Picnic at Hanging Rock
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On Halloween the Atlantic recommends "Picnic at Hanging Rock", the mystery movie from 1975 for which Lina Disciplina designed a poster.
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On Halloween the Atlantic recommends "Picnic at Hanging Rock", the mystery movie from 1975 for which Lina Disciplina designed a poster.
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There's a "fun category of films that play with suspense, mystery, and creepiness without sowing constant fear; these stories unsettle but aren't primarily made to distress and disturb viewers," David Sims (The Atlantic) wrote in 2022. He recommended fascinating, not-too-scary films for people who don't like horror.
One of these is Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975, directed by Peter Weir)
"Like so many of the best non-horror horror films, Weir's Australian masterpiece is memorable because it revolves around something unseen. Set in 1900, it follows the disappearance of several schoolgirls while on a picnic. The longer Weir's tale goes on, the more the efforts to solve the mystery fail, which only fuels the dread around what might have happened." (The Atlantic)
One of these is Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975, directed by Peter Weir)
"Like so many of the best non-horror horror films, Weir's Australian masterpiece is memorable because it revolves around something unseen. Set in 1900, it follows the disappearance of several schoolgirls while on a picnic. The longer Weir's tale goes on, the more the efforts to solve the mystery fail, which only fuels the dread around what might have happened." (The Atlantic)
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