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The Cars That Ate Paris

Sci-Fi Horror Comedy

1974, 1h 27min

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.

"The Cars That Ate Paris" — sci-fi, horror and comedy movie produced in Australia and released in 1974. It has a mediocre rating on IMDb: 5.6 stars out of 10. It is a feature-length film with a runtime of 1h 27min. "The Cars That Ate Paris" is currently available to stream on The Criterion Channel and FlixFling and for rent and to buy on FlixFling Rent & Buy. Click on a playlink to watch it now!

Country: Australia

Director:

Cast:

Terry Camilleri

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Critic William Thomas

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8

...the mix of black humour and J.G. Ballardian kink is very distinctive.

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as The Cars That Ate Paris include The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!, Horror Hospital, Schlock, Unidentified Flying Oddball, The Final Programme.

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The Cars That Ate Paris was released in theaters on June 1, 1976.