Watch: The Curse of La Llorona 2019 123movies, Full Movie Online – Ignoring the eerie warning of a troubled mother suspected of child endangerment, a social worker and her own small kids are soon drawn into a frightening supernatural realm. Their only hope to survive La Llorona’s deadly wrath may be a disillusioned priest and the mysticism he practices to keep evil at bay, on the fringes where fear and faith collide..
Plot: A social worker dealing with the disappearance of two children fears for her own family after beginning the investigation.
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Acting was fine but the rest was one big cliche of the supernatural-horror genre with too many jump scares and the evil entity pretty much reminded me of the Nun, which makes sense since this is set in the Conjuring Universe.
If you enjoy reading my Spoiler-Free reviews, please follow my blog 🙂It’s not as bad as The Nun, let me write this straight away. If there’s one thing that this movie proves is Michael Chavestalented filmmaking skills, which offers hope for The Conjuring 3. Contrary to the other spin-off of the universe, The Curse of La Llorona toned down on the lazy exposition and elevated its scary sequences, simply by having a more capable director. Beautiful one-take scenes are spread throughout the runtime, which not only increase the suspense but prove that Chaves actually works hard to provide a terrifying environment.
He also delivers some effective and innovative jump scares, even though most of them still follow an annoyingly predictable timing. These are still heavy on the cliche of “character turning her head, big ugly monster face screams and the score goes from silence to screeching volume.” Scenes like these aren’t scary anymore and they feel dated, as well as the typical origin story. There’s nothing new or exciting in an “urban legend turned true.” Fortunately, the backstory is simple, it isn’t filled with explicit exposition every two minutes, and the short runtime helps the film to develop through a fast pacing. Sadly, it’s just another common horror screenplay that the writers took from the scripts cabinet.
Linda Cardellini gives a strong performance as the protagonist. Even though every character in this movie makes questionable decisions that lead to avoidable events (something inevitable in horror films), Anna is a compelling and courageous woman, who only wants to do what’s best for any children, not only their own. Raymond Cruz portrays Rafael, a priest who sort of almost is a deus ex machina. He barely has any kind of decent character development, but he works well enough as comic relief to lighten up an otherwise too dark tone. The kids are good, but Patricia Velasquez (Patricia Alvarez) is way over-the-top, which doesn’t help her already not-so-good script.
All in all, The Curse of La Llorona is … okay. It’s not near as horrible as The Nun, and honestly, that’s a good compliment for such a typical and cliche horror flick. Michael Chaves truly saves what could have been a disaster with another director. Wonderfully handled one-take sequences, which elevate the suspense levels, and he also produced some imaginative jump scares, even if most of them still lack actual scariness. Linda Cardellini is great as the lead, but every character is compelled to make dumb decisions to move the plot forward. Some characters needed more care in their scripts, and more focus on the story to tell instead of just creating scares after scares.
Close, but not close enough …
Rating: C+
Could have been good
The legend of La Llorona is a very interesting story that had potential to become a good movie. Unfortunately, this one suffered from showing the monster too much.The plot wasn’t bad. It would have been more interesting if they showed more of how the legend started, but they had a good idea to go with. What really didn’t work for this movie was showing La Llorona too many times, to the point that she wasn’t scary. What’s always creepy in movies like this is not being able to see their face until the very end, which they had a perfect scene to show her, but by then it was too late.
If you like the Conjuring universe/horror movies, it’s a fun watch, just don’t expect anything special.
It’s hell…of an atrocious movie.
The curse of La Llorona dissapoints in every aspect. The cast is so cheap, and the screenplay so poor. The writers did not put any effort to develop a smarter story, with deep stuff or something. You will only find a sad, generic and pathetic attempt to scare people. La Llorona will make you cry… for the wrong reason.
Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 33 min (93 min)
Budget 9000000
Revenue 122033739
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Director Michael Chaves
Writer Mikki Daughtry, Tobias Iaconis
Actors Linda Cardellini, Raymond Cruz, Patricia Velasquez
Country United States
Awards 1 win & 7 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A
Sound Mix Dolby Surround 7.1, Dolby Digital, Dolby Atmos
Aspect Ratio 2.39 : 1
Camera Red Weapon, Panavision Primo Lenses
Laboratory FotoKem Creative Services, Burbank (CA), USA (digital intermediate), FotoKem nextLAB (digital dailies)
Film Length N/A
Negative Format Redcode RAW
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format), Dolby Vision, Redcode RAW (6K) (source format)
Printed Film Format D-Cinema