The Crying Woman (1933)

Review: The Crying Woman (1933)

Director: Ramón Peón

Cast: Ramón Pereda, Virginia Zurí, Carlos Orellana, Adriana Lamar, Alberto Martí,

Ramón Pereda
Ramón Pereda
Virginia Zurí
Virginia Zurí
Carlos Orellana
Carlos Orellana
Adriana Lamar
Adriana Lamar
Alberto Martí
Alberto Martí

Plot: Llorona is a figure unique to Mexican folklore -- the wailing spirit of a woman who lost or killed her child and now returns to seek revenge and haunt the living. With its framing story and flashback structure, this film sets forth a couple of variations of the story.

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Early Mexican horror from Indicator

Early Mexican horror from Indicator

Two new releases from Indicator illuminate the origins of Mexican horror (best known from the work of filmmakers like Chano Urueta, Fernando Mendez and Rafael Baladon in the 1950s and ’60s) in the early days of sound in the 1930s when […]

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