Film Review: The Curse of La Llorona
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Cert: 15 cert
Director: Michael Chaves
Screenwriter: Mikki Daughtry, Tobias Iaconis, (Co-producer) Jame wan
Starring: Linda Cardellini, Roman Christou, Jaynee-Lynne Kinchen, Raymond Cruz, Marisol Ramirez, Patricia Velasquez, Sean Patrick Thomas, Tony Amendola, Irene Keng, Oliver Alexander, Aiden Lewandowski, Paul Rodriguez, John Marshall Jones, Ricardo Mamood-Vega, Jayden Valdivia. many more...
Running time: 1h 33min
Parents advised reading before viewing the film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.
Sex & Nudity:
Violence & Gore:
Profanity:
Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking:
Frightening/Intense Scenes:
Story: Ignoring the eerie warning of a troubled mother suspected of child endangerment, a social worker and her own small kids are soon drawn into a frightening supernatural realm. Their only hope to survive La Llorona's deadly wrath may be a disillusioned priest and the mysticism he practices to keep evil at bay, on the fringes where fear and faith collide.
Likes: As the legend goes the real La Llorona also know to be recognized as the La Malinche of the Spanish conquistadors Cortés' story dates as far back as the 1400s, where people calm to have seen a woman in white crying, but when investigated nothing other than some unfortunate event that happen around those that see her. It's from these Encounters over the years she has been known as an omen of death to those that come in contact with her ghost or hear her crying.
This is what truly adds to this film The Curse of La Llorona because it based on a legend, it truly set an example of hell have no fury over a woman scorned. Even though Michael Chaves who have done for the better lack of word a great horror film here, you can tell it got James wan influence written all over it has he was a co-producer to this film.
The way this film draws you to its dark moody atmospheric nature which really set the tone for the whole movie, especial when it doesn't Ease up on the tension. Because when this film gets really dark and creepy, its truly give you the chills down you spin with small supernatural moments but the lighting effects and use of shadow movement and shadow play as you starr in the darkness give you that overwhelm sense of fear which this film really plays on.
This is how you make a supernatural horror film work when you already show the supernatural spirit, the way they portray La Llorona her self is truly terrifying. It like imaging that you have children yourself you have this complete relentless dark evil twist spirit after them, it how can you protect them from this, when it powerful enough to get you from anywhere.
This is what this great horror film does, it put you in the shoes of the family with a mother trying everything in her power to protect her children from an evil spirit, it gets intense and frightening and the tension builds up. This is a perfect example of how to play with the audience mind draw them in and give them spin chilling moment that chills you to bone and throw in a few moments that scares the living hell out of you.
I love the fact they got an actually Mexican actress to play the role of La Llorona in instead of some model looking woman with a model looks and little CGI which gave appearance more of a real look which made it even more frightening. Give a more Authentic feel of a woman's spirit twisted by Evil over grief and tumoral.
What great also is this film connects perfectly to the Conjuring universe with a certain mention from one of the other events, allow the audience to know that this event happens in the same event timeline as the others. With perfect acting and great moments of frightening scenes truly is one of the most frightening films in the conjuring universe.
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Dislikes: Despite this film being frightening and possibly one of the great supernatural scares the living hell out of you film's, there are a few flaws.
1. There were two moments where a certain character trying to make a Joke in an intense moment, they joke kind of fell flat and didn't work.
2. There was one moment that was a little too predictable, which I think the audience will see coming.
Other than that the film was great, one the of the best horror this year so far.
Overall: Frightening, Psychological, Dark twist story, one of the best out of the conjuring universe
Rating: 5 out of 5 for Entertainment / 9 out of 10 for being apart of the conjuring universe.
Cert: 15 cert
Director: Michael Chaves
Screenwriter: Mikki Daughtry, Tobias Iaconis, (Co-producer) Jame wan
Starring: Linda Cardellini, Roman Christou, Jaynee-Lynne Kinchen, Raymond Cruz, Marisol Ramirez, Patricia Velasquez, Sean Patrick Thomas, Tony Amendola, Irene Keng, Oliver Alexander, Aiden Lewandowski, Paul Rodriguez, John Marshall Jones, Ricardo Mamood-Vega, Jayden Valdivia. many more...
Running time: 1h 33min
Parents advised reading before viewing the film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.
Sex & Nudity:
- None.
Violence & Gore:
- A woman drowns her own children and herself, and then her spirit drowns and attempts to drown other children. Her spirit also throws and drags people across rooms and downstairs, and burns their arms with a touch of her hand.
- A woman shoots a man in the shoulder, non-fatally.
Profanity:
- A few instances of mild language
Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking:
- Alcohol is seen being drunk by the main actor/ actress
Frightening/Intense Scenes:
- La Llorona is arguably the most frightening appearance of the supernatural in all The Conjuring installments, beside Valak, the demon nun. La Llorona offers a large amount of effective jump scares, her Kills are quite emotional and disturbing.
Story: Ignoring the eerie warning of a troubled mother suspected of child endangerment, a social worker and her own small kids are soon drawn into a frightening supernatural realm. Their only hope to survive La Llorona's deadly wrath may be a disillusioned priest and the mysticism he practices to keep evil at bay, on the fringes where fear and faith collide.
Likes: As the legend goes the real La Llorona also know to be recognized as the La Malinche of the Spanish conquistadors Cortés' story dates as far back as the 1400s, where people calm to have seen a woman in white crying, but when investigated nothing other than some unfortunate event that happen around those that see her. It's from these Encounters over the years she has been known as an omen of death to those that come in contact with her ghost or hear her crying.
This is what truly adds to this film The Curse of La Llorona because it based on a legend, it truly set an example of hell have no fury over a woman scorned. Even though Michael Chaves who have done for the better lack of word a great horror film here, you can tell it got James wan influence written all over it has he was a co-producer to this film.
The way this film draws you to its dark moody atmospheric nature which really set the tone for the whole movie, especial when it doesn't Ease up on the tension. Because when this film gets really dark and creepy, its truly give you the chills down you spin with small supernatural moments but the lighting effects and use of shadow movement and shadow play as you starr in the darkness give you that overwhelm sense of fear which this film really plays on.
This is how you make a supernatural horror film work when you already show the supernatural spirit, the way they portray La Llorona her self is truly terrifying. It like imaging that you have children yourself you have this complete relentless dark evil twist spirit after them, it how can you protect them from this, when it powerful enough to get you from anywhere.
This is what this great horror film does, it put you in the shoes of the family with a mother trying everything in her power to protect her children from an evil spirit, it gets intense and frightening and the tension builds up. This is a perfect example of how to play with the audience mind draw them in and give them spin chilling moment that chills you to bone and throw in a few moments that scares the living hell out of you.
I love the fact they got an actually Mexican actress to play the role of La Llorona in instead of some model looking woman with a model looks and little CGI which gave appearance more of a real look which made it even more frightening. Give a more Authentic feel of a woman's spirit twisted by Evil over grief and tumoral.
What great also is this film connects perfectly to the Conjuring universe with a certain mention from one of the other events, allow the audience to know that this event happens in the same event timeline as the others. With perfect acting and great moments of frightening scenes truly is one of the most frightening films in the conjuring universe.
.
Dislikes: Despite this film being frightening and possibly one of the great supernatural scares the living hell out of you film's, there are a few flaws.
1. There were two moments where a certain character trying to make a Joke in an intense moment, they joke kind of fell flat and didn't work.
2. There was one moment that was a little too predictable, which I think the audience will see coming.
Other than that the film was great, one the of the best horror this year so far.
Overall: Frightening, Psychological, Dark twist story, one of the best out of the conjuring universe
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