The Conjuring films are focused on white families being tormented by white ghosts. ![]() The franchise had left the States once, but only to hop across the pond. Released as part of the greater Conjuring universe, The Curse of La LLorona was immediately an outlier in that its origins lie outside of dominant culture narratives. ![]() La Llorona is sometimes seen as a figure to be feared, while sometimes serving as a warning of danger that is to come. According to All That’s Interesting, “mentions of La Llorona can be tracked back over four centuries.” The story has several variations and roots in many Spanish-speaking cultures. After realizing what she had done, the woman is immediately grief-stricken and spends the rest of her days (living and dead) searching for her children. ![]() When Maria learns that her husband’s eyes have wandered to another woman, she drowns their children in a fit of rage. The folklore that inspires The Curse of La Llorona tells the story of a beautiful young woman who marries a rich man and bears him two children. In a recent review of Jayro Bustamante’s film La Llorona, I opened by flippantly joking that if you had come looking for a review of the 2019 Blumhouse joint starring Linda Cardellini, you were in the wrong place.
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