The Cars That Ate Paris
MovieTitle | The Cars That Ate Paris |
User score | 5.4 |
Release date | Oct 10, 1974 |
Genre | Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction |
Director | Peter Weir |
Production country | Australia |
Production companies | Royce Smeal Film Productions, Salt-Pan |
Budget | $250,000 |
Run time | 87 min. |
After the death of his brother on the road, unemployed and unstable drifter Arthur Waldo stays for a while in the rural Australian town of Paris as the guest of the mayor, who hopes he will become a permanent member of the Paris population. Arthur soon realizes the quaint hamlet has a sinister secret: they orchestrate car accidents and rob the victims. Survivors are brought to the local hospital, lobotomized, and used for a local doctor's experiments.