Picnic at Hanging Rock - Season 1
Adopted from a novel that carries the same name which written by Joan Lindsay in 1967, the series tells the story of three schoolgirls and their governesses who go on a journey to Hanging Rock. But things go wrong and they suddenly disappeared in mysterious conditions.
6 March 1985, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
6 March 1981, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
11 October 1963, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
18 September 1975, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
30 July 1957, Australia
26 July 1972, Cape Town, South Africa
7 December 1999, Australia
May 29, 2018
It's a very new, very valid take on some timelessly creepy material.
June 14, 2018
Everything is amplified to the extreme: the sensuality, the violence, the suffocating symbolism of all those corsets and stockings.
May 29, 2018
Directors Larysa Kondracki, Amanda Brotchie, and Michael Rymer twist this low-budget epic into an eye-popping, surreal mystery with complex characters and consummate camp.
May 22, 2018
Sadly, this feels unlikely to be a Handmaid's Tale-level hit for Amazon, for while it's solid enough to warrant a look, it's also a bit too inconsistent and bloated to rise above the crowd.
June 08, 2018
With its convoluted plot, flights of fantasy and a pacing that speeds up and slows down unexpectedly, "Picnic" may frustrate some viewers...[but] it's something different, and perfect for a hot summer night of streaming.
May 29, 2018
If Weir's film was a romantic, surreal, shimmering mystery-Twin Peaks by way of John Keats-the new Hanging Rock is a more Gothic work of horror, revealing the rot that permeates the blooms of the Victorian bouquet.
May 14, 2018
The magic of Picnic at Hanging Rock lies in the not knowing, a sort of withheld resolution that nudged other open-ended stories, such as Twin Peaks, from works of art to genuine masterpieces.
May 14, 2018
Beatrix Christian's narrative is complex, articulate and a work of some philosophical depth...It's filmed in such a provocative, highly conceptual way.
May 23, 2018
[Natalie] Dormer is the best thing about "Picnic at Hanging Rock..." But she's not the only worthwhile aspect of the miniseries, even if the story may be a bit overextended at six hours.
May 25, 2018
The story centers around the mysterious disappearances of three schoolgirls and one teacher on Valentine's Day in 1900 and the subsequent investigation, covering its impact on students, families and staff.
