Picnic at Hanging Rock 1975

Critics score:
94 / 100

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Vincent Canby, New York Times: The story provides Mr. Weir with material for a kind of Australian horror-romance that recalls Nathaniel Hawthorne's preoccupation with the spiritual and moral heritage of his own New England landscape. Read more

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: Spottily effective. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: A film of haunting mystery and buried sexual hysteria. Read more

Peter Stack, San Francisco Chronicle: One of the most hauntingly beautiful mysteries ever created on film. Read more

Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine: This horrific tale is told with marvelous shadowy indirection and delicate lyricism. Read more

Time Out: The result is little more than a discreetly artistic horror film. Read more