The legend of La Llorona is fairly straightforward. A mother scorned by her thoughtless husband seeks an unthinkable revenge. Hoping to cut him to the emotional bone, she drowns their children in the river. Immediately regretful, the Weeping Woman joins her offspring in death, inadvertently dooming herself to an eternity of sorrow. Dressed in […]
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Throughout September, Murder Made Fiction podcast has been discussing La Llorona – first with a primer (listen here), then 1933 Mexican film The Crying Woman (listen here), as well as 1963 film The Curse of the Crying Woman (listen here). Now we’re into contemporary times with director Michael Chaves‘ Hollywood production, The Curse of La Llorona (2019). Starring Linda Cardellini […]
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Mexican Gothic. After kicking off September with a primer on La Llorona (listen here), Jenn and I began looking at texts with one of the earliest Mexican horror films made in sound: The Crying Woman from 1933 (listen here). This week, we jumped ahead 30 years, but stayed in Mexico for Rafael Baledón‘s The Curse […]
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Directed by Patricia Harris Seeley, written by Cameron Larson (story) and Jose Prendes (screenplay), The Legend of La Llorona follows a family vacationing to Mexico in an effort to escape the grief that has fallen over them. The mom, Carly (Autumn Reeser) is somber and distraught, while her husband Andrew (Antonio Cupo) strives to make […]
Knight Light: A Horror Movie Podcast extends Hispanic Heritage Month with Hispanic Haunts beginning with the Shudder-exclusive Guatemalan ghost story, La Llorona! La Llorona follows a former Guatemalan dictator, Enrique Monteverde (Julio Diaz), and his family, Natalia (Sabrina De La Hoz), Carmen (Margarita Kenéfic), and Sara (Ayla-Elea Hurtado), being haunted by his past orchestration with the brutal genocide of […]