unimaginative but the execution isn't terrible as it maneuvers through standard #TeenHorror motifs. Of course, it's all done on a #shoestringbudget and it lacks the polish associated with even #average genre films like The Ruins or Urban Legend, but it's nevertheless a #decentride into #familiarterritory.

#holdingbreath.


Decades after the #execution of the notorious killer Dietrich Von Claus, a group of #friends embarks on a weekend #getaway where no #cellphones are permitted. When they drive past a #cemetery, Jery (Katrina Bowden) urges her friends to #holdtheirbreath, warning them of an #urbanlegend that she obviously believes that states that evil #wanderingspirits could #inhabit the living. #Stoner Kyle (Seth Cassell) is the only group member to ignore the request, and he, of course, becomes #possessed by Von Claus' spirit. The group soon thereafter stumbles upon an old #prison. They all #explore or run away to have #sex, all but Kyle, that is, who #murders a police officer in cold blood. As the day progresses, the #spirit jumps from one body to another, having its #bloodyway with the group, dwindling its #numbers and #havingfun doing it.

Even while #holdyourbreath veers away from the usual #Asylum flavor of #epicfail, the film nevertheless runs into a few #problems along the way. Though it's thankfully used to a #minimum, the film sees more #digitalblood than is healthy for it. The filmmakers have mixed digital with #practical, slathering faces with gruesome #makeup and make-believe #sinew, but various shots of people becoming #rippedinhalf or killed with an #electricmixer are met with disappointingly phony bloodletting. Further, various sparks from the electrocution or a scene in which a cop is #fried when his testicles are connected to a car battery look terribly fake. The resultant #explosion, too, looks terrible, as does the burnt-out #wreckage that's seen afterwards. Suffice it to say, #holdyourbreath is much more gruesome than the standard #Asylum picture, though the combination of #baddigital and #decentpractical lessens the overall effect. #Saw this is not.

On the#plusside, #holdyourbreath does find some positives in its corner. For one, the film enjoys a pretty decent #pace. It moves #swiftly and plays with a fair bit of #energy. Little known fact: #TheAsylum began life as a low-budget #Horror label, so there's some #history with the genre and it's perhaps not much of a #surprise that the studio does a little bit better with a movie like this rather than #cheap #knockoffs in, say, the #Sci-Fi genre. Better, the #acting isn't bad. For as much #skin as the movie shows, and considering that these aren't exactly the #hottestnames in Hollywood, one might expect #subpar performances. Fortunately, the cast seems to at least #enjoy the roller coaster of #fear and the opportunity, for many of them, to #portray both #heroes and #villains in the same movie. The end result is a #decentHorrorromp that may not be #original but that is at least a little more than a useless #timekiller. That's about all one can #askfor with #TheAsylum.


Hold Your Breath Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality  4.0 of 5

#holdyourbreath arrives on #Blu-ray with the typically #strong #Asylum 1080p transfer. The #digital photography does yield a slightly #flat, #glossy appearance, but the transfer nevertheless #impresses throughout. #Details are excellent. #Closeups reveal intricate skin details, even in lesser lighting conditions. Terrain and foliage are nicely defined in the film's bright #outdoor scenes, while #interiors inside the #prison reveal quality wear on surfaces, from doors to the wooden electric chair. #Colors are pleasing, particularly the bright natural greens seen #outside, but even #inside the prison, there's a nice variety of balanced, accurate shades. #Blacklevels satisfy and never go #toodark or #toonoisy, while #skintones, likewise, appear accurate. Light #banding creeps into the frame on occasion, but otherwise the transfer shows no #majorflaws. Overall, this is a #quality transfer from #TheAsylum.


Hold Your Breath Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality  4.0 of 5

#holdyourbreath features a good, high quality DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 #lossless soundtrack. #Music is invigorating, producing well-spaced notes and a balanced #surround support structure. #Clarity impresses in both the lighter notes and the heavier musical elements alike. The track further produces some quality #atmospheric sound effects, including #chirpingbirds in various exteriors and #boomingthunder later in the film, both enveloping the listener with a healthy #surround element. A few heavier #action elements, like #explosions and #gunshots, are suitably robust. #Dialogue delivery is smooth and accurate from the #centerspeaker. Overall, this is a #quality soundtrack from #TheAsylum.


Hold Your Breath Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras  1.0 of 5

#holdyourbreath contains a short #featurette and a #gagreel.

  • Making of Featurette (1080p, 5:04): A short look at both the #story and the #characters.
  • Gag Reel (1080p, 1:52): A few #flubs from the set.
  • Previews (1080p): Additional #Asylum titles.


Hold Your Breath Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation  3.0 of 5

#holdyourbreath isn't an #epicfail, but it's not destined to #redefine the Teen Horror genre, either. It's a #serviceable little picture that should #entertain genre fans, despite some special effects #flaws and a fairly #generic storyline. Still, the #acting and #pacing are fair, and outside of those special effects the #productionvalues aren't ever #embarrassing. Fans could do #worse, and #TheAsylum has, many times before. #The Aslyum's #Blu-ray release of #holdyourbreath delivers high end #video, good lossless #audio, and a couple of throwaway #supplements. Give it a #rent. #out #endofreview #ontothenextone.