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Average Rating:6.8/10
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: Lake Mungo is the story of the twelve months of unexplained paranormal activity following the accidental drowning death of teenager Alice Palmer. [More]
Starring: Talia Zucker, Rosie Traynor, David Pledger, Steve Jodrell
Director: Joel Anderson
It's actually very nicely done, using untrained actors and the documentary form disconcertingly well to destabilise audience expectations at a number of points. Is there a ghost story? Why is the family so rattled? What's happening?
It may be overstating it, but Anderson's command of cinematic language is right up there with Bryan Singer's audacious bag of tricks in The Usual Suspects.
Anderson's use of the documentary framework is an inspired choice, since it lends what we're seeing an air of reality that helps build the tension to jangling point.
As a ghost story, the underplaying of the actors helps to make the mystery creepily effective, but the mockumentary format is a bit of a cop-out because it allows the filmmaker to avoid all the big dramatic scenes.
Genuinely compelling, this mock documentary from first time feature director Joel Anderson builds on its wonderfully eerie mood to deliver an enigmatic ghost story, family drama and story about a teenage girl with secrets.
This superbly constructed and executed film gets everything right, to the smallest detail, as it draws us into the imagined scenario.
The film conditions you to doubt, growing less suspenseful, less atmospheric, and less frightening as it progresses.
June 23, 2009:
Scribe Hired for Lake Mungo Remake 
Paramount Vantage has found a screenwriter for its remake of the Australian horror film "Lake Mungo," hiring David Leslie Johnson to do the honors. More...
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