*Not as scary as you think*
The Curse Of The Weeping Woman or The Curse of La Llorona is directed by Michael Chaves, the protégé of James Wan, the director of the Conjuring films and currently the pioneer of films of the horror genre.
The movie is based on a Mexican Folklore and the first question which rose in my mind was that why wasn’t this film set in Mexico.
This folklore is pretty popular for the Mexicans and I think it was disappointing for the Mexicans as a community to see a much more *Americanised* version of La Llorona. Anyways with that major hiccup, this is a decent movie.
The James Wan horror formula works again here, but it is becoming kind of tiring.
None the less Michael Chaves follows the footsteps of James Wan and The Curse of The Weeping Woman comes off as much more of a student film. The setting is simple and not too convoluted, which makes this film much more grounded and *horrific*. La Llorona wasn’t as terrifying as I thought she would be because most of the *scares* were cheap jumpscares. The buildup or the *horror* was mildly prevalent.
The continuous jumpscares made me disconnect with the movie but the end was done relevantly well.
The first act was set up very good in fact and I see this film as a missed opportunity. If not for the jumpscares this could have actually become a much, much better film. The second act was mainly based on this and thus suffered. The third act was executed well and lifted this movie to a decent one. All the actors did their best and made the affair a believable one. Linda Cardellini was especially good. She was the stand out. The editing was the highlight whereas the background score, not so much.
The background score aids in the buildup of a scene but as almost all the scenes ended with a dreaded jumpscare, the score didn’t have much to do.
All in all its a decent effort by Michael Chaves to live up to his teacher and this movie could’ve been miles better.
—————- RATING —————
- Performance: Excellent
- Treatment: Average
- Story: Good
- Recommendation: Passable for a one time scare.
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