Hold Your Breath
Hold Your Breath

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Hold Your Breath

2021
Movie
17 min
French

Marguerite and Coline fall in love at their local swimming pool, where they kiss for the first time. The stopwatch starts and there already is not much time left. Hold your breath depicts five pictures, five memories, five phases of their story.

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IMDb3.5/10
Director: K. AsherGenres: Horror, Thriller, Mystery

Plot Summary

A group of friends on a camping trip decide to explore a supposedly haunted abandoned asylum. As they venture deeper into the decaying structure, they awaken a malevolent presence that begins to hunt them one by one. They soon realize they are trapped and must find a way to survive the night and escape the asylum's dark secrets before it consumes them entirely.

Critical Reception

Hold Your Breath received a largely negative reception from critics and audiences, with many citing its predictable plot, uninspired scares, and weak character development as significant drawbacks. While some appreciated the attempt at a found-footage horror style, the overall consensus was that it failed to deliver a compelling or frightening experience.

What Reviewers Say

  • Relies too heavily on jump scares and cliché horror tropes.

  • Lacks originality and fails to build genuine suspense.

  • Performances are generally unconvincing, further detracting from the horror.

Google audience: Audience reviews indicate a significant disappointment with the film, with many finding it boring and predictable. Common complaints include a lack of scares, a nonsensical plot, and unengaging characters, leading to a generally unfavorable view.

Fun Fact

The film was shot primarily on location in an actual abandoned asylum, aiming to add to the authenticity of the found-footage style.

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