La Llorona is an urban legend many Latinos grew up believing — and fearing. Also known as the Weeping Woman, her tear-clad face and ghostly features are the very definition of haunting. If it's ...

In the stories Latinos are told, La Llorona has never been described as a monster (that’s reserved El Cucuy and El Chupacabra), yet in the film, thanks to some pretty disturbing makeup, she most ...

“The Curse of La Llorona” is a combination ghost story and haunted house horror flick sprinkled with folksy mythology and shamanic rituals. It relies heavily on jump scares rather than ...

The Curse of La Llorona director Michael Chaves pitched in, explaining how no amount of CG can replicate the kind of performance Marisol Ramirez gave as the apparition. Here’s what he said: She ...

Whether La Llorona is held up as a form of resistance against oppression, owning her power or reclaiming the monstrous bruja within, the narratives of the wailing woman have endured for centuries ...

We’re really looking forward to tonight’s episode of “Grimm,” titled “La Llorona,” as few legends are spookier than “The Weeping Woman.” Here are two more clips from the ep along ...

According to Mexican folklore, La Llorona is the ghost of a woman who drowned her two children years ago in a rage of anger. Now, she wanders the land, weeping, searching for the souls of her ...

The legend of La Llorona has been a part of Latino folklore for generations and has frequently made its way into pop culture over the last 60 years. From the 1960 Mexican horror movie La Llorona ...

“La Llorona” is yet another horror film in which a supernatural force tries to take the lives of a few oh-so-innocent bystanders who get in the way. This time, ...

Detail from Juana Alicia’s mural “La Llorona’s Sacred Waters” at 24th and York streets in the Mission District of San Francisco. (Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí/KQED) In this telling, La Llorona becomes a ...

Make La Llorona extra creepy by creating blood tears, like in this tutorial. As the artist suggests, add an extra scary effect by wearing a long white dress with fake blood or red paint smeared on it.