Lake Mungo

Lake Mungo is a 2008 Australian horror film. Sixteen-year-old Alice Palmer drowns while swimming in the local dam. When her body is recovered and a verdict of accidental death returned, her grieving family buries her. The family then experiences a series of strange and inexplicable events centered around their home. Profoundly unsettled, the Palmers seek the help of psychic and parapsychologist, Ray Kemeny. Kemeny discovers that Alice led a double life. A series of clues lead the family to Lake Mungo where Alice's secret past emerges.

The film was part of the After Dark Horrorfest film festival. An American Foreign Remake is expected out sometime in 2011, from the folks behind The Ring.


 * Ghostly Goals:
 * Jittercam: Averted, except for the cell phone footage.
 * Mockumentary
 * Nothing Is Scarier: No gore, no Scare Chord, no Peek-a-Boo Corpse, the solemn atmosphere that remains for most of the film is just chilling.
 * Our Ghosts Are Different: Alice's ghost is pretty standard with the exception that
 * Parental Issues: Alice's family and friends never actually truely understood her.
 * Psychological Horror
 * Rule of Symbolism:
 * Scenery Porn
 * Stepford Smiler:
 * Your Days Are Numbered: