Review of The Curse of La Llorona on Horror News Radio 321

This week on Horror News Radio 321

  • The inspiration for The Conjuring films, Lorraine Warren passes away at 92,
  • CHILD’S PLAY trailer 2 reveals Mark Hamill’s voice as Chucky,
  • And the Grue-Crew review…THE CURSE OF LA LLORONA.

This is HORROR NEWS RADIO, the official GRUESOME MAGAZINE podcast. Back with Doc Rotten once again are the scariest, goriest, bloodiest co-hosts on the ‘Net.

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  • And award-winning filmmaker and host of Decades of Horror 1980s, Christopher G. Moore.
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HORROR NEWS OF THE WEEK

  • [RIP] Lorraine Warren, the inspiration for The Conjuring films.
    • https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3556775/r-i-p-paranormal-investigator-lorraine-warren-has-died-at-92/
  • [TRAILER] CHILD’S PLAY trailer 2 reveals the voice of Chucky
    • http://gruesomemagazine.com/2019/04/19/technology-runs-amok-in-the-first-trailer-for-childs-play/
  • [TRAILER] HOBBS & SHAW may be the most awesome action film ever…
    • https://www.slashfilm.com/hobbs-and-shaw-trailer-rock-statham-elba/
  • [TRAILER] Tribeca Film Festival showers fans in blood and gore with BLISS
    • https://bloody-disgusting.com/videos/3556581/so-much-blood-joe-begos-bliss-trailer-looks-like-a-nasty-vampire-trip-video/
  • [TV] Tom Savini goes behind the lens for an episode of Shudder’s CREEPSHOW series
    • http://gruesomemagazine.com/2019/04/16/the-creepshow-series-just-got-even-cooler-tom-savini-announces-he-directed-an-episode/
  • [APPS] SLASHER App?
    • http://gruesomemagazine.com/2019/04/22/will-slasher-be-the-facebook-of-horror/
  • [FULL MOON] Sorority Babes and more return in THE DEADLY TEN
    • http://gruesomemagazine.com/2019/04/19/full-moon-announces-unprecidented-project-the-deadly-ten/

FEATURE TOPIC: The Curse of La Llorona

Ignoring the eerie warning of a troubled mother suspected of child endangerment, a social worker and her own small kids are soon drawn into a frightening supernatural realm.

  • Director: Michael Chaves
  • Cast: Linda Cardellini, Raymond Cruz, Patricia Velasquez

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Doc Rotten
Editor-In-Chief / Founder / Podcast Producer at Horror News Radio
Doc Rotten is the founder of Gruesome Magazine. He is also a film critic for Gruesome Magazine and the podcast host & producer for Horror News Radio, Monster Movie Podcast, Decades of Horror: 1970s, The American Horror Story Fan Podcast and Hannibal Fan Podcast. He is also co-host of the Dracula podcast on TV TALK and is a contributing reviewer for HorrorNews.Net and Widescreen Warrior.

Doc a lifelong fan of horror films, sci-fi flicks and monster movies first discovering Universal Monsters and Planet of the Apes as a young child in the 1970's searching out every issue of Famous Monster of Filmland (and, later, Fangoria). Favorite films include Jaws, The Car, The Birds, The Tingler, Vampire Circus and The Exorcist. Still a huge fan of horror films from the 70s, Doc continues consuming horror films to this day for the site, for the podcasts and for the fun of it all.