Many a disobedient child has been scared into behaving by vexed parents using the legends of mythical creatures who whisk children away. Like that of the bogeyman in Anglophone countries or of Baba Yaga (and her equivalents) in Russia, the Mexicans tell the tale of La Llorona or the Weeping Woman who is on the lookout for children.
Director Michael Chaves delves into this piece of Mexican folklore and weaves its darker, more macabre origin story into James Wan's established Conjuring universe. Wan himself is one of the producers, and plenty of tricks from his playbook are seen ....