Describe a movie using the word "eerie", and you've basically got me hooked. So I had been meaning to see this one for a while. Fortunately, it didn't disappoint. The plot: a bunch of college girls in 1900 go on a picnic, and four go missing. Though the pace is the very definition of slow, this bare string of a plot held my interest for 107 minutes, because narrative is not the point at all here - mood is. Director Peter Weir deploys sound design that would do David Lynch proud, and a surprising assurance for a novice. He exploits the mystery of nature to create some downright creepy moments (the same way the directors of The Blair Witch Project would 24 years later).
Stay away from this one if you have no attention span, or if you need a movie to provide you with closure. Or if you're one of those retards who complained that there was no witch in The Blair Witch Project.
Stay away from this one if you have no attention span, or if you need a movie to provide you with closure. Or if you're one of those retards who complained that there was no witch in The Blair Witch Project.