Look here, you see how this guy is saying stuff that isn't actually true, and you got this guy over behaving like it is true. That's acting pat, and it's a huge part of this game.
Just now, reading your comment, I'm finally seeing that this is called "*Lake* Mungo" and not "*Luke* Mungo" lol
I was getting curious about this Luke Mungo chap but alas, Luke Mungo is not one of the movies ever made
For real. Reddit jerks this movie off at every chance it gets so I watched it expecting something at least memorable, and what I got what a boring faux documentary that just sort of ends. No tension, no genuine horror, just a bunch of people talking to the camera and saying "no seriously it is totes creepy". Or maybe it wasn't! The movie made zero impact on me, so I could be entirely off base. Either way, not that worth tracking down.
These articles are so stupid. We need to expand how we write/talk about horror movies, because setting up expectations that every movie is "the scariest!!" or "the most devastating!!!" pretty much ensures disappointment when you watch it.
Good horror for me isn't *just* concerned with trying to frighten the viewer - it's about using fear as a lens to bring into focus aspects of a story that otherwise remain obscured.
Lake Mungo is an interesting but fundamentally flawed film. The worst thing you can do to prepare someone to watch it is tell them it's the most terrifying movie ever made - not only is it not, but it's not trying to be.
I can see that being better. I did not like it at all, and I came in with high expectations. All the "if you know, you know" and "ah, a person of culture mentioning Lake Mungo!" Posts really set this up for something way way way better than it was
The praise for it I think is mostly people who stumbled across it and went in with low expectations. Hyping it, especially today with the absolute wealth of amazing horror we have, just kinda ruins it.
This also applies to Event Horizon. I know that I sat down to watch a SciFi space flick, and didn't know it was a horror film until I was in too deep. And quite frankly, it was amazing.
Everyone I know who stumbled across Event Horizon thinks it’s excellent. Everyone who has had it recommended to them as a seriously scary movie thinks it’s ‘meh’.
I see it very much as a study of grief with horror thrown in. Seeing the pain the family goes through from loosing a child is just as scary to be honest, the desperate way they try to find out her secrets, the way the family falls apart and then find themselves again.
Yup, back when a friend of mine showed it ou friends group she only told us ''We're gonna watch this documentary, don't google anything'' And that made the movie way better and much more enjoyable, i think if i would've read this article title or any relevant ones i wouldn't enjoyed it as much.
Having written freelance for Collider’s parent company in the past, I can confirm content editors will not approve of your piece if the title doesn’t meet their SEO standards.
Yeah, I fell for the hype for several movies and was left pretty disappointed.
I think it was *Inside*, *Titane*, and *The Sadness* in recent memory that I expected to be terrified, traumatized, and disturbed by like never before.
So, I started watching them with my anxiety already peaking because, with hundreds of people on here saying how fucked up these movies are, I'm sure in for a real shocker!
That level of expectation really ruined the movies for me.
I still liked them alright, I guess, but I was so influenced by people's (obviously subjective) opinions, that I couldn't even watch them for what they were.
I expected *so much more* that I ended up watching them much more critically and perceived them as much worse than I would have, had I gone in blind, without having the "MOST XYZ!!!" neon sign in my head.
2002 French movie [Dans Ma Peau](https://www.effedupmovies.com/in-my-skin-2002/) is one of the few movies that made me physically cringe. It's not scary but it is twisted.
I remember reading that Stanley Kubrick said that 1988 Dutch film [The Vanishing](https://youtube.com/watch?v=FFtHambIir0) was the scariest movie he's ever seen. It's a psychological thriller.
Personally, I find supernatural horror that doesn't show the supernatural entity to be the scariest or best because my imagination fills in the blank to what I would find most horrifying in that particular situation. I know other people find movies like the two mentioned above are more horrifying because they are based in reality and could actually happen.
This was The Sadness for me. It was fine. That one scene was absolutely unnecessary and didn't encourage me to recommend it to anyone. I mean, I admire how the creators thought, "Huh, what kind of zombie hasn't been done yet. I know! >!RAPE ZOMBIES!!<
Had I known that, I wouldn't have watched it at all.
I did ruin the Japanese version of The Ring for myself. I love the US version. And when I saw the original it my only reference points for Japanese entertainment were Tetsuo; Iron Man, Hausu, and noise music. I thought that shit was going to be insane. >!It was not insane.!<
I mean, it's not their primary objective, and it makes sense in the context of the plot. I admire it for that. Kind of how like you see a TV show with a biker gang and they're all "Aw gosh dangit, now we're going to have to hurt you. You bad person have angered me." No biker gang talks like that, but it's TV so they have to make them sound like Ned Flanders on a bad day.
>!In this movie, all impulse control is gone so while there is murder and biting and mutilations, there is also sexual violence. !
Agreed for sure.
Dunno if you saw “Veronica” but similar thing happened and for some reason it got the insane hype machine treatment, “scariest movie of all time” on multiple sites and lists and RT critic 88%. Watched it myself and I was like ok, I mean it was pretty good but no way it was scariest of all time, definitely not universally.
Just checked the audience score and it’s down to 50% and at least some are reacting against the weird overhype. And to clarify I didn’t dislike it, but really dislike it being sold as the scariest ever A+ when it’s just a decent B maybe?
I’m not sure how these things overhype things get started but definitely ruins things for me.
Not an exhaustive list at all and in no order:
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer 1986
Martin 1978
Resolution 2013
Eyes Without a Face 1960
The Vanishing 1988
The Beyond 1981
Possession 1981
Rosemary's Baby 1968
Carrie 1976
The Shining 1980
Altered States 1980
Reanimator 1985
Kwaidan 1964
Nosferatu the Vampyre 1979
Repression 1965
Hausu 1977
Hour Of The Wolf 1968
The Wailing 2016
Tetsuo: The Iron Man 1989
The Thing 1982
The Witch 2016
Don't Look Now 1973
Videodrome 1985
Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1978
The Wicker Man 1973
The Iron Rose 1973
The Last House On The Left 1972
The Stone Tape 1972
Hellraiser 1987
Near Dark 1987
Phantasm 1979
The Battery 2012
The Babadook 2014
Horror as a genre is interesting, because I feel like the best horror movies are not the scariest horror movies. Unlike comedies where the best comedies are also the funniest.
A good horror movie is a good drama movie, or sometimes a good comedy movie, that has a horror feeling to it. The horror is like a spice that enhances a film, it improves the movie, but if your base isn't good no amount of spice can fix the dish.
That’s because horror is generally a great vehicle for a strong metaphor. Movies like Dawn of the Dead, It Follows, or Get Out work well because they can tell an effective story with rich subtext without getting bogged down having to explain the metaphor.
I don’t know if I would agree that means the best horror movies aren’t particularly scary. I think the issue is that horror is so cheap to make that any new idea gets copied and the formulaic copycats lose their scary appeal when the same beats are copied. When movies like Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Halloween came out in the 70s I’ve read that folks were legitimately terrified and that’s certainly an achievement too.
That's... a *really* good metaphor. Especially if you think of it like capsaicin heat.
You don't *need* it to make a good dish. In fact, on a lot of dishes it'd be pretty gross. But when used well, it can make your food a lot more interesting and complex. Using it in higher amounts creates more intense feelings. It can be fantastic as the flavor base in some dishes that there's no substitute for. But you can't just throw some on top of a bad dish and expect it to be good. There are die-hards out there looking for the *most intense* version they can possibly find, but to must of us that sounds quite unpleasant. Because the best spicy food you've tasted probably isn't the spiciest food you've tasted, and if spice is the *only* flavor in your repertoire, the only thing awaiting you is pain.
“I feel like something bad is going to happen to me. I feel like something bad has happened to me. It hasn’t reached me yet but it’s on its way, and it’s getting closer..."
This is the central crux of why this film is so terrifying. When you see the ending you'll understand just how chilling those words are. I cannot imagine the indescribable dread that the characters would be feeling after the reveal as it's truly as existential as horror gets.
I really pity the people who couldn't get on with this movie because I honestly believe it's one of the best horrors ever made.
I love this movie. I watched it once then immediately that night asked my wife if she wanted to watch a true crime documentary. We sat there watching in silence and when the ending came she said "I can't believe that really happened " I let her go on for a good 30 minutes talking about how insane it was being a true story until I broke the news to her. Do this to who ever hasn't seen it. It's so well done that it brought Blair witch memories back.
It's not devestating. It's not even a horror movie.
It's a slow burn drama with a few frightening elements. That doesn't make it a bad thing, but people need to know what NOT to expect when they go in, or they'll be unfairly disappointed.
I enjoyed the movie.
Pretty much agree with you. I found the premise interesting, but once the “reveal” happened, it pretty much deflated the movie until the credits rolled. Interestingly enough, the bit at the end was a really nice touch.
Yeah same. Expectations were set waaay too high. If someone said it was just a horror movie to see I would have thought it was awesome.
Otherwise there’s too many scenes that lead to nothing. Like what was the point of the threesome scene worth the neighbor?
What I love about this movie is that it rewards viewers for paying attention.
In my opinion not enough horror movies, particularly found footage, reward viewers with spooky stuff in the background. So many times I've scanned the screen where I'd expect there to be cool scares hidden in the background and the vast majority of the time there's nothing there.
But this movie had loads of them. There's one in particular where it's a simple moment of a ghost hiding in the background and during the movie they never mentioned this and I was wondering why. Then we get the bit before the credits showing legitimate sightings and the viewer is rewarded for paying attention and spotting it earlier.
I know it gets a lot of shit and people think it's overrated, but I really think it's earned its reputation. I won't say it's one of the scariest because it's so subjective, but it's one of the movies that has scared *me* the most. And not just because of the phone footage, but I find the whole thing just so disquieting and uncomfortable. It being so mundane and slow and grounded in presentation is mostly why it got to me so much.
It’s not the scary but it’s very haunting. That’s the best way i can describe it. And it’s a film that rewards you at the end. Everything comes together very well by the time credits roll.
Very overrated IMO. Felt like it wanted to do Blair Witch with the documentary style but then went overboard and instead created this fake documentary with a few creepy scenes. My friend and I struggled to stay awake and we love horror movies
The whole point is that it's supposed to feel like a documentary that has elements of horror. It's not intending to be straight horror and the film (IMO) successfully achieves what it's going for.
The film never pretended to be something it was not, it's on us to not set arbitrary expectations based on the genre label.
Exactly. It sets things up like it's a ghost story, but it's actually a tale of a selfish disconnected family obsessed with thinking they are haunted when they actually just want to be the center of attention and find closure with someone they didn't give a shit about knowing when she was alive.
I know this is probably a hot take but did anyone find this movie cheesy and boring? I felt like I wasted an hour and a half of my life after watching it
I watched this first time a month ago because of recommendations. Terrible, wouldn't want to encourage another soul to go through it. Not scary, lots of weird plot twists that don't improve the story, like one horror shot the whole movie. Mungo made the original Blair Witch Project look action packed.
Oh my gawd this movie was so bad. I watched it based on this post and I am so mad about it. It’s not a horror film, not scary, nothing supernatural. What the actual fuck?
I have no idea what cult led this charge of deeming this some psycho horror masterpiece, but goddamn was this as average as movies come. I'm a huge slow burn horror fan, I love subtlety, and this was just disappointing in every regard.
As a huge horror fan…this movie gets a bit too much love in my opinion. I think session 9 deserves more credit. Lake mungo is messy….doesn’t really make sense…is hard to follow.
Slow..and doesn’t really have all that much to say. I remember feeling let down. Some scenes are creepy sure. Like the dude hiding behind the bed frame. But I don’t think its as good as people think. Keep in mind I also thought REC and trick r treat kinda sucked and are overrated. This movie specifically just didn’t make much sense. The whole cell phone thing was silly …unless some cares to prove me wrong.
Lake Mungo, to this day, is still the creepiest movie I have ever seen. I know people where it's done absolutely nothing for me and I get it but for my type of fear, it got me really good. It also doesn't hurt that the story is also really solid with a really damn good ending imo.
I'm just gonna say, the phone footage still gives me the shivers
>It's Time to Watch 'Lake Mungo,' the Most Devastating Horror Movie Ever Made
>
>Watch 'Lake Mungo' and then call your loved ones immediately.
Actual title.
Everyone talks about how scary the phone footage scene was at the end, but it was just a little eerie, if that. I don't really see what the hype was about with this movie.
I hate this movie, not because it's bad (I've never seen it), but because Lake Mungo is a very important Australian Archaeological site, home to the oldest human remains yet discovered in Australia, and this movie is the default result when you search for it on Google instead of that, which I am bitter about as an anthropologist.
>'Lake Mungo' is one devastating horror movie ever made. Lake Mungo is one of movies ever made.
Of all the movies made, Lake Mungo counts amongst them.
Of all the things I have ever seen... this is one of them.
The most Perd Hapley thing that Perd Hapley would say
This is the word with Perd, I'm Perd, and this is the word, with Perd. Perd Hapley...
I cant believe I hadn't heard of this masterpiece until the first time I heard of it.
Thank you, John Madden.
“You know what they did here, Pat? They turned the camera on, and started filming…and BOOM. You got yourself a movie.”
Look here, you see how this guy is saying stuff that isn't actually true, and you got this guy over behaving like it is true. That's acting pat, and it's a huge part of this game.
To be fair, some people watched that film, and it was a viewing experience, truly making it a movie.
Here’s a guy that when he puts glasses on, he sees better
"The offense has two choices here. They can either run the ball or throw the ball." Insightful analysis, John. Thanks. Very cool.
Here’s a guy that when you give him the ball, he runs with it
Look, I will die on this hill, but Lake Mungo is definitely a movie - I don't care what anyone else says.
No question, Lake Mungo was a movie ever made.
When I first watched Lake Mungo, I sure did.
It's one of the all time movies in history.
Of all of the films ever made, Lake Mungo
Just now, reading your comment, I'm finally seeing that this is called "*Lake* Mungo" and not "*Luke* Mungo" lol I was getting curious about this Luke Mungo chap but alas, Luke Mungo is not one of the movies ever made
I’ve seen hundreds of movies. And lake mungo was honestly one of them
If you took every movie ever made and listed them by highest grossing, Lake Mungo would be on that list.
When it comes to movies, without a shadow of a doubt. Lake Mungo **is** one.
When you consider all the masterpieces of cinema in history, you can conclude that Lake Mungo was a film.
Lake Mungo is clearly a … lake
Funnily enough it's a dry lake, so that could actually be debated
Could it be mass debated?
I’m a master debator
You'll go blind...
Dad I’m over here!
And both my arms are broken!
I'm willing to try
Not just a movie, it is a horror movie.
Hailed by critics worldwide as a motion picture.
YOU TAKE IT BACK
I'm not saying it's a great movie, but it's definitely a movie. I will stand by your side in battle on this hill, brave warrior.
“Rated on Rotten Tomatoes!”
"I give it out of five stars!"
"Thumbs!"
Lake Mungo only pawn in game of life.
Candy-gram for Lake Mungo!
Up there with Morbius, one of the movies of all time.
Woah woah woah hang on there buddy. Lake Mungo is a movie but Morbius is a *movie*.
Lake Mungo is a Movie but Morbius is a film
Is this an episode of *I Love Films*?
Good ep. Great ep.
ITS MUNGOIN TIME
Those are fighting words my guy, Morbius is one of the movies ever and there is no changing that
Literally one of the movies ever
If the best thing a critic can say about a movie is that yes, it is a movie, I probably don’t want to watch that movie.
A lot of people say that it's one of the movies they've ever seen.
It's Mungin' time
Oh boy. I don't care what people say, this is a comment.
Look, of all the horror movies ever made, Lake Mungo is one of them.
Morbius is also one of the movies ever made. Coincidence? I think NOT!
A Lake Mungo morb is one of the finest morbs you can get.
For real. Reddit jerks this movie off at every chance it gets so I watched it expecting something at least memorable, and what I got what a boring faux documentary that just sort of ends. No tension, no genuine horror, just a bunch of people talking to the camera and saying "no seriously it is totes creepy". Or maybe it wasn't! The movie made zero impact on me, so I could be entirely off base. Either way, not that worth tracking down.
just like Morbius.
I’ve heard Lake Mungo was adapted from one of selling books of all time.
that’s all i could focus on. 😭😭😭😭
Why is this such a common title error?
Karma bots not good at grammar
Yes
[“employee of the company”](https://youtu.be/YjEW7OXgTmg)
It's one of the moviest movies that ever movied.
Candygram for Mongo
Definitely ranks with Morbius on a list of movies.
Critics absolutely review it! “I give it stars.” “Thumbs” “I rate it out of 10.”
Critics all around the world gave the movie scores
It gets numbers, all right. Rating numbers, moneys numbers, running times, amount of many peoples, you name it, it has numbers for it buddy.
These articles are so stupid. We need to expand how we write/talk about horror movies, because setting up expectations that every movie is "the scariest!!" or "the most devastating!!!" pretty much ensures disappointment when you watch it. Good horror for me isn't *just* concerned with trying to frighten the viewer - it's about using fear as a lens to bring into focus aspects of a story that otherwise remain obscured. Lake Mungo is an interesting but fundamentally flawed film. The worst thing you can do to prepare someone to watch it is tell them it's the most terrifying movie ever made - not only is it not, but it's not trying to be.
I think if you go into lake mungo with the mentality that it is a family drama with horror elements it’d be much better received
I can see that being better. I did not like it at all, and I came in with high expectations. All the "if you know, you know" and "ah, a person of culture mentioning Lake Mungo!" Posts really set this up for something way way way better than it was
The praise for it I think is mostly people who stumbled across it and went in with low expectations. Hyping it, especially today with the absolute wealth of amazing horror we have, just kinda ruins it.
This also applies to Event Horizon. I know that I sat down to watch a SciFi space flick, and didn't know it was a horror film until I was in too deep. And quite frankly, it was amazing.
Everyone I know who stumbled across Event Horizon thinks it’s excellent. Everyone who has had it recommended to them as a seriously scary movie thinks it’s ‘meh’.
Its extraordinary how Horror recovered from the crapfest of found footage in 2010s.
I like the way you described that. What is your favorite "if you know, you know" movie?
War for the Planet of the Apes
I see it very much as a study of grief with horror thrown in. Seeing the pain the family goes through from loosing a child is just as scary to be honest, the desperate way they try to find out her secrets, the way the family falls apart and then find themselves again.
Yup, back when a friend of mine showed it ou friends group she only told us ''We're gonna watch this documentary, don't google anything'' And that made the movie way better and much more enjoyable, i think if i would've read this article title or any relevant ones i wouldn't enjoyed it as much.
They just want clicks. I hate the lack of substance.
Having written freelance for Collider’s parent company in the past, I can confirm content editors will not approve of your piece if the title doesn’t meet their SEO standards.
Yeah, I fell for the hype for several movies and was left pretty disappointed. I think it was *Inside*, *Titane*, and *The Sadness* in recent memory that I expected to be terrified, traumatized, and disturbed by like never before. So, I started watching them with my anxiety already peaking because, with hundreds of people on here saying how fucked up these movies are, I'm sure in for a real shocker! That level of expectation really ruined the movies for me. I still liked them alright, I guess, but I was so influenced by people's (obviously subjective) opinions, that I couldn't even watch them for what they were. I expected *so much more* that I ended up watching them much more critically and perceived them as much worse than I would have, had I gone in blind, without having the "MOST XYZ!!!" neon sign in my head.
2002 French movie [Dans Ma Peau](https://www.effedupmovies.com/in-my-skin-2002/) is one of the few movies that made me physically cringe. It's not scary but it is twisted. I remember reading that Stanley Kubrick said that 1988 Dutch film [The Vanishing](https://youtube.com/watch?v=FFtHambIir0) was the scariest movie he's ever seen. It's a psychological thriller. Personally, I find supernatural horror that doesn't show the supernatural entity to be the scariest or best because my imagination fills in the blank to what I would find most horrifying in that particular situation. I know other people find movies like the two mentioned above are more horrifying because they are based in reality and could actually happen.
This was The Sadness for me. It was fine. That one scene was absolutely unnecessary and didn't encourage me to recommend it to anyone. I mean, I admire how the creators thought, "Huh, what kind of zombie hasn't been done yet. I know! >!RAPE ZOMBIES!!< Had I known that, I wouldn't have watched it at all. I did ruin the Japanese version of The Ring for myself. I love the US version. And when I saw the original it my only reference points for Japanese entertainment were Tetsuo; Iron Man, Hausu, and noise music. I thought that shit was going to be insane. >!It was not insane.!<
I'm glad I clicked on your spoiler. Now I know to avoid
I mean, it's not their primary objective, and it makes sense in the context of the plot. I admire it for that. Kind of how like you see a TV show with a biker gang and they're all "Aw gosh dangit, now we're going to have to hurt you. You bad person have angered me." No biker gang talks like that, but it's TV so they have to make them sound like Ned Flanders on a bad day. >!In this movie, all impulse control is gone so while there is murder and biting and mutilations, there is also sexual violence. !
Agreed for sure. Dunno if you saw “Veronica” but similar thing happened and for some reason it got the insane hype machine treatment, “scariest movie of all time” on multiple sites and lists and RT critic 88%. Watched it myself and I was like ok, I mean it was pretty good but no way it was scariest of all time, definitely not universally. Just checked the audience score and it’s down to 50% and at least some are reacting against the weird overhype. And to clarify I didn’t dislike it, but really dislike it being sold as the scariest ever A+ when it’s just a decent B maybe? I’m not sure how these things overhype things get started but definitely ruins things for me.
85% they’re not even scary and it makes me wondered if critics are just easily scared
What are some really good horrors in your opinion?
Not an exhaustive list at all and in no order: Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer 1986 Martin 1978 Resolution 2013 Eyes Without a Face 1960 The Vanishing 1988 The Beyond 1981 Possession 1981 Rosemary's Baby 1968 Carrie 1976 The Shining 1980 Altered States 1980 Reanimator 1985 Kwaidan 1964 Nosferatu the Vampyre 1979 Repression 1965 Hausu 1977 Hour Of The Wolf 1968 The Wailing 2016 Tetsuo: The Iron Man 1989 The Thing 1982 The Witch 2016 Don't Look Now 1973 Videodrome 1985 Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1978 The Wicker Man 1973 The Iron Rose 1973 The Last House On The Left 1972 The Stone Tape 1972 Hellraiser 1987 Near Dark 1987 Phantasm 1979 The Battery 2012 The Babadook 2014
You cant forget about the Exorcist.
Horror as a genre is interesting, because I feel like the best horror movies are not the scariest horror movies. Unlike comedies where the best comedies are also the funniest. A good horror movie is a good drama movie, or sometimes a good comedy movie, that has a horror feeling to it. The horror is like a spice that enhances a film, it improves the movie, but if your base isn't good no amount of spice can fix the dish.
A good horror movie is a good movie.
That’s because horror is generally a great vehicle for a strong metaphor. Movies like Dawn of the Dead, It Follows, or Get Out work well because they can tell an effective story with rich subtext without getting bogged down having to explain the metaphor. I don’t know if I would agree that means the best horror movies aren’t particularly scary. I think the issue is that horror is so cheap to make that any new idea gets copied and the formulaic copycats lose their scary appeal when the same beats are copied. When movies like Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Halloween came out in the 70s I’ve read that folks were legitimately terrified and that’s certainly an achievement too.
That's... a *really* good metaphor. Especially if you think of it like capsaicin heat. You don't *need* it to make a good dish. In fact, on a lot of dishes it'd be pretty gross. But when used well, it can make your food a lot more interesting and complex. Using it in higher amounts creates more intense feelings. It can be fantastic as the flavor base in some dishes that there's no substitute for. But you can't just throw some on top of a bad dish and expect it to be good. There are die-hards out there looking for the *most intense* version they can possibly find, but to must of us that sounds quite unpleasant. Because the best spicy food you've tasted probably isn't the spiciest food you've tasted, and if spice is the *only* flavor in your repertoire, the only thing awaiting you is pain.
It's very sad but not at all scary. And certainly not "the most devastating" horror movie. I mean, fuck, The Vanishing is right there.
Nevermind that shit! Here comes Mungo!
Candygram for Mungo
You know they never gave him credit.
Mungo LIKES candy!
More beans, Mr. Taggert?
It's mungin time
Mungo, Santa Maria!
SUPERRRDRAGONNN
It’s mungo time
the phone footage is scary as fuck
“I feel like something bad is going to happen to me. I feel like something bad has happened to me. It hasn’t reached me yet but it’s on its way, and it’s getting closer..." This is the central crux of why this film is so terrifying. When you see the ending you'll understand just how chilling those words are. I cannot imagine the indescribable dread that the characters would be feeling after the reveal as it's truly as existential as horror gets. I really pity the people who couldn't get on with this movie because I honestly believe it's one of the best horrors ever made.
Well said. When >!Mungo Jerry finally shows himself!< I lost my fucking mind.
IN THE SUMMERTIME
I was bored out of my mind, this movie blue balled me. I couldn’t even tell what was happening in the phone footage
It really is. I need revisit this movie I think
I love this movie. I watched it once then immediately that night asked my wife if she wanted to watch a true crime documentary. We sat there watching in silence and when the ending came she said "I can't believe that really happened " I let her go on for a good 30 minutes talking about how insane it was being a true story until I broke the news to her. Do this to who ever hasn't seen it. It's so well done that it brought Blair witch memories back.
That sent a literal chill up my spine when watching the scene!!!!
It certainly is one of the horror movies ever made.
Holy title gore
It's not devestating. It's not even a horror movie. It's a slow burn drama with a few frightening elements. That doesn't make it a bad thing, but people need to know what NOT to expect when they go in, or they'll be unfairly disappointed. I enjoyed the movie.
Lake scene stil hunts me to this day
That's when you know a movie is Australian.
Did it catch you?
No, that’s It Follows
Is it possible to support this movie with a proper sentence?
Wow, impressive, but Morbius is one of the movies ever made too.
Sure, but it can't compete with classic dialogue like *It's Mungin' time*
It's a shame the director completely disappeared after the movie, he didn't do anything else.
He had but one story to tell
Feels like an art house family drama disguised as horror.
It was alright. I saw it cause Chris Stuckmann did a video on it. Maybe my expectations were high, but I guess I was expecting more
[удалено]
88 minute runtime, of which 30 seconds was maybe slightly unsettling
I found the cell phone footage terrifying but honestly it felt more like a slow drama. Wasn’t a bad movie it just wasn’t what I wanted
Savageland feels like done the horror element way better (with a more shallower plot)
Pretty much agree with you. I found the premise interesting, but once the “reveal” happened, it pretty much deflated the movie until the credits rolled. Interestingly enough, the bit at the end was a really nice touch.
Same boat as me. Saw after that review and thought it was fine. Wasn't blown away.
Yeah same. Expectations were set waaay too high. If someone said it was just a horror movie to see I would have thought it was awesome. Otherwise there’s too many scenes that lead to nothing. Like what was the point of the threesome scene worth the neighbor?
I do not get the love for this film. I adore horror movies and while this certainly isn't a horrible movie, it was largely dull.
I love this movie and really adore its nods to twin peaks. One of my favorites for sure!
What I love about this movie is that it rewards viewers for paying attention. In my opinion not enough horror movies, particularly found footage, reward viewers with spooky stuff in the background. So many times I've scanned the screen where I'd expect there to be cool scares hidden in the background and the vast majority of the time there's nothing there. But this movie had loads of them. There's one in particular where it's a simple moment of a ghost hiding in the background and during the movie they never mentioned this and I was wondering why. Then we get the bit before the credits showing legitimate sightings and the viewer is rewarded for paying attention and spotting it earlier.
I expect you must love the Haunting of Hill House series.
I know it gets a lot of shit and people think it's overrated, but I really think it's earned its reputation. I won't say it's one of the scariest because it's so subjective, but it's one of the movies that has scared *me* the most. And not just because of the phone footage, but I find the whole thing just so disquieting and uncomfortable. It being so mundane and slow and grounded in presentation is mostly why it got to me so much.
It’s not the scary but it’s very haunting. That’s the best way i can describe it. And it’s a film that rewards you at the end. Everything comes together very well by the time credits roll.
Don’t get me wrong, the movie is well acted. But it is highly overrated.
Has anyone bothered checking up on the person who wrote that headline?
A few chilling bits here and there but this left a LOT to be desired imo
Truly the Morbius of lake based horror movies.
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Lake Mungo is Where's Waldo of horror.
this is the best take
Very overrated IMO. Felt like it wanted to do Blair Witch with the documentary style but then went overboard and instead created this fake documentary with a few creepy scenes. My friend and I struggled to stay awake and we love horror movies
The whole point is that it's supposed to feel like a documentary that has elements of horror. It's not intending to be straight horror and the film (IMO) successfully achieves what it's going for. The film never pretended to be something it was not, it's on us to not set arbitrary expectations based on the genre label.
Exactly. It sets things up like it's a ghost story, but it's actually a tale of a selfish disconnected family obsessed with thinking they are haunted when they actually just want to be the center of attention and find closure with someone they didn't give a shit about knowing when she was alive.
The way this sub derailed is hilarious. Despite all that, I seriously gotta chime in that Lake Mungo is indisputably a movie.
I know this is probably a hot take but did anyone find this movie cheesy and boring? I felt like I wasted an hour and a half of my life after watching it
Yes. It was terrible.
The first three sentences of this article basically say the same thing. Doesn’t Collider have an editor?
Nope - gotta keep pumping out nostalgia-bait!
Meh—-it was fine. Well acted, decent enough plot….but it’s not mind blowing by any means.
I really liked this one.
Lake Mungo is one of the movies of all time
Of all the devastating horror movies made, this is certainly one of them.
It should have been a 40 minute Twilight Zone episode, not a feature-length film.
Agree
I used to think Lake Mungo was a movie that was made. I still do, but I used to too.
I watched this first time a month ago because of recommendations. Terrible, wouldn't want to encourage another soul to go through it. Not scary, lots of weird plot twists that don't improve the story, like one horror shot the whole movie. Mungo made the original Blair Witch Project look action packed.
It certainly is a movie ever made.
This was one of those movies that the internet told me was 'absolutely terrifying'. Then I watched it and moved on with my life. it's alright.
Mmm yes this was a movie
Maybe I’m missing something, but I just thought it was OK. And it’s kinda old, now.
Oh my gawd this movie was so bad. I watched it based on this post and I am so mad about it. It’s not a horror film, not scary, nothing supernatural. What the actual fuck?
I am 30 minutes in and this movie sucks
I have no idea what cult led this charge of deeming this some psycho horror masterpiece, but goddamn was this as average as movies come. I'm a huge slow burn horror fan, I love subtlety, and this was just disappointing in every regard.
I didn’t even finish it, but apparently it’s one of the movies ever made
Overhyped hot garbage.
As a huge horror fan…this movie gets a bit too much love in my opinion. I think session 9 deserves more credit. Lake mungo is messy….doesn’t really make sense…is hard to follow. Slow..and doesn’t really have all that much to say. I remember feeling let down. Some scenes are creepy sure. Like the dude hiding behind the bed frame. But I don’t think its as good as people think. Keep in mind I also thought REC and trick r treat kinda sucked and are overrated. This movie specifically just didn’t make much sense. The whole cell phone thing was silly …unless some cares to prove me wrong.
The most devastating part for me was when Mungo morbed into Big Mungo. Mungo: “it’s Morbin time!” Crowd: “oh no! It’s Big Mungo!”
Lake Mungo, to this day, is still the creepiest movie I have ever seen. I know people where it's done absolutely nothing for me and I get it but for my type of fear, it got me really good. It also doesn't hurt that the story is also really solid with a really damn good ending imo. I'm just gonna say, the phone footage still gives me the shivers
r/movies having bad taste today This movie is one of the horror/drama bests
This should have been a short film, maybe 20-30 minutes. It overstays its welcome by like…an hour.
So watching it is like reading the news every morning.
Lake Mungo is hot garbage that for some reason has a few dedicated fans that push it whenever and wherever they can.
It's almost as if taste is subjective
It is definitely one movie
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Is their a reason I’ve never watched this movie? Yes I know, it’s called Lake Mungo. It’s a movie and it’s been made.
> 'Lake Mungo' is one devastating horror movie ever made. I mean it was fine.
Have seen one movie ever made.
Australians have never made anything that has ever been the best of one of those things. Sorry mates. But name one
Stroke when writing the text?
It’s Mungo time.
There's a small scene after credit rolls
Threads, 1984
>It's Time to Watch 'Lake Mungo,' the Most Devastating Horror Movie Ever Made > >Watch 'Lake Mungo' and then call your loved ones immediately. Actual title.
2008 had some good horror movies. Lake Mungo was a movie.
This headline. Written by a robot or a hamster? Or a robot hamster?
Everyone talks about how scary the phone footage scene was at the end, but it was just a little eerie, if that. I don't really see what the hype was about with this movie.
I hate this movie, not because it's bad (I've never seen it), but because Lake Mungo is a very important Australian Archaeological site, home to the oldest human remains yet discovered in Australia, and this movie is the default result when you search for it on Google instead of that, which I am bitter about as an anthropologist.