“Altered Skin” (*1/2 out of four) was a substandard horror melodrama about an American engineer (Robin Dunne) in Pakistan who stumbles upon a deadly pharmaceutical conspiracy which (what else) threatens worldwide destruction. It’s all so stupefyingly dull. Potentially affecting story of a pharmaceutical company and its horrifying effects is directed with virtually no energy or conviction. Plot is somewhat similar to “Resident Evil” but this makes that look like a masterpiece by comparison.