There’s something so classic, so accessible about that threat. I grew up on a lot of horror movies, but I think it even extends beyond horror into movies like JURASSIC PARK.
I mean, you have to be a pretty cold person to not be emotionally invested when you see a child in danger. I think it’s something that everyone can connect to. Are you bringing back that idea with this film? Some consider the 1970s a golden age for horror, and at that time, we saw a lot more kids in danger in horror movies. It felt like natural material for a horror film. So, there are a lot of components of the story that give it a lot of power and have made the story endure over hundreds of years. But it’s about a moment of rage or madness that could haunt you for the rest of your life. Either she was wronged, her husband ran off with a younger woman, or there are other variations of the story. La Llorona was once human, and hers is a very tragic tale. But all of them touch on some spirit of tragedy. We’ve chosen one, but there are endless variations of it. There are a lot of variations of the La Llorona legend. Everyone can connect to the idea of this monstrously evil spirit that would snatch away kids in the middle of the night.īeyond that, the legend is about a woman scorned.
First of all, it’s incredibly dark and scary. I think there are a lot of components to that. There are a lot of those type of ghost stories, and this is one of the rare ones that really sticks. It’s one of those sleepover or campfire stories that got passed around. I grew up in Los Angeles, so I’ve known about it for a while. Tell us about the legend of La Llorona and how it informed this movie. We spoke to Chaves about creating this new folktale-inspired horror movie - and about his next movie, THE CONJURING 3. The films have several things in common: relatable characters, a sense of intense dread and the sort of ghost that will haunt your dreams for weeks to come. Michael Chaves directs THE CURSE OF LA LLORONA for producer James Wan, creator of THE CONJURING series. Linda Cardellini stars as a social worker, whose casework introduces her to a family haunted by the spirit of La Llorona, the weeping woman - and who must confront her deepest fears to protect her children as the dead woman’s curse finds a new target. In THE CURSE OF LA LLORONA, opening on April 19, the ghost of a woman steals living children to express her rage.
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