La Llorona is the antagonist in the 2019 + 1963 + 1933 + 1947 + 1960 + 1974 + 2004 + 2011 films, La Llorona, The Haunting of La Llorona, The Curse of La Llorona, The Curse of the Crying Woman, La Llorona, The Heritage of the Crying Woman, La Llorona, The Vengeance of the Crying Woman + The Crying Womans and The Legend of the Crying Woman.
There are four films which deal with the legend of La Llorona:
The Curse of the Crying Woman (La maldición de la Llorona): 1963} They say the old woods are haunted. If anyone dares to go through them at night, they will be killed. At night you can hear the screams as if it is a woman crying. Could the one who is committing these horrible murders be the old woman crying in the night?
La Llorona (aka The weeping Woman): 2019} An aging paranoid war criminal, protected by his faithful wife, faces death while being haunted by the ghosts of his past.
The Haunting of La Llorona: 2019} The screams of the children echo throughout the night as a violent reminder of a demon of the past. La Llorona, a paranormal force has returned and seeks the blood of the innocent, proving that the legend is real. Cassandra, during a jog, survives a near rape. Tiffany, young and homeless, comes to the rescue and soon moves in with her new friend. Strange things begin to happen in the household, leading to a possession and the arrival of Father Gomez. After a long battle of faith and courage, the demon is driven out and Cassandra can rebuild her life with her new child, but the fight is not over. The birth of a child, the happiest moment of a young mother's life becomes terrifying as La Llorona finds a new host, continuing the bloody nightmare.
The Curse of La Llorona (aka The Curse of the Weeping Woman): 2019} 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. (6th film in the Conjuring Universe franchise)
Appearance
La Llorona varies appearance in each film. Usually depicted as a weeping/crying woman near water, often shrouded with a veil.
Powers and Abilities
La Llorona possesses the following powers and abilities:
- Drowning
- Burning touch
- Ever-seeking lost loved ones
- Steals children
- Demonic
Fate
La Llorona is a legend of a demon possessed soul and can never be killed but it is defeated or caused to switch hosts.
Trivia
- La Llorona's falling into the trope of an "evil" or "failed" mother, having either committed infanticide or having failed to save them from drowning
- The lore of La Llorona is well known in Mexico and the Southwestern United States.
- Stories of weeping female phantoms are common in the folklore of both Iberian and Amerindian cultures.
- The Curse of La Llorona was originally named The Children.
- Similar to the stories of El Cucuy.
- Families traditionally place wooden crosses above their doors to ward off spirits like La Llorona.
- The "Annabelle" movies are referenced in "The Curse of La Llorona".
- La Llorona is pronounced "La Yorona."
- La maldición de la llorona is a 1961 Mexican horror film (released in 1963) and has little to do with the legend of La Llorona.
- La leyenda de la llorona is a 2011 Mexican animated film which features a more sympathetic version of La Llorona and is the second installment in a saga of animated films known as Las Leyendas.
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