On Repressed Sexuality in ‘Picnic at Hanging Rock'[Horror Queers]

Repressed sexuality and rifts in the space-time continuum.

After kicking off August with our first foray into the world of beach party films with Robert Lee King’s camp classic Psycho Beach Party (listen), we’re shifting gears into the weird and wonderful world of Australian myths in Peter Weir‘s 1975 adaptation of Joan Lindsay‘s acclaimed novel Picnic at Hanging Rock.

Picnic at Hanging Rock sees a selection of students of the all-female Appleyard College attend a picnic at a local geological formation known as Hanging Rock. While there, three students and one teacher vanish without a trace, leaving the local community perplexed and anxious. As the search for the missing girls continues to no avail, the effects of the event on the school’s strict headmistress (Rachel Roberts) and the rest of the community come to a head.

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Episode 347: Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)

Check your watch you little ignoramus because we’re talking Peter Weir‘s seminal Australian mystery Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975).

Join us as we dive into this mythic piece of “true” crime from the bush, with an unsolved mystery that still perplexes people to this very day. Add in some repressed lesbianism and some hauntingly ethereal vibes for good measure, of course.

Plus: pan flutes galore, gorgeous crimson cloaks, and why book author Joan Lindsay is a massive troll.

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