When it comes to the outright horror rather than creepiness, though, we see Layers of Fear struggling a little, packaging together inventive scares with plenty of typical horror tropes that elicit
deep sighs rather than shrill screams.
Moreover, when the specialist listens to lung and heart sounds for signs of decreased function and observes the motions of the chest, throat and other relevant body parts, the inhalations and exhalations resemble frequent
deep sighing breaths
rather than the wheezes common in asthmatics.