I used to see this on the shelf in the video stores. The title and the cover art never inspired me to read the back of the box. I assumed it was a comedy, but I clicked on it and watched it on streaming video.
Two brothers traveling by car looking for work wreck outside of a small town called Paris. One is killed. It turns out that the town is causing accidents so it can salvage the wrecked cars. The cars were a few years old from the days before automotive safety was really a thing. People die horribly in the accidents and worse things are done to the ones who survive.
It's classified as a horror/comedy on the Criterion Channel. According to the internet, the producers weren't sure whether to push it as an art film or a horror film. Cult film is probably the best category.
You wouldn't want to live there without an internet connection or at least a satellite dish, but the town looked okay. It'd be like living in the '50's except for the criminal enterprise and the human experiments.
Peter Weir directed.
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