Product Details

• Actors: Miriam Colon, Christian Camargo, Adriana Dominguez, Carlos Leon, Kate Blumberg
• Directors: Bernadine Santistevan
• Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Subtitled
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: MONTEREY VIDEO
• DVD Release Date: June 3, 2008
• Run Time: 80 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0012Z364Y
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #181,822 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Okay but leaves a bit to be desired, July 28, 2008

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Diane C. Howard (Bellevue, Nebraska, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Cry (DVD)

I found the last scene hokey and stupid (what La Llorona says). I wound up saying "Oh, come ON!" out loud. And the curandera's decision, though foreshadowed earlier on, annoyed me. I wanted a conquering heroine.
The film itself isn't bad for a first-time indy filmmaker. But I didn't realize that the original drowning was what those flashes were. There were too many flashes to keep track of for me.
To those who don't like it, please don't sell this film short -- remember that it is is a first film. And thank you, Bernadine for NOT making it a slasher film! Although part of me wishes there had been a segment on how La Llorona got to NYC, the truth is, the legend exists anywhere there are hispanics, so I guess it doesn't matter. But I would have enjoyed it more if it hadn't seemed so much like I was walking into the middle of a story with no beginning or end.
I guess didn't like it much, because I wanted something a bit more -- well, more. But I really did like the extras (the legends, modern youth telling how they remember La Llorona, and a director's short). And I wouldn't mind having this in my library.
I was living in New Mexico, just north of El Paso, Texas when I first heard the story of La Llorona (in the 80s). It was a vague story, and I wanted to know more. That's why I rented this movie. I'm not sorry I did. If this is a first film, and the director does films about what she loves, she's going to be great. I think I'd like to see a series of La Llorona films, and see how she develops using the same theme. Not a series like Freddy Krueger Part XXVII or anything. Just remake the same film with a different vantage point or a bit more plot or character development. That would be interesting to me but probably dull to everyone else. Well, I like Brussels Sprouts and not everyone else does, so to each his own.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Amazing.., June 9, 2008

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G. Smith "Egghead" (Longmont, Co United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Cry (DVD)

Ugh.

There's hardly any plot at all. The movie moves at a snail's pace, though watching a snail would be a heck of a lot more entertaining. The characters don't act in any way that's realistic. There's really no point to watching this movie. It almost got two stars for the little bit of Spanish practice I got, but for using a sound effect from Star Wars (twice!!), I would give it 0 or less if I could. Please, please watch something else.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Well, It Had Creepy Music..., October 16, 2009

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Zephyr "Eat Cheezy Poofs" (unemployment line) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Cry (DVD)

and it had a creepy premise, but that was about it. I wanted this movie to be more than it was (um, I guess I want that of most things I watch), something along the line of Japanese Scary Atmospheric Horror, but it fell flat and never got better. It failed on almost all levels, but the music was truly haunting and got under my skin - I just wish the movie tried as hard. The filmmakers will luck out a bit on this one since people will look at the cover and give it a chance, albeit an undeserved one.