10 Genius Suspense Tricks That Made Horror Movies Great
3. Hiding Alice's Ghost In The Background Throughout The Movie - Lake Mungo
Lake Mungo is one of the scariest horror films of the last 20 years, and here's something that might've slyly unnerved you without you even realising.
The movie's final shot shows a portrait of the Palmer family with the apparent ghost of Alice (Talia Zucker) staring at them from inside the house behind them.
A montage then revisits a series of photos shown to viewers throughout the movie, confirming that Alice's ghostly form was secretly hidden in the frame each and every time.
While most viewers likely missed these spectral visuals on an initial watch, they certainly made revisiting the film a uniquely creepy experience, encouraging audiences to hit the pause button any time a photo is shown and frantically scan around the frame looking for Alice.
And let's be honest, this is a movie that doesn't need to do anything extra to unsettle the audience after... that scene. If you know, you know.