J-ok'el
# J-ok'el

J-ok'el is a 2007 Mexican supernatural horror film directed by Benjamin Williams. This film was Williams' debut.

## Plot

An American man travels to a small town in Chiapas, Mexico called San Cristobal de las Casas, to help his mother when he knows that his stepsister has been abducted. Everything indicates that it is a wave of kidnappings attributed to the legendary J-ok'el (Weeping Woman). This woman had drowned her children a long time ago and her spirit has returned to take other children and thus forget her own suffering.

## Awards

The film won gold medal for best music in the Park City Film Festival in Park City, Utah.

## Trivia

J-ok'el means "weeping woman" in Tzotzil language.

The budget was $500,000 USD.

## Soundtrack listing

Music written and conducted by George Shaw

* "The Legend of La Llorona" - 2:21
* "Journey to Mexico" - 2:32
* "Carolina Apparition" - 0:48
* "Nocturnal Abduction" - 1:16
* "Missing Child" - 0:46
* "The Weeping Woman" - 1:48
* "Prayers for the Missing" - 3:24
* "Scaredy Dog" - 0:16
* "Market Chase" - 3:25
* "Siblings Snatched" - 1:30
* "He Left Me" - 1:42
* "Kids in the Dark" - 1:06
* "Flashlight Clue" - 0:57
* "Now You Will See" - 0:43
* "Mistaken Identity" - 1:57
* "Fernando Taken" - 1:28
* "It's J-ok'el" - 1:42
* "The Search" - 4:03
* "Cavern Confrontation" - 4:28
* "Cemetery" - 3:19
* "J-ok'el" - 2:57
