Hold Your Breath (2012)

What a waste of my time!!!

SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

No spoilers here, just basics.The acting was fair to OK. The story/script was fair/OK (interesting, but maybe a little to detailed and over-thought, which COULD be OK or great).But the direction and production of this just blew any "watchability" elements apart. What was reoccurring themes got lost in the convoluted mishmash of the director over emphasizing things that didn't matter, and letting things that do matter just slip right past. Then throwing in totally unneeded special effects that added nothing, and actually detracted from the ability to get into the story. On and on and on, ever 10 minutes part of me went "ok, I get why the actor played it that way, but why did they shoot the scene like that, and edit it that way, it might has well of been a live play on stage..."If you can see past the horrible production of this movie, there is some decent acting and an interesting story underneath. But, to be honest, it's SO difficult to see because of the horrible production, I couldn't recommend ANYONE try to watch this movie (unless you are only doing so to get horror movie story ideas and see if the actors in it are any good).

Watch this if...an hour and a half of your time can't possibly be spent watching something else. Fallen (1998) has a similar premise and is worth a watch.Acting/Casting: 3* - I give this a 3 only because Katrina Bowden is easy on the eyes. She should likely stick to comedy and stay out of this genre because she isn't great at acting out horror. The acting is well below average and extremely obvious throughout the film.Directing/Cinematography/Technical: 2* - You can't tell me that even some of the worst special effects guys in the business couldn't do better than this. The special effects are embarrassing and the movie is unrealistic and all over the place.Plot/Characters: 3* - A group of friends are on a road trip that is thrown off course after one of them is possessed by the spirit of an evil man that was executed 50 years ago. The premise is a rip-off of Fallen (1998), which happens to be a very good film. So if the premise interests you, check Fallen out.Entertainment Value: 3* - If you like really cheesy horror movies, then you might find this worth your time. Otherwise, steer clear and find something else to watch for an hour and half.My Score: 3+2+3+3 = 11/4 = 2.75Email your thoughts to [email protected]

My 5 Reasons 2 Skip It 1. It is a bad rip off of Fallen (1998) - See It instead - Link below - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119099/ 2. Terrible acting - The cast is terrible and the acting at times is obvious and painful.3. Terrible special effects/editing - No excuse for how bad it is. The spirit leaving the bodies is hysterical 4. I watched it in Chill Network - I have yet to see a solid movie on this network. Not to say I expected this movie to be solid.5. It is made by Asylum - Enough said Recommend for: 1. Katrina Bowden fans - she is one attractive specimen, but I can't say much for her performance in this film.2. Nudity fans - there is some modest nudity in the film, but Katrina Bowden isn't part of it.3. People who love cheesy movies - it definitely fits the bill Email me your thoughts - [email protected]

The latest (as of 3/23/13) in a seemingly unending constant stream of films from The Asylum to become readily available on Instant Netflix, also happens to be the first of the movie studio prolific output of (mostly mind-numbingly atrocious) crap to receive a theatrical release. So is this generic 'body-hopping dead serial killer attacks teens at camp' really worthy of not going straight-to-DVD? No don't be silly, it's an Asylum movie. I feel sad that you felt the need to ask that silly hypothetical question. 30 Rock star, Katrina Bowden is the only reason it probably did. However it's far from the worst of their films. And I (shock, horror) even found myself being mildly entertained at times.My Grade: D+Eye Candy: Erin Marie Hogan bares T&A at 25 minutes in and again at 33. Meanwhile, Lisa Younger (in a slightly less pleasant way) at 48 minutes in, also gets topless