

Or Is It?: After having apparently gotten rid of La Llorona, Anna's kids run back into the house to play, but she becomes spooked when she turns around and sees what looks like a puddle of tears. Chris uses it to distract her long enough for Anna and Rafael to reach the attic and save him and Sam. Chekhov's Gun: La Llorona's pendant, which Anna took after their struggle in the pool.He even tells her about the doll that caused him to believe in the supernatural. The Cameo: Father Perez appears to tell Anna about La Llorona and to offer help.Bilingual Bonus: Other than the opening scene, the film's Spanish lines are completely untranslated.Barred from the Afterlife: La Llorona who not only killed her children, but also broke the ultimate sin by killing herself.Adult Fear: It's even in the very tagline.La Llorona wasn't the first paranormal entity Patricia Velásquez got involved with.Her mother's actress, Linda Cardellini, played Velma Dinkley in the show's two live-action adaptations and played Marcie Fleecher.


Later, Anna almost suffers the same fate when the social services notice Chris and Sam's hand scars that are caused by La Llorona, although she is quickly let go. She is actually preventing La Llorona from claiming them, which happens less than a day later. Abuse Mistake: The social services take Patricia's children into custody upon finding them locked up in the closet by their mother, mistakenly believing that she is abusive.The '70s: The film mostly takes place in 1973.
