Lake Mungo

My horror film of the day today was Joel Anderson's "Lake Mungo." A slow burning faux documentary from Australia the film follows a family who have lost their 16 year old daughter and start finding strange things happening in their home after her death. This is a very intriguing and different ghost movie in the fact that it's not so much about a haunting as it is about a family's dealing with grief and the dark secrets their daughter held. The film starts off pretty typical for a ghost film (ie spirit caught on tape, etc) but slowly begins playing with this notion and eventually arrives at a spot you never imagined it to. Deeply disturbing but not in the way you would think. Anderson doesn't rely on scares as much as just creepy material that really doesn't have to do with the ghost. I was deeply engaged the entire film wondering what new mysteries would be revealed and what exactly is truly real as the film plays with this quite a lot. The documentary aspect is very believable as well. Highly recommended.

9/10