Starring: Melissa Jaffa, Terry Camilleri, John Meillon, Max Gillies, Kevin Miles

Directed by: Peter Weir

Peter Weir's first film is a surreal and fantastic horror. An outstanding hit at the 1974 Cannes Film Festival and a landmark in Australian film-making it remains a cult classic. On the outskirts of the small town of Paris, cars crash with alarming regularity. Arthur (Terry Camilleri) survives one such accident and becomes a prisoner of Paris although he's unaware of his predicament as the town has provided him with something he's never had – a family.

But these crashes are far from accidents. The townspeople have been laying traps for passing traffic – the dead are disposed of and the injured are stored for medical experimentation. Paris lives off cars – spare parts are their currency – however the source of their livelihood soon turns against them and the cars have their revenge. The town's youth launch a terrifying attack using their bizarre, customised, souped-up hot-rods as deadly weapons. The town that lives by the car, shall die by the car!

DVD EXTRAS

Interactive menus, Scene access, Enhanced for WideScreen TV

Soundtrack Languages

 Dolby Digital 2.0: English

Technical Details

Certification: 15
Duration: 84 mins
Format: DVD
Single Sided/Single Layer
Region: 2
Presentation: Widescreen
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Wide Screen / 2.35 Wide Screen / 1:2.35 CinemaScope
Sound: Dolby Digital 2.0
Cat. No: P9112DVD(PATHE DISTRIBUTION LTD)
Category: Horror/Occult:General
Subtitles: none

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