“Hold Your Breath” brings genre interests to a dust bowl setting in the 1930s. It’s the feature-length directorial debut for William Joines and Karrie Crouse (who also scripts), and they turn to impossible elements and broken dreams to fuel a different kind of nightmare scenario. It’s a semi-fresh take on the usual in haunted happenings, with the writing looking to achieve a grim psychological portrait of a mother trying to raise children alone in remote Oklahoma, losing her sanity while facing punishing conditions and dangerous people. “Hold Your Breath” has the challenge of turning dust into a villain of sorts, and the helmers come armed with striking imagery and a furious sound design, creating a visceral sense of pressure on the lead character. The picture isn’t always a tightly constructed study of strain, but frightening moments are present, creating plenty of suspense along the way. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com