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Movie Maniac rated The Curse of La Llorona

The Curse of La Llorona 2/10

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Plot: A CPS worker's children are targeted by a Mexican revenant set loose on her by a heartbroken mother who lost her own children to it. A listless, plodding affair that fails to inject any form of tension or atmosphere into a stale and generic script. Worse, it pulls little from the rich culture of the source material that could have at least given it some life and color. To top it all off, it feels like an afterthought that was shoehorned into an existing franchise to sell more tickets. That's right, they slapped The Conjuring name on this and put in minimum effort to make it part of that world. Neither good there or on it's own, this one is a soulless, bland, and utterly failed exercise.

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Plot: A photographer pursues a dangerous path in a bid to legitimize his art only to uncover a brutal conspiracy. A blood-soaked nightmare that starts like a morbid mystery begging to be unraveled and ends up in bleak, psuedo-Lovecraftian territory. Based on the Clive Barker story of the same name, the film honors the story while expounding upon it in very effective ways. Themes of obsession, fate, and pushing beyond the established boundaries of our world to find the unimaginable will delight fans of Barker as much as the gritty, visceral nature. My only (minor) complaint would be that a handful of grisly effects are enhanced with CGI that was dated then, much more now. Nevertheless, this one is a woefully overlooked candidate for a slavish cult following.

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Plot: A newlywed woman is beset by the entity in the titular doll. Convinced it is after her baby, she is driven to the edge of madness by the demon's manipulations. Though not as strong as the core Conjuring films or, for that matter, the other two films in its own series, Annabelle still has plenty to offer for those craving more of the franchise. It might lack the more vivid direction, inspired scares, and taut pacing but it still fits nicely into the mythology and is far from a lifeless endeavor like The Nun. What helps it along the most are its creative parallels to real world events like the Manson murders and a copious amount of homages to Roman Polanski's Rosemary's Baby. Not necessarily essential for anyone not involved in the full breadth of the franchise.

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