There are a couple good jump scares in here but by showing the antagonist’s disfigured visage a tad too many times, the effectiveness gets somewhat diluted as the plot progresses. A widowed mother with two children isn’t enough to earn our emotional investment.
The rest of the plot follows the established tropes of the genre, employing run of the mill scares, and is often more concerned with planning the next fright instead of developing the characters. After she finds her kids being haunted by a malevolent spirit, she enlists the help of a disillusioned priest to save her family from the powerful evil.ĭirected by Michael Chaves in what’s his directorial debut, the rookie filmmaker makes his first mistake in the opening prologue only by failing to properly illustrate the lore origins, which could have generated additional interest in the story. Similar to The Curse Of La Llorona – ANNABELLE: CREATION – A WELCOME ENTRY IN THE CONJURING UNIVERSEīased on the Mexican folklore of La Llorona, The Curse of La Llorona (also known as The Curse of the Weeping Woman) is set in 1970s Los Angeles and follows a social worker whose investigation into the case of a former client, a troubled mother suspected of child endangerment, triggers a chain of events which bring havoc into her own household. It was conceived as a standalone horror film in the beginning, and it should have remained as such. Aside from a brief appearance from one supporting character from Annabelle, whose presence here is as redundant as the highly forgettable film he was a part of, the film features a separate, self-contained story that’s got nothing to do with the earlier entries of the famous horror franchise. There is no valid reason whatsoever as to why The Curse of La Llorona is part of The Conjuring Universe.