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Brandon is a San Antonio based writer with a Bachelors Degree in English. His favorite series is 'The Wheel of Time,' but loves all things Sci-fi Fantasy and Horror. In his free time, expect to find ...

Where lies the horror? This is the question followers of the genre might ask as they view "La Llorona," the latest work of Guatemalan filmmaker Jayro Bustamante. After all, the legend of La Llorona, ...

A Google search for Guatemalan submissions for the International Feature Oscar will yield just three titles, and two of them are directed by Jayro Bustamante, the queer 43-year-old director and ...

A version of this story about “La Llorona” first appeared in the International Film Issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine. Director Jayro Bustamante’s dark drama “La Llorona,” the Guatemalan entry in ...

A family finds the Mexican folk tale of the Weeping Lady the Curse of La Llorona a paranormal specter that returns from the dead to torment the living Director ...

Stories about La Llorona have not only terrified Latino children for decades around campfires and during sleepovers with cousins, the vengeful ghost in Mexican folklore is quite scary in horror movies ...

In the public sphere, an elderly military leader stands trial for genocide. At home, he fares no better. Outside the walls of his house, swarms of protesters demand that he be convicted; within them, ...

The Oscar-shortlisted genocide allegory packaged as a horror movie has become a "national standard" in his home country, Bustamante tells IndieWire. A Google search for Guatemalan submissions for the ...