![]() For generations, children have ended up dead, but not before hearing the cries of the La Llorona. However, her evil spirit lives on, looking for new children to replace the ones she lost. The film begins with a 1673 card that introduces us to the woman who drowns her children only to regret it, weeping over their dead bodies, and then kills herself. But there is hardly anything else for the audience to care about. ![]() Utilizing old school camera techniques and deliberately slow pacing, there are plenty of jump scares and nerve-wracking moments. Such is the case with The Curse of La Llorona, which is based on a Mexican urban legend about the ghost of a woman who drowned her children and now cries while looking for them in the river, often causing misfortune to those who are near or hear her. And as The Conjuring Universe continues to expand, it will mine all sorts of different kinds of creepy folklore and urban legends in order to keep the scares coming. ![]() It doesn’t matter if it’s a romantic comedy, a superhero tentpole, or a horror, moviegoers have shown that they are hungry for these different kinds of stories, with different perspectives and different cultural touchstones. Representation matters in film in any genre. Cast: Linda Cardellini, Raymond Cruz, Patricia Velásquez, Jaynee-Lynne Kinchen, Roman Christou, Sean Patrick Thomas ![]()
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