Rent The Curse of the Crying Woman (1963)
3.4 of 5 from 48 ratings
1h 20min
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- Synopsis:
A phantom figure attacks a horse-drawn carriage in the woods. As the police investigate the grisly murders, young Amelia (Rosa Arenas) travels to the old mansion of her Aunt Selma (Rita Macedo) close to where the murders took place. Shortly after her arrival Amelia uncovers dark family secrets, including rumors of torture, murder and witchcraft! Each sinister revelation exposes a more diabolical mystery. Whose charred corpse lay buried in the family crypt? Why does Aunt Selma cast no reflection? And finally: What terrors will be unleashed by The Curse of the Crying Woman? Based on the Mexican legend of 'La Llorona', 'The Curse of the Crying Woman' is a stately, breathtaking excursion in bone-chilling fear and cinematic exhilaration. - Actors:
- Rosita Arenas, Abel Salazar, Rita Macedo, Carlos López Moctezuma, Enrique Lucero, Mario Sevilla, Julissa, Roy Fletcher, Arturo Corona, Armando Acosta, Victorio Blanco, Beatriz Bustamante
- Directors:
- Rafael Baledón
- Producers:
- Abel Salazar
- Writers:
- Fernando Galiana, Rafael Baledón
- Aka:
- La maldición de la Llorona
- Genres:
- Classics, Horror, Thrillers
- Countries:
- Mexico
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 12/06/2023
- Run Time:
- 80 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono, Spanish LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English, English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.37:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- Audio commentary with academic and Latin American horror specialist, Valeria Villegas Lindvall, also known as Morena de Fuego (2023)
- The Daughters of La Llorona (2023, 26 mins): actor, producer and singer Julissa de Llano Macedo and author Cecilia Fuentes Macedo remember the peculiar relationship they had with their mother, Mexican screen icon Rita Macedo
- Daydreams and Nightmares (2023, 20 mins): academic, author and film scholar Eduardo de la Vega Alfaro discusses the prolific career of actor-writer-producer-director Rafael Baledon
- Original Spanish-language theatrical trailer
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
- World premiere on Blu-ray
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Reviews (1) of The Curse of the Crying Woman
La maldición de la Llorona - The Curse of the Crying Woman review by NP
You may think your Blu-ray has skipped to the halfway mark of this zippy and atmospheric Mexican horror film, for the first scene dives headlong into a sea of horrors involving a blank-eyed woman and her violent ward who set upon a group of travellers. After the credits have rolled, we only then focus on the origins of the characters, all shot in splendidly stark monochrome.
The story is simple. Married couple Amelia (Rosita Arenas) and Jaime (Abel Salazar) travel to a vast country house owned by Selma (Rita Macedo), Amelia’s aunt. Selma is a witch who uses the couple to resurrect ‘la Llorona’ (the crying woman). That’s all you need to know.
This is a good, solid, spooky film, very carefully made and impressive, especially for its time. Horror and destruction come to an impressively realised head toward the climactic moments, and director Rafael Baledón is in no rush to spare the audience a moment. My score is 7 out of 10.
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