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Lake Mungo

Lake Mungo

Horror · Thriller · 2009

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.

Movie details

Lake Mungo

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

2009 Horror · Thriller 1h 27m

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TMDB

6.2 / 10

Community rating

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.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Joel Anderson

Written by

Joel Anderson

R

Rosie Traynor

June Palmer

D

David Pledger

Russell Palmer

Martin Sharpe

Martin Sharpe

Mathew Palmer

Talia Zucker

Talia Zucker

Alice Palmer

T

Tania Lentini

Georgie Ritter

C

Cameron Strachan

Leith Ritter

J

Judith Roberts

Iris Long

Court is in session

Put Lake Mungo on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Cool Ironist

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Prestige Tourist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.