HOLD YOUR BREATH – Review by Susan Granger
Set in 1933 in the Oklahoma Panhandle at the height of the dust storm season, Hold Your Breath revolves around Margaret Bellum (Sarah Paulson) and her two young daughters. Margaret’s husband has been gone for quite a while, looking for construction work, leaving her wearied of assuming all the responsibilities of maintaining their homestead amid the constantly encroaching dust. Margaret must repeatedly reassure the girls that the ghostly Gray Man, a mysteriously villainous character in one of their storybooks, is mythical and will not harm them. While Sarah Paulson’s distraught performance grounds the family drama, it’s not enough to evoke the implied terror.
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