Hasitha Fernando on the best horror movies of 2020…The COVID-19 pandemic took the world by storm, affecting the lives of every man, woman and child from every walk of life. Arguably one of the industries which suffered the biggest crippling blow from it was the film industry. Theatre halls closed, tentpole releases were indefinitely delayed, […]
Movie Review – La Llorona (2019)
La Llorona, 2019.Written and directed by Jayro Bustamante. Starring María Mercedes Coroy, Sabrina De La Hoz, Julio Diaz, and Margarita Kenéfic.SYNOPSIS:An aging paranoid dictator, protected by an witchcrafting wife, faces death and the uprising of his people in Guatemala.Atypical of Hollywood’s tendency to soullessly remake successful foreign-language horror hits, in the case of Hispanic-American folkloric […]
Shudder releases trailer for Guatemalan horror-thriller La Llorona
Shudder has released a trailer, poster and images for the Guatemalan horror-thriller La Llorona ahead of its arrival on the streaming service next month. Directed by Jayro Bustamante, the film tells the story of an aging paranoid dictator who is faced with a horde of angry protestors and a wrathful supernatural force looking to seek retribution […]
