A dispatch from Sundance on two new international horror films. 

Horror is woven into political drama in La Llorona, the riveting Golden Globe Foreign Language Film nominee and shortlisted International Feature Oscar contender from Guatemala’s Jayro Bustamante. An elderly wealthy man hears ghostly noises in the night.

Supernatural horror explores the wailing soul of a nation denied justice

Sundance: The brilliant Guatemalan director of "Tremors" and "Ixcanul" returns with a darkly atmospheric story of spiritual trauma.

Director Jayro Bustamante sets the story of the 'wailing woman' of lore in a Guatemala reckoning with its legacy of violence against Indigenous people.

'The Weeping Woman' ('La Llorona'), Guatemalan director Jayro Bustamante’s study of an addled old dictator who is acquitted of genocide but not forgiven by the people, won the top prize at Venice Days.

Jayro Bustamante returns with a modern spin on the eponymous Latin American legend, shot through with horror and political rage.

The acquittal of a former Guatemalan general unleashes a vengeful spirit upon his household

The title may conjure up the supernatural, but this shrewd film contemplates the actual genocide perpetrated against Guatemala's indigenous population