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‘Hold Your Breath’ Review: Sarah Paulson Shines in a Scattered Dust Bowl Horror
Karrie Crouse and Will Joines' feature debut 'Hold Your Breath' contains too many films at once.
Crouse and Joines frequently cut to POV shots of light shimmering off these tiny (though still entirely visible) bits of debris, before using Paulson’s paranoid expression to build lingering unease in quiet moments. As the film establishes its scant rural community and their little safety rituals — like tying twine ropes to their doors so they can find their way back home during blinding storms — Margaret’s daughters also become invested in a storybook. To add to the existing drama, rumors of a local drifter and murderer dovetail with the arrival of a stranger at Margaret’s home (Ebon Moss-Bachrach), a preacher who claims to know her husband, and who also appears to have supernatural powers.
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