(still from Picnic At Hanging Rock-Peter Weir 1975)

In the above film as a precursor to the central drama two characters observe that their watches have both stopped at the same time of around 12 noon. We are encouraged by the the film to believe that this is something to do with a magnetic field that surrounds Hanging Rock, which is a real place near Melbourne in Australia. This in tern is connected to an hypnotic trance like state that overcomes several of the girls as we see them drawn further into the the interior of the caves for apparently no reason and without resistance. The over all effect is both profound and shocking as a mystery unfurls , one that is chilling in that it poses no questions or answers but merely is. Like the caves and the blackness that emanates from within them.