lake mungo might sound like a teen flick or some camp murder spree so let me tell you clearly that this clever film be not another one of those . lake mungo be a tiny budget ghost thriller with about 4 major sequence i personally find terrifying . actually frighten . yes . the premise be this represent a nice ordinary family in a rural town be heartbroken when their 15 year old daughter drowns at a family picnic . about a month later they realize her spirit be in her room at home and a a ghost she wander through the house at night . the film be actually about the mind bending emotion the family experience in miss their beloved daughter but not want her a a ghost . and then the genuinely scary stuff start . it be not a violent movie and nor be it a blair witch wannabee and it be a melancholy ghost movie with a terrific emotional dilemma and absolutely hair raise fright scene . they film be make to resemble a 60 minute investigation . and use home movie and call phone camera scene and séances mixed with psychological setting and tape record confession . i have no idea what be go to happen next and the revelation both visually and in the plot twist be astonish . lake mungo have already be buy for a u remake but this little indie original from australia be the real deal represent a genuinely scary ghost film like the sixth sense or the 1961 film the innocent . i actually yelp several time in fright . and yelp be not my regular reaction . lake mungo in it present version might turn up in a horror fest near you and if you see it mis label you will find it be the surprise of the event . eek . remember the original 1980 film the changeling with george c scott . well it be as spooky a that .