A Deep Lurking Thing: A Short Film About A Short Film About The Muckross Lake Monster(2020)
Ireland's greatest lake monster meets Ireland's worst filmmaker
David Parkinson reconstructs the documentary he directed in 2018 about Muckie, the Muckross Lake monster, in an attempt to definitively figure out what it was, while also exploring ideas around it and other cryptids.
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