La llorona (La llorona)

History of Horror (3743 movies items)

"Released on: 6 August 2020 "

Películas en Español (166 movies items)

"Guatemala"

“(OK) Muy bien al comienzo, misterio, fondo reivindicativo, tensión de clase, raza y política; gran atmósfera visual y sonora envolviendo a la caza, con el elemento fantástico que ahoga al militar, buenas crisis internas en el grupo; pero se va desbarrando a la apología de la leyenda, la brujería maya, la mística intercultural, apagando el drama y los caracteres construidos...” read more

October 2020 Horrorfest (50 movies items)

"First viewing - Oct. 11th After dinner I dove back in to La Llorona, which I've also seen praise for. And while I guess I can see why, the film failed to click with me. It's well-made, there's just not enough going on horror-wise to scratch my itch, plus I didn't like any of the characters. Everything here is so oppressively depressing that by the midpoint I was more waiting for it to end than interested in what was going on. Some people seem to like it, however, so perhaps it's just not to my "

Movies Watched in 2020 (71 movies items)

"October 24th"

Film Journal 2020 (125 movies items)

"I sort of love a lot of the things La Llorona tries doing but it doesn't feel like it fully commits to any of them aside from the one where it sets out to re-interpret the weeping woman for the modern age. I can't deny that it would fail at that. That being said, how it goes about it is... interesting. So, the film centers on a general who was integral in the mayan genocide in Guatemala. He's on trial for, well, being a bit of a genocidal ponce, and gets a guilty verdict which is immediately par"