20 Horror Movies You Should Watch Totally BLIND
10. Lake Mungo
Though Lake Mungo's esteem in genre circles has grown considerably in recent years, fans of Joel Anderson's fantastically eerie psychological horror film are generally pretty good about not freely spoiling everything it has to offer.
A masterfully constructed found footage film about a family coming to terms with the loss of their daughter, Lake Mungo utilises innumerable clever low-fi tricks to unnerve the audience, in turn delivering one of the most joltingly minimalist horrors of all time.
Anderson, who released the movie in 2008 and hasn't made a single other film since, demonstrates a keen understanding of the documentary form all while infusing it with something totally unexpected.
The performances from the largely unknown cast and the overpoweringly haunting, sad atmosphere add up to a transfixing experience leading up to one of the most nerve-jangling, unforgettable climaxes of any horror film from the past 20 years. If you know, you know.