Lake Mungo (film)

Lake Mungo
Lake Mungo
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Joel Anderson
Written by	Joel Anderson
Produced by	Georgie Nevile; David Rapsey;
Starring	Talia Zucker; David Pledger; Rosie Traynor; Martin Sharpe; Steve Jodrell;
Cinematography	John Brawley
Edited by	Bill Murphy
Music by	Dai Paterson
Production; companies	SBS Independent; Screen Australia; Mungo Productions;
Distributed by	Arclight Films
Release date	18 June 2008 (Sydney);
Running time	88 minutes
Country	Australia
Language	English
Budget	$1.7 million
Box office	$29,850

Lake Mungo is a 2008 Australian psychological horror film written and directed by Joel Anderson. Presented in the mockumentary format with elements of found footage and docufiction, it follows a family trying to come to terms with the loss of their daughter Alice (Talia Zucker) after she drowns and the potentially supernatural events they experience after it.

Lake Mungo premiered at the Sydney Film Festival on 18 June 2008,^[1]^[2]^[3] and was screened at the American South by Southwest film festival in March 2009.

^ "Australian Films at the Australian Box Office", Film Victoria Archived 9 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 13 November 2012
^ Dunn, Emily; Maddox, Garry (1 December 2008). "Giant ghost gums inspire latest art". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
^ Sprague, Mike (18 June 2020). "This Day in Horror History: Lake Mungo Premiered in 2008". Dread Central. Retrieved 25 August 2020.

[1] "Australian Films at the Australian Box Office", Film Victoria Archived 9 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 13 November 2012

[Giant_ghost_gums-2] Dunn, Emily; Maddox, Garry (1 December 2008). "Giant ghost gums inspire latest art". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 25 August 2020.

[This_Day_in_Horror_History-3] Sprague, Mike (18 June 2020). "This Day in Horror History: Lake Mungo Premiered in 2008". Dread Central. Retrieved 25 August 2020.

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