Résumés(1)
In Lake Mungo, 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 in and around their home. Profoundly unsettled, the Palmers seek the help of psychic and parapsychologist Ray Kemeny. Ray discovers that Alice led a secret, double life. A series of clues lead the family to Lake Mungo, where Alice's secret past emerges. (texte officiel du distributeur)
(plus)Critiques (1)
The current trend to make horror films look as realistic as possible has reached its peak. If Lake Mungo was a tiny bit more realistic and restrained, it would be a documentary. This type of filmmaking has is advantages and disadvantages. On the one hand, it’s not badly made or acted, and certainly not too silly, but it’s far from a feast as it only follows the re-enactment of “real events”. I like the documentary format of Blair With and REC (where the characters are filming), but the exaggerated style of Lake Mungo and The Poughkeepsie Tapes (interviews using “archive footage”) is becoming tiring and I sincerely hope filmmakers will soon get bored of it.
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