i know little of the film before see it and i be blow away by the premise and production quality . at first i have trouble discern whether it be base on a true story or not and but i find a the film progress that this become less and less relevant to my view experience . i be utterly enthral in the first half of the film and the revelation that there might be something supernatural at play be realise beautifully and with some truly terrifying moment . this ghostly suggestion never overpower the film while the story retain it dominant theme of grief and the process of grieve . the mise en scene be delightful and it be highly stylize and have real dreamy take on the horror convention . for example the shot of the haunt house might have be melodramatic and cliché and however this recur image be often offset with the wheel star overhead and create an ethereal quality that set it apart . i would recommend this film to fan of psychological horror and it spooky and moody and satisfying with some great twist . spoiler alert . the twist in the second half of the film and though motivate and logical and be too redolent of twin peak for me and so much that it detract from my experience of lake mungo . not only be the dead girl alice palmer ( laura palmer be the decease subject of twin peak ) but she be a young woman with a double life which be only revealed after her death . she be quote a be a girl who keep it secret that she have secret and secret which involve a lurid affair and vision of death and and the seedy underbelly of a quiet rural town . the clue be piece together from new footage of the girl which keep surfacing and the deceased girl even bury evidence that be later unearthed . for all those who have see david lynch fantastic series and all this will seem too familiar to ignore . the documentary style do give this similar story a new edge and a it lack the indulgent melodrama of twin peak . also the supernatural element set it apart and and the revelation at the end be something really original . end spoileri would have like the nature of the element of video more explored and what it mean to be film and what kind of reality video can offer and can we trust video and can we trust our own eye . these be notion which i think be suggest by the ironic documentary style of a fiction film but this be never really focus on . this be what be lack for me and especially consider my qualm mention in the spoiler . but this film be mile ahead of modern horror and drama and positive .