28th September, 2019.
Hmmm …
It’s late on a Saturday night …
And?
I should possibly be getting to bed.
Possibly.
On the other hand … ?
Maybe not.
As I’m still talking over Christmas presents for my nephew with his mum: my sister, Ruth.
The prices are still mind boggling: but I have managed to get something reasonable priced for him.
Phew …
To coin a phrase.
~≈¥≈~
At any rate … ?
It’s a Saturday night: quietly spent indoors, doing laundry.
And stuff …
And thinking I should watch a movie.
Granted, I wanted to catch Hellraiser: Judgement.
And I, Daniel Blake.
But?
I felt saving them for another day could be an option.
Tonight?
I felt The Curse of La Llorona could be just the thing …
~≈¥≈~
Building on the old Mexican folk tale — of a woman cursed after killing her own children — The Curse of La Llorona opens in 17th Century Mexico: where a family is enjoying the summer sun …
Only for the eldest child to get himself lost: and come across his mother drowning his younger brother …
Years later: in 1973?
We meet Anna (Linda Cardellini): a social worker investigating the disappearance of the children of Patricia Alvarez …
Who has, it seems hidden her children … and desperate enough to attack Anna when the latter finds them.
Much later that same evening?
Ann is called to a local river: complete with her own children, in tow, as she can’t get a babysitter.
It seems the Alvarez boys have drowned …
And their mother is blaming Anna.
Unbeknownst to either … ?
Anna’s children are just about to meet the killer …
~≈¥≈~
Certainly worth the three star rating I gave the pair.
I think … ?
I think I’m going to have to reconsider my scoring system, at some point.
But, until then?
I have to admit I found The Curse of La Llorona much better than it’s immediate predecessors.
Maybe not quite on a par …
But certainly an improvement.
Keep that in mind, if you watch …
The Curse of La Llorona
★★★☆
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