The Cars That Ate Paris (1974)

This is without a doubt one of the weirdest movies I've ever seen: It's called The Cars That Ate Paris (1974) and it's the first film by one of my favorite directors, award winning Peter Weir ( Dead Poet's Society, Truman Show, Picnic at Hanging Rock). This film has nothing to do with cars eating people or Paris France, it does however have to do with a small Austrailian town called Paris. The film is a David Lynch-esque look at the dark side of 1950s style small town life being plagued by mad max-esque violent youths. It is gorgeously filmed, scored (musically) and acted, as well as funny, creepy and disturbing at times. It is a social commentary on rebellious youth/car-culture and the aging populations attempts to keep them under their thumb. Weir's early films all have very strange feels about them, but they're all really good, as the article about it in Rue Morgue Magazine's 200 Alternative Horror Films You Need to See says: "Remember, you can't spell weird, without Weir." I give it a 5/5, it also has the coolest/scariest car ever. This film is a part of the Criterion Collection and is available to stream with Hulu plus. You can view the trailer below: