
Movies that feel likeThe Curse of La Llorona (2019)
If you loved The Curse of La Llorona, the closest films we have are The Borderlands (2014), Talk to Me (2023) and The Innkeepers (2012). All three share The Curse of La Llorona's dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Eyes of My Mother (2016).
Can't choose? Answer three questions and get one movie for tonight.
If The Curse of La Llorona hit the spot, these will too

Dread-soaked where it counts, unsettling underneath
The difference: Reviewed even better


The same preoccupation in both: supernatural
The difference: Sits closer to thriller than The Curse of La Llorona does

Both lean on dread more than on horror
The difference: Leans harder into drama than The Curse of La Llorona does

Common ground in both: priest and spin off
The difference: Easier on the melancholy than The Curse of La Llorona

Both keep coming back to the same thing: single mother

The same hand behind both of them: Michael Chaves

Horror with a pulse of unease, in both cases

Both run melancholy where it counts
The difference: 30 years apart, and the 1980s show

Both sit in the same dread-soaked register

Common ground: brothers and sisters

In the mood for more dread?
all dread movies →The best-reviewed films that share The Curse of La Llorona’s defining feeling.









