News: Second Sight Films to release ‘Lake Mungo’ on Limited Edition Blu-ray this June

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Hello, this is Dom…

For the upcoming Blu-ray release of Lake Mungo, here’s what Second Sight Films had to say:

Escape this bank holiday with seminal Australian horror Lake Mungo from director Joel Anderson, which is set for its highly anticipated first ever UK Blu-ray release as a stunning Limited Edition Box set on 7 June 2021. This cult favourite arrives with a host of brand new, fascinating special features from specialist in the field Second Sight Films.

Since its original release in 2008, this documentary-style chiller has made far reaching ripples, thrilling horror fans and inspiring budding filmmakers across the globe and establishing itself as a bona fide cult classic. Now the chilling film gets the release it deserves that sees brand new interviews with cast and crew; filmmaker fans Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead and director du jourHost’s Rob Savage; a brand new commentary, video essays and archive material. 

When sixteen-year-old Alice Palmer tragically drowns while swimming in the local dam, her grieving family start to experience a series of strange, inexplicable events and become increasingly unsettled. Seeking out the help of a parapsychologist, they learn that  Alice had been living through extremely troubling, disturbing times and hiding deep, dark secrets. Now they are desperate to know what haunted their daughter and what is happening to them. Does Lake Mungo hold the terrifying truth?

SPECIAL FEATURES

Archive audio commentary by Producer David Rapsey and DoP John Brawley

New audio commentary by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Emma Westwood

Captured Spirits: an interview with DoP John Brawley

Ghost in the Machine: an interview with Producer David Rapsey

A Cop and a Friend: an interview with Actors Carole Patullo & James Lawson

Kindred Spirits: Filmmakers Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead on Lake Mungo

Hosting Spirits: Filmmaker Rob Savage on Lake Mungo

Simulacra and Spirits: a video essay by film writer Josh Nelson

Autopsy of a Family Home: a video essay by filmmaker Joseph Wallace

Deleted scenes

LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS

Rigid slipcase

Perfect-bound booklet with new essays by Sarah Appleton, Simon Fitzjohn, Rich Johnson, Mary Beth McAndrews and Shellie McMurdo, interview with actor James Lawson by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas plus rare behind-the-scenes photos

Three collectors’ art cards

Many thanks to Aim Publicity and Second Sight Films for providing the above images.

Dom.

For John.


This article’s featured image: By Source, Second Sight Films, Fair Use

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