"Lake Mungo" Reviews/Discussion - 2012 Horror Challenge: Day 25
09-26-12, 03:13 PM
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"Lake Mungo" Reviews/Discussion - 2012 Horror Challenge: Day 25
Lake Mungo (2008)  Selected by Darth Maher |
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These "October Horror Movie Challenge" threads are for the discussion of the films in the 31 FILM SUBSET list.
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The plan is for everyone to watch this film on the October day in the thread title, and to start discussing it the morning of the following day.
You may start discussion early if you want, but the preferred plan is for this to be as much of a group exercise as possible, with all of us viewing it "together" and discussing after.
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10-21-12, 03:34 AM
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Re: "Lake Mungo" Reviews/Discussion - 2012 Horror Challenge: Day 25
I feel like I need to watch Lake Mungo again to get the most out of it. Although the actors were often monotone, the photo/video "ghost" gag never got old. This was an interesting and tense film. I love how the Alice figure just stands to the side in photos/video and there's a good sense of disconnectedness/loneliness. There seems to be a lot of vague aspects open to interpretation. Thanks for the subset pick, Darth Maher.
10-26-12, 12:33 AM
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Thanks to darth maher, I gave this film a watch on netflix streaming and found myself very enthralled with this story. I tend to be fascinated with things that are based on true stories such as dateline and that's the tone this had. I feel like it was almost not even a horror movie even though there are elements that point towards horrific concepts, but regardless I don't regret watching a single moment of this. It was quite unsettling at times and the empath in me felt for this family's grief.
10-27-12, 11:13 AM
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I agree. It felt more like a drama than a horror movie, like something you'd see on Nightline.
My only disappointment was that I expected it to be "scarier". There were a couple of decent, "oh that's clever" scenes but I never really felt the suspense.
My only disappointment was that I expected it to be "scarier". There were a couple of decent, "oh that's clever" scenes but I never really felt the suspense.
10-28-12, 12:39 AM
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I agree that it was more of a drama for me. I felt so bad for this family. I liked the movie a lot, but I wish people hadn't told me how scary it was, because I was let down when it didn't live up to those expectations. Still a good movie though.
10-28-12, 08:37 AM
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At the end did the family just start to ignore the ghost because they had found closure (thereby ignoring the real connection with the deceased via haunting)?
