The Curse of La Llorona

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The Curse of La Llorona

R

2019

1h 33m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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In the 1970s Los Angeles, the legendary ghost La Llorona is stalking the night -- and the children. Ignoring the eerie warning of a troubled mother, a social worker and her own kids are drawn into a frightening supernatural realm. Their only hope of surviving La Llorona's deadly wrath is a disillusioned priest who practices mysticism to keep evil at bay.

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Critics Consensus

Content to coast on jump scares rather than tap into its story's creepy potential, The Curse of La Llorona arrives in theaters already broken.

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Claudia Puig

FilmWeek (LAist)

09/27/2019

The performances are good, but I wanted more complexity for the original folk tale of La Llorona.

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Mark Kermode

Kermode & Mayo's Film Review

05/06/2019

I was so bored, and so depressed by the mechanics of it.

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Benjamin Lee

Guardian

05/03/2019

2/5

A formulaic slab of supernatural dirge destined to be forgotten by year's, or perhaps even month's, end.

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David Day

Horror Movie Talk

08/11/2025

4/10

...A predictable and slow jumpscare movie that failed to make me care about anyone at all. I would have been just as happy had La Llorona eaten the whole family.

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Calum Cooper

Source (Scotland)

07/14/2024

1/5

I completely checked out by the halfway mark, occasionally made to sit upright by the obnoxiously loud noises the film mistakes for scares.

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Manuel São Bento

MSB Reviews (Ghost.io)

07/24/2023

C+

It’s not nearly as horrible as The Nun, and honestly, that’s a good compliment for such a typical, cliche horror flick. Michael Chaves truly saves what could have been a disaster with another director.

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HELENA

11/27/2024

If you want to scared, go see this movie.

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Walker D

@RT36449848 Jul 27

Not a good horror movie not a bad horror movie. Solid plot but not super scary.

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Musa A

@doodleflame Jul 21

Pretty good - better than I expected, and I liked the Conjuring tie in!

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August A

@augustinwunderland95 Jun 14

Thoroughly unoriginal plot points and scares with half-baked conclusions. However, if you're just looking for a James Wan typical jump-scare factory, this is the movie for you - just don't expect too much in the way of quality film making.

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Melanie M

@RT77979781 May 12

This movie was absolutely horrible, the acting is horrible the only good actors are Danny Trejo and the lady that the gringo family stayed at the rest did a horrible acting job and the camera view was terrible. I do not recommend this movie and they honestly disrespected the mexican story like I am pretty sure if la llorona saw this movie she would even be disappointed.

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Leah B

@LeahB3 Jan 6

It had potential but that was ultimately squandered by a formulaic execution. I was almost scared

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Synopsis

In the 1970s Los Angeles, the legendary ghost La Llorona is stalking the night -- and the children. Ignoring the eerie warning of a troubled mother, a social worker and her own kids are drawn into a frightening supernatural realm. Their only hope of surviving La Llorona's deadly wrath is a disillusioned priest who practices mysticism to keep evil at bay.

Director: Michael Chaves
Producer: James Wan, Gary Dauberman, Emile Gladstone
Screenwriter: Mikki Daughtry, Tobias Iaconis
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Atomic Monster
Rating: R (Violence and Terror)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 19, 2019, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 16, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA): $54.7M
Runtime: 1h 33m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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