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Lake Mungo

- In 2008, Alice Palmer died… Her nightmare didn't.

After 16-year-old Alice Palmer drowns at a local dam, her family experiences a series of strange, inexplicable events centered in and around their home. Unsettled, the Palmers seek the help of a psychic and parapsychologist, who discovers that Alice led a secret, double life. At Lake Mungo, Alice's secret past emerges.

Release Date : 2009-07-30

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Mungo ProductionsScreen AustraliaSBS Independent

Production Country : Australia

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : June Palmer

Original Name : Rosie Traynor

Gender : Female

Character Name : Russell Palmer

Original Name : David Pledger

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mathew Palmer

Original Name : Martin Sharpe

Gender : Male

Character Name : Alice Palmer

Original Name : Talia Zucker

Gender : Female

Character Name : Georgie Ritter

Original Name : Tania Lentini

Gender : Male

Character Name : Leith Ritter

Original Name : Cameron Strachan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Iris Long

Original Name : Judith Roberts

Gender : Male

Character Name : Garret Long

Original Name : Robin Cuming

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jason Whittle

Original Name : Marcus Costello

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kim Whittle

Original Name : Chloe Armstrong

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sargent Drouin

Original Name : Carole Patullo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Funeral Director

Original Name : John Dunn

Gender : Male

Character Name : Funeral Director

Original Name : Laurie Dunn

Gender : Male

Character Name : Genevieve Trudeau

Original Name : Kirsty McDonald

Gender : Male

Character Name : Frederick Rosskamp

Original Name : James Lawson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Kenin Slatter (as Dr. Phillip Boltin)

Original Name : Phillip Boltin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Steve Wilkie

Original Name : Glenn Luck

Gender : Male

Character Name : Clive Roy Best

Original Name : Simon Wilton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bob Smeet

Original Name : Charles Armytage

Gender : Male

Character Name : Helen Bath

Original Name : Helen Bath

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ray Kemeny

Original Name : Steve Jodrell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Annie

Original Name : Tammy McCarthy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cathy Withers

Original Name : Natasha Herbert

Gender : Female

Character Name : Douglas Withers (as Michael Robinson)

Original Name : Michael Ormond Robinson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Marissa Toohey

Original Name : Tamara Donnellan

Gender : Female

Character Name : Brett Toohey

Original Name : Scott Terrill

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kylie Connor

Original Name : Stephanie Capiron

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kate Hepnell

Original Name : Courtney Te'ray

Gender : Male

Character Name : Meredith Grbic

Original Name : Kimberley Bumpstead

Gender : Male

Character Name : Police Diver

Original Name : Jason Ball

Gender : Male

Character Name : Police Diver

Original Name : Barney Wursthorn

Gender : Male

Character Name : Police Diver

Original Name : Scott Dower

Gender : Male

Character Name : Police Diver

Original Name : Frank Nyhuis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Alice Double

Original Name : Anika Steel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Girl In Cinema

Original Name : Claire Astbury

Gender : Male

Character Name : Emergency Call Operator (as Roberto Salvatore)

Original Name : Roberto J. Salvatore

Gender : Male

Character Name : Richard Brooks

Original Name : Richard Kelly

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nadia

Original Name : Sara Moroney

Gender : Male

Character Name : Buttons

Original Name : Jida

Gender : Male

Reviews

prabhushakti

@prabhushakti

2021-06-23

This review contains spoilers. A documentary style film, as the director visualised in his mind, and a cheap belief of what it is based upon. I absolutely lost my patience while watching this movie, because I wanted to see a good movie and all it had is how it wanted to be, which I appreciate but unfortunately I hatred it because I was thinking why is it not in some informative channel's stupid shows than a movie? I thought about Häxan - 1922. A film, I love so much because not only it is entertaining but also very well shot and represented. I also thought about "it follows" which I believe is another great horror film in the history of cinema. While watching this Australian director's film, I could not see what else it has that there never have been before or is it important as long as the film is good at it. Does this movie show us anything we have never seen? I absolutely hated the poor direction of how the characters were told to talk about the tragedy! What I hated the most is the blend of dialogues and music. The cheap creepy background music was so high, that you absolutely have to feel the poor suspense the director forces us to feel so desperately, but it was so painful and disgusting far from disturbing. I only felt bad about the privacy of the family involved in the film, if it is based upon the real story which I don't wish to research on. I will tell you my analysis about the first creepy photo of the dead body and last same living video of the creepy faced body: A saddist murdered or psychopath did the horrible things to her face, who had all her possessions, and before killing her, he/she recorded her sadism and buried it in the ground so nobody could find it. Maybe he has been giving her drugs and raping her, which caused her to go through anxiety or depression of death and all those nightmare. Maybe the sadist is not anymore than the Hungarian hypnotiser. Now irrational but dumb people would like it, and some cheap people would spend some bucks to turn it to the most horrible horror film. I want to explain here - a lot of people like the end creepy footage - I found it absolutely horrible because again the cheap creepy sound gave me a headache

Wuchak

@Wuchak

2021-11-06

_**Docudrama concerning the possible ghost of an Australian girl**_ A 16 year-old girl disappears in the water in a rural area of Australia and family members & others claim they see apparitions of her while various secrets are slowly unveiled. “Lake Mungo” (2008) is a mystery Indie with a bit ’o horror, but in the style of a mockumentary, aka fake documentary. Like "Curse of the Blair Witch,” which was released three weeks before the found footage hit “The Blair Witch Project” in 1999, “Lake Mungo” consists of fake interviews with several people about the central topic, as well as examination of some found footage. "Curse of the Blair Witch” worked because it only ran 44 minutes whereas this one is twice as long and the fact that it’s all an act pretending to be a documentary can’t sustain interest. I suppose if you thought it was real it might be more compelling. The brother’s revelation (no spoilers) is odd in that it takes away from what the docudrama is trying to do. For me, the first 53 minutes of constant phony interviews is pretty tedious. Thankfully things perk up in the final 34 minutes. Although the first revelation thereof goes nowhere, the second one (the one that occurs at the titular lake) is well done and certainly creepy, not to mention an intriguing concept. I’m sure everything ties together if you reflect on it, but IMHO it’s not worth the effort because the flick just isn’t compelling for the bulk of the first hour. And the payoff isn’t enough to make it worth the investment UNLESS maybe you’re a devotee of mockumentaries or found footage flicks. Add to this the aggravation of the pendulum swinging back-and-forth regarding the nature of the paranormal happenings (she is a ghost; she isn’t a ghost, ad nauseam). That said, the movie is well made for what it is, the actors are convincing and I enjoyed seeing that part of southeast Australia. The film runs 1 hour, 27 minutes, and was shot in Ararat, which is a 2 hours’ drive west of Melbourne, and Mildura, which is 3.5 hours north of Ararat. GRADE: C-/C (4.5/10)