When their bodies are later pulled from the river, their distraught mother blames Anna for letting the legendary spirit, La Llorona, take her children. The boys are soon taken to a children’s shelter where they awaken one night by the sounds of a crying woman. When she’s called to the home of Patricia Alvarez (Patricia Velasquez) and finds her two young sons locked in a closet, she interprets their terrified mother’s actions as a sign of abuse. Set in 1973 Los Angeles, the film tells the story of Anna Tate-Garcia (Linda Cardellini), a social worker and widowed single mom. But hey – slap THE CONJURING name on the poster and sprinkle in some screaming ghost faces, and you have a serviceable Friday night date flick for the high-school crowd.
In fact, one can argue that many of the scenes seem like unused material from horror master James Wan’s more successful films, just repackaged in a watered-down attempt at Mexican folklore. A new ghastly member in “The Conjuring Universe” haunts theaters beginning this Friday, but despite the name and the occasional Spanish language, you’d be hard-pressed to find many distinguishing elements in THE CURSE OF LA LLORONA. New ghost, new family, same old rules and scares.
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