An unworldly and closed-minded American travels to a small village in exotic Chiapas, Mexico; at the behest of his estranged mother when his half-sister disappears during a local epidemic of kidnappings attributed to the legendary J-ok'el, the weeping woman, who drowned her own babies, centuries ago and whose spirit has returned to claim more children as her own.
Acting
Dee Wallace phone-it-in energy is accidentally camp
Practical Effects
J-ok'el makeup: wet wig and raccoon eyes chic
Director
Benjamin Williams
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released the same year as Guillermo del Toro's 'The Orphanage'—one became a masterpiece, this became a Tubi staple.
Chiapas location shooting was minimal; most village scenes were a California backlot with aggressive fog machines.
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