The Crying Woman Blu-ray

Release Year: 1933

Runtime: 73 min

Director: Ramón Peón

Cast: Ramón Pereda, Virginia Zurí, Carlos Orellana, Adriana Lamar, Alberto Martí

Studios: Eco Films

In modern Mexico, a malevolent spirit targets a family, linking tragic past events of abandoned, infanticidal mothers to a possessed intruder's attempt to sacrifice their son.

Special Features:

New 2K restoration

from the only surviving film element by the Cinema Preservation Alliance.

Audio commentary

with genre-film experts, critics and authors Stephen Jones and Kim Newman (2022).

‘La Llorona’: Ghosts of the Past

(2021, 17 mins): documentary by Viviana Garcia Besné, the producer’s great granddaughter, relaying a personal history of the film.

Transcending Time

(2022, 18 mins): Abraham Castillo Flores, head programmer of Mexico’s Mórbido Film Fest, explores the myth and the film.

Lunas y estrellas

(2022, 2 mins): short compilation of the source print’s distinctive cue marks, which were removed during the restoration.

Optional English translation subtitles

for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Limited edition exclusive 40-page booklet

with a new essay by Emily Masincup, an archival article on the legend of La Llorona, Valeria Villegas Lindvall on the many cinematic interpretations of La Llorona, an archival newspaper report on the film’s premiere, an overview of contemporary critical responses, Peter Conheim on the restoration of La Llorona, and film credits.

World premiere on Blu-ray

Limited edition of 2,000 copies for the US.

Technical Specifications:

• Original mono audio