Three students inexplicably disappear in Australian mountains during field trip
Picnic At Hanging Rock is an ethereal, otherworldly arthouse horror/mystery, unsettlingly atmospheric and beautifully lush. Director Peter Weir offers the kind of supernatural mysticism he provided in The Last Wave, but that film can’t match this haunting depiction of a mysteriously doomed picnic outing.The girls’ final foray up the mountain is breathtakingly creepy and sumptuous, perfectly conjuring teenage sexuality and lost innocence. Unfortunately, like most things involving teenage sexuality, the film climaxes early and the second half is comparatively formulaic and less engrossing (albeit still well-done).
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