Directed By:
Rafael Baledón

Not Rated
Genre: Horror
Format Used: DVD
Contains: Graphic Violence
Country: Mexico
Dubbed

Also Known As:
Maldición de la Llorona, La
Casa embrujada, La

THE PLOT:

It was a dark and stormy night along an abandoned stregth of road in a deserted part of Mexico. An area known to be cursed and many bizarre murders have been known to happen.

A coach full of people run across a strange woman with no eyes, her killer dogs and her maniac sidekick and are horribly slain.

The woman is named Selma and her sidekick is a condemned murderer she saved from the gallows. She is the decentant of a executed witch also known as the Whaling Witch. She is expecting her niece Amelia the youngest in the family and believed destined to resurrect the Whaling Witch and help her family to rule the world.

But what she wasn't expecting is that Amelia got married and has brought him with her to surprise her. But what will win out, Destiny or love???

ZEDD'S OPINION:

I liked it, the dubbing isn't great. But it has allot of substence and subtext. The whole story, the interaction between the actors. The make-up effects are incredible, a movie that is way ahead of it's time. I think it should have been nominated for best foriegn film. The only score I could give it with all fairness is...
8 STARS

VOLTRON'S OPINION:

I do agree, the make-up effects are very impressive and the story is pretty cool. But I must admit I wasn't impressed with this movie as Zedd was. My problem with Curse of the Crying Woman is a simple one, the musical score. The score really bugged me. It had music spikes in the wrong places and too many of them and sometimes the music was so loud, I had trouble hearing the dialog. Plus the model of the old house looked great until they started to shake it, then it looked like a model. I am sorry but I cannot recommend this movie and I must give it a mere....
3 STARS

ON THE POSITIVE SIDE (+ HITS):

+ MAKE-UP EFFECTS (The make-up effects were incredible for the time it was made)
+ STORY (Zedd loved the story and the characters)
+ ACTORS (The interaction of the actors really worked)
+ ATMOSPHERE (The creepy atmosphere really helped but without stepping on the story)

ON THE NEGATIVE SIDE (- MISSES):

- DUBBING (Some of the dubbing actors didn't really put much heart into their performace. It sounded like they were reading it)
- MODELS (The models looked great until it was shaking, then it looked like a model)

AND FIANLLY....

- MUSICAL SCORE (Voltron thought the score was too loud and had spikes in the wrong places)