El Regreso de La Llorona

Yes, I know that the original quote is "you reap what you sow"; however, Liana Hassim's film El Regreso de La Llorona is loosely based on the folklore legend of La Llorona, otherwise known as "The Weeping Woman."

El Regreso de La Llorona starts off with a bang (literally), and I must warn those sensitive viewers that the first five-seven minutes are quite intense, but don't worry, it all pays off!

The best way for me to summarize El Regreso de La Llorona without giving anything away is an enjoyable thriller/horror that invokes a tale of revenge intertwined with a modern spin on Mexican folklore.

It's one of those films where you might despise some of the characters (the actors are great, btw); however, vengeance has a great way of showing its face in this film, and sometimes it even pops up in a "Final Destination" type of way.

Check this indie horror out if you're looking for something new, and honestly, something outside of your norm.

*I watched El Regreso de La Llorona via Tubi.

This isn't a horror film but a haunting of revenge stemming from the folklore legend of La Llorona, aka The Weeping Woman.

There is an element of horror in El Regreso de La Llorona, however, I feel that a lot of the "negative" reviews were expecting a straightforward horror movie, which, I think this film offers so much more than that (a remarkable plot for starters).

This is a subtle folk tale and one that some might find to be a slow-burn. The horror lies not in the actions of the dead, but in the injustice of the living.

Seek this out if you are looking for a solid entry to the folklore of La Llorona!

From many bad movies I have seen, this certainly beats them all. The only good things I can say about this film is the dark enviroment that works out very well with the terror of the film and the death scenes are ok. The rest of the film doesn't work out very well. The first long minutes of the movie are very boring and the story it tells at the start of the movie has nothing to do with the original legend it's based on. The concept of the legendary spirit of this movie is very different from the original legend. Other film adaptations have the air of the original legend, but this one doesn't. My final rating for this movie is a 2/10.

El Regreso De La Llorona is a title that was randomly generated as a watch option to me via Tubi recently, and the premise looked promising, so I checked it out!

Prior to the viewing I did some research on the folklore of La Llorona (The Weeping Woman), which according to La Llorona's legend it involves a woman who is said to have drowned her children in a fit of rage over her husband's infidelity. This act leads to her eternal punishment: wandering the earth searching for her lost children.

She is often depicted as a ghostly figure in a white dress, weeping and wailing as she seeks her children near water.

Wow, sounds like a someone I would NEVER want to cross paths with, and once you see this film, you'll have the same feeling!

The acting is fresh and the locations are stunning, which makes you feel at ease, until you're ripped out of your seat with pure terror!

Check it out on Tubi, and avoid the spoilers!

"El Regreso de La Llorona is a real horror movie, not a stupid slasher flick."

The way that they used the idea of La Llorona to explore that experience, and the experience to explore the story of La Llorona, is the true purpose of art.

I don't know what else to call this movie, but "horror" is just too small a word for it.

El Regreso de La Llorona focuses more on the terrors and acts of atrocity that humans are perfectly capable of without the help of supernatural evil.

Our greatest fears are those that we create ourselves. In this case, La Llorona is a vengeful consequence born from the darkest depths of sadness and loss.