9 Found Footage Fates Worse Than Death
6. Lake Mungo - That Feeling Of Regretful Helplessness
2008 Australian found footage picture, Lake Mungo, is a film that maybe doesn't get quite the love it deserves.
It's not that people watch Lake Mungo and lambast it; it's more than this is a movie that has gone under the radar of more casual horror fans. Joel Anderson's film is a brilliant example of how to make a found footage flick connect to an audience.
The premise of Lake Mungo centres on a family struggling to deal with the death of their daughter. While the film is every inch a horror movie - with supernatural elements coming to the fore as the tale unravels - it's also a tale, first and foremost, of grief and dealing with loss. In that regard, it's haunting in more ways than merely the obvious.
Alice is the daughter here, with the troubled teen seeking medical advice after feeling something awful is going to happen to her.
From there, the audience sees a grainy phone recording of Alice confronted by a drowned, bloated version of herself. While it's heartbreaking to see that Alice had a premonition of her own demise, there's an additional level of heartache at seeing how regretful her family are that they were unable to help the youngster during her greatest time of need.
Adding a further blow, Alice's family also uncover a video recording of their 16-year daughter engaged in a sexual encounter with their husband-and-wife neighbours.