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Great video! I got very lucky for my first time watching, it was through online recommendation like most people but before there was much buzz around it. So I was able to go in with no expectations and no spoilers, watching at night and alone, definitely made it one of the most scary / creepy movies ever for me and I really liked it. I think the youtube popularity has been a bit double-edged, because on one hand it's probably the biggest source of exposure the film has and the way most people heard about it. But it also meant that people went in thinking "this is the scariest movie ever" and already knowing things beforehand. This kills the immersion and makes the slow and subtle style just feel boring to many people.

I FINALLY watched this last night, after seeing it on so many “scariest ever” lists. It has everything I love in a psychological horror- naturalistic performances, slow burn, introspection, liminal spaces, subtlety, mounting dread, but…. Didn’t scare me in the slightest. Not even THAT scene. I’m disappointed not that the film didn’t do its job, but that so many others got something from it I didn’t. It’s like the Grateful Dead - millions of die hard fans and their music does almost nothing for me, though I WANT it to. Just for the record, Best and scariest contemporary films for me are The VVitch and Hereditary. Both got way under my skin and stayed there for quite awhile.

Boring

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I had the same kind of reaction to that scene. It’s the only time I can remember my skin crawling.

It's the only movie to ever really scare and disturb me. I wish I could get this feeling again as a huge horror fan.

It’s available to rent now on UA-cam for $3.99(: watching later

Lake Mungo has got to be the most overrated movie of the 21st century. There is absolutely nothing scary about it. I don't even see how it qualifies as a horror movie. Maybe if it had turned out that the mother had drowned her, it would have been worth watching. But it wasn't.

the neighbors did it. am i missing something here? why is everyone getting all philosophical about this? genially i dont understand

I personally thought it was extremely boring and not scary at all, but it seems like I’m relatively alone on this but idk

another film that is terrifying is The Tunnel. It is another Australian mockumentary/found footage film about the tunnels under Sydney Australia mate

I don't get this movie. It's a series of filmed hoaxes perpetuated by the family, capstoned by the daughter's own FAKE video tape she made prior to taking her own life... when then her family uses to perpetuate more hoaxes. It didn't make me scared or sad, just really very angry. "Don't think, feel. Logic is the death of horror." Is that it, is that the problem?

Highly underrated horror film.

I saw this in the theaters in 1999 and have watched it fairly regularily since then over the past 25 years and the more I think about it, the more plot holes and contrivances I uncover.

I'm going to be the odd man out here in that this movie was sort of a miss for me. I didn't feel any particular dread or tension while watching it. I thought I might, especially as parent, but it just didn't grab me. I cannot tell you what it was about them ovie that made me bounce off of it, so maybe i need to give it another viewing.

Every great horror film has two monsters: the monster, and what the monster represents.

Fairytales.. comon this was sooooo lame and even in the film exposed that it Was fake!!!😂

This movie was trash bro

extremely boring movie

I'm Australian so I saw this not long after it came out on DVD at a sleepover where everyone was asleep in the room except for me and one other girl who loves horror movies but was absolutely terrified of them. The original marketing had a very Blair Witch 'based on a true story' bent to it which enhanced the fear factor considerably. One of the greatest movie watching experiences of my life.

The scariest and saddest horror film for me is definitely Hereditary

Not even close to the scariest movie. Its messy and boring.

Nice vid

Watching this movie, I was not scared. The fear rushed in after the movie, suddenly I can’t look at the dark corners of my room and see myself shutting the curtains to not see what can be outside.

I find that true crime cases are much scarier than something that came out of someone's imagination. And I don't mean film recreations of true crime but the cases themselves. For example there was the case of a Japanese women who traveled to Romania only to disappear from the airport the same night. What happened to her is straight out of your worse nightmares but it probably couldn't be made into a film.

Lake Mungo is badly shot, badly acted, and boring.

This is one of the few movies that actually got my whole body shivering. Wouldnt call it the scariest movie ive seen. But its one of the few that actually caught me completely off guard after slowly grabbing my attention more and more. Its a fantastic movie

Watched it for the first time last night and was blown away by it. Devastating and incredibly scary, in a slow creeping dread kinda way. It's streaming on Shudder!!!

Honestly I didn't think this movie was scary in the least. It was actually boring. But different tastes.

just watched it. it was a hard watch. not cus it was sad or scary, but cus it was so boring and cringey

Just watched on Tubi.

This movie was not scary at all. Girl dies after getting lost in the desert. This movie, has NOTHING on Sinister, Insidious, Midsommar, Hereditary, VHS, Evil Dead (2013), or even Hell House. Lake Mungo was extremely disappointing for me.

Wow, I just found your channel by searching for a video on heart of darkness, and I absolutely love what you’re doing here! Keep up the good work, great stuff 👍

I just watched it and I honestly do not get it. This film was so underwhelming for me. Not scary at all. Mildly sad. That's about it.

Hard to take you seriously as soon as you say Insidious was the scariest movie to you .... there are tons of scary horror movies out there, watch more .... (Lake Mungo is not scary, just very sad... even the scene touted as scary by some people aren't scary at all)

PLZ make more vids!! Deep dives into films and tv shows are literally the best. I loved your video on Lake Mungo!

First and last movie this director made. That's the most disturbing thing about this excellent film if you ask me.

The screamy/nonscreamy face on the cover was because the original had that holographic thing on promotional DVDs, so all the photos taken of DVD covers have slightly different angles.

I've only just found your channel, going to watch all your other stuff too!

Everyone talks about this movie like it is one of the scariest movies out there… Ive even heard people put it on par with like Hereditary! I CANNOT understand… Im a HUUUUGE horror movie fan. By far my favorite genre. There are no major/popular horror movies (since 1990) that i haven’t seen. I’ve watched this movie twice now, and i just don’t get it. The second time was because i hear people rave about how great it is! And i even like the found footage genre! Love the Paranormal Activity series, love Blair Witch, etc… This movie just bores the crap outta me! Anyone else super underwhelmed by this???

this movie filled me with so much dread. the ending scene with the crossover with alice’s mothers and alice’s interviews were gut wrenching. and then the end credits. she was there all along i know it wasn’t discussed but i truly feel like the brother had something to do with her death. he was the last one to see her. he kinda stalked her in a way and he fabricated the ghost sightings. something to think about.

I feel like people just want Shiv to be a victim so bad but she put herself in that position. I can understand her dad stringing her along but she made the choice. Misogyny doesn’t apply all round , maybe on her dad’s s part .

How wildly frustrating that even in 2023, even with billions of dollars behind her, Shiv’s best chances at power were still through her husband and her children. She really is a modern princess.

Personally, the scariest part is not their discovering Alice's ghost has been with them all along, but the fact that after learning of Alice's ghost trying to communicate with them, they turned their backs against her (as seen in the last picture taken in front of the house) and decided to move on. Even after they moved out of the house, Alice's ghost still remains, trapped in this endless limbo of wanting her family to see her and understand her truth, while being invisible to their eyes and not being able to utter a single word for all of eternity. In Life and in Death, she was never truly Seen.

Holy crap this movie unsettled the crap out of me! The last footage scene was really something. If a figure like that was floating towards me in the middle of the night. I would die of a heart attack. This movie makes paranormal activity movie look like a children's film. It's not your traditional scary film. The movie feels so real which is why it's so creepy. All the build up, atmosphere, and the final scare or climax is just pitch perfect horror. Even james wan or Robert eggers should take notes.

Funny how some American reviewers say the acting is wooden. These are Australian country people, not loud-mouthed Americans behaving like they are on Dr Phil. This movie was like watching an ABC documentary from the early 2000s. I completely bought the realism.

So good. Honestly no horror movie unsettled me in recent years. This one ... I got lots of creepy goose bumbs watching this one. I don't care if it's real or not. Really creepy. It reminds me of Blackwell Ghost, which I also recommend, all 5 parts. Seriously, go watch it.

Overrated AF.

Not the scariest, but packs an emotional wallop that has stuck with me long after I've forgotten many 'scarier' movies.

This is one of my favorite horror movies. I own it digitally and have seen it many times. It really gets under my skin. So much so that since my parents passed away a couple of years ago I haven’t been able to watch it. At all. In fact, I had to stop watching your video bc the images are too much for me. It’s difficult to explain but Lake Mungo feels too close for me, too close to my own grief, I guess. In time I hope to be able to watch it again and appreciate what a great movie this is.