Dianne (Lauren Grimson) is one of the country's leading podcasters when it comes to the paranormal, so when for her next show she casts for an actor, Osmond (Dean Kyrwood) is more than happy to make himself available, as he figures with her help he can finally break away from doing commercials and get actual filmwork. Little does he know of course that Dianne's rather obsessed about the topic of her next show, that being several people disappearing in a lake without a trace - even when the lake had dried up a few years ago not even bones of the missing people were found anywhere. Now Dianne is quite so obsessed with the subject matter because her mother disappeared in the lake many years ago, and her belief in parallel universes makes her believe her mother's still alive somewhere and she can bring her back once she has solved the mystery of the lake. Osmond of course thinks it's all rubbish, but he's short of an explanation when the corpse of a woman who has disappeared in the lake is found in a lake thousands of miles away in another lake. Also, why is there a photographer (Barbara Bingham) who has a photo of him and Dianne in the lake when they never actually went in? And how about the girl (Jemma Elise) who disappears into thin air days after she has successfully made it out of the lake, and the guy (Ben Robinson) who calls them to his place to lock himself in his bathroom to then disappear into oblivion with the water of his bath tub running?

Now I've never been the biggest fan of the found footage approach to filmmaking, and even if the concept is seemingly baked into this film's story, it sure would have profited from a more cinematic style. That said, where the film makes up for its aesthetic shortcomings is in building up its mystery and its refusal to explain things away in the third act, leaving an enjoyably creepy aftertaste. Now add to that a solid cast and well-placed (if scarce) scares, and you're in for a pretty cool genre ride.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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