The Curse of La Llorona

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The Curse of La Llorona

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2019

1h 33m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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In 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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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)

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

Sep 27, 2019

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Mark Kermode

Kermode & Mayo's Film Review

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

May 6, 2019

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Benjamin Lee

Guardian

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

Rated: 2/5

May 3, 2019

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David Day

Horror Movie Talk

...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.

Rated: 4/10

Aug 11, 2025

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Calum Cooper

Source (Scotland)

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

Rated: 1/5

Jul 14, 2024

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Manuel São Bento

MSB Reviews

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.

Rated: C+

Jul 24, 2023

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HELENA

If you want to scared, go see this movie.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/27/24

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Casserole M.

A few great suspenseful moments but overall it had more potential than it gave.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

11/17/25

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Nimnadh R

Its not the worst I've seen, but I won't recommend it. Most parts of the script had very poor writing. Had some good jumpscare moments but that was it.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

11/11/25

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Ricardo B

Apesar do grande potencial narrativo e cultural da lenda latino-americana por trás da trama — inclusive, esse filme deveria ter sido ambientado no México, mas Los Angeles era, claramente, uma escolha mais prática e barata —, "A Maldição da Chorona" é genérico, recheado de sustos previsíveis e marcado por um visual que não parece, em aspecto algum, ambientado em 1973, como o filme alega, parecendo mais um episódio aleatório de "Supernatural" (2005-2020) do que um filme de cinema.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

10/26/25

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Stephen G.

I love that this is part of the Conjuring Universe, as this is a common folk tale told in Latin American households. I know we used it to test how brave other kids were, as there were horrible stories of people seeing her face and getting scratched in the bathrooms. I really enjoyed this telling of the story as it was terrifying and had scary jump moments to it. Great cast, great facial expressions they were able to carry throughout the film

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

10/19/25

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stefan C

The jumpscares made this film bad it was not about jumpscares the it was an hell of movie now its not!

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

10/06/25

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Synopsis

In 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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