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The Crying Woman (1933)

The Crying Woman poster
Original title
La Llorona
Directed by
Ramón Peón
Genre
horror film, ghost film
Country
Mexico
Runtime
1h 13m
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 22 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman turns up at a rural estate after a death in the family. She claims to be a relative but her presence stirs up dark secrets and ghostly activity in the house.

spookyhauntingeerieold-fashionedghostlycreepyatmosphericsupernatural

What happens

La Llorona (lit. 'The Crying Woman') is a 1933 Mexican supernatural horror film directed by Ramón Peón, written by Fernando de Fuentes and Carlos Noriega Hope, and stars Ramón Pereda, Virginia Zurí, Adriana Lamar and Carlos Orellana. It was the first Mexican horror film with sound. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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