Lake Mungo

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This is a horror movie posing as a documentary about the mystery of a haunting. Far different than the overdone handheld found-footage genre, it pays tribute to the addictive tv paranormal documentary. Bouncing back and forth from the emergence of spine tingling evidence of a haunting to the more grounded rational explanation, it carries suspension of disbelief so well you forget the film is in fact a work of fiction. There are no jump out at you scream-scares. The story is slow paced, intriguing, and the scares arrive with chills and involuntary self hugging. Yet if you don’t like fake documentary paranormal horror films, then this flick may be not for you.