Lake Mungo: DVD Review
Lake Mungo
Rating: M
Released by Madman
A doco style horror, Lake Mungo is an Aussie film about a sixteen year old
girl Alice Palmer who drowns in the local dam.
Initially the family's overcome by the tragedy after her body's discovered -
but then they start to see visions of Alice in the house - and in photos and
videos.
Calling in a parapsychologist, the Palmer family begins further
investigations&.however, that's when the true reality starts to come to
light.
You really need to see this film before the team behind the Ring horror
series get their hands on it - it's moody, evocative, creepy and disturbing.
Cleverly put together, the doco style helps lend a sense of verite to the events
unfolding in front of you on the screen - and the fact it's wonderfully
understated and underplayed will give you goosebumps.
It's hard to talk about this without spoiling it - and to talk of spoilers is
to build a mystique which isn't perhaps there.
Suffice to say this is an effective supernatural onion of an eerie film - as
the layers gradually unpeel, there are some real jolts and surprises as the
twists are unveiled. It's also just the right length - which seems like an odd
thing to say but any further prolonging of events could put you off.
Recommended - and you may feel a little unsettled afterwards....
Extras: Deleted scenes, commentary and trailer.
Rating: 8/10
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