- HD 1080
- Runtime: 87m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: Australia
- Director: Peter Weir
- Stars: John Meillon, Terry Camilleri, Kevin Miles, Max Gillies, Rick Scully
- keywords: australia, small town, experiment, tourist, dark comedy, murder, hospital, car accident, crash
- Production_studio: Royce Smeal Film Productions, Salt-Pan
- Slogan: 148 people live in the township of Paris and every one of them is a murderer.
- providers: Criterion Channel, FlixFling
- The The Cars That Ate Paris is featured in the top rankings of 1974
- #60 in Top Comedy Movies of 1974
- #56 in Top Horror Movies of 1974
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.