Huesera: The Bone Woman
Directed by Michelle Garza Cerveza
Cursed by an evil spirit and expecting her first child, Valeria's plunged into a terrifying world where a group of witches are her only hope.
A group of witches are a pregnant woman's only hope.
Cast: Natalia Solián, Alfonso Dosal, Mayra Batalla, Mercedes Hernández, Aída López, Martha Claudia Moreno
Member Reviews
The Bone Woman, more the Clumsy Woman. Why did she drop the mirror like that. Anyways, this wasn't so bad. Wish they spoke more French or something.
Bone Woman more like clumsy woman dropping that mirror like that hahaha
I honestly don't even think I can categorize this as any kind of horror movie. At its core, it's a drama, and there's some supernatural stuff going on. . . but honestly I was never sure, even at the end of the movie, if any of the supernatural stuff was even real? I wonder if the language barrier played a part, because some things don't translate well, but at the end of the movie I was left completely unsure of what were real events, what were dreams, and what were hallucinations. The acting is absolutely fantastic and the lead does an incredible job displaying emotion. All in all, more than any horror, I felt a deep sadness for this woman being forced into a life that wasn't her own in order to satisfy the demands of family and society. But it's just. . . not scary. Some creepy moments, for sure, and the erratic, fast movements combined with bone-cracking sounds will always give me the heebie-jeebies. However, there were a few parts where the audio made me just want to stop watching - there are parts with chaotic noise and crying infants, and I get that it's supposed to represent how overwhelmed she is, but if you're doing that, maybe don't have the sounds last like, over a full minute? I honestly don't know if the summary on Shudder itself is very good, because I could never determine a point at which it felt like she was "cursed by an evil spirit". Again, maybe it's the language barrier, but there was really only a single moment that I felt the lead had invited any sort of punishment or curse, and it was a simple lie. Thinking back, there's only a single death that I'm certain even happened, and it was the dog. STOP KILLING THE DOG!!!
nice slow burn acting is great but the ending was a let down
The best way I can describe Huesera is the feeling the get when someone is loudly cracking their joints that makes you uncomfortable. There’s a deep atmosphere of wrongness that makes for an exhausting but memorable experience.