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"Masters of Horror" John Carpenter's Cigarette Burns (2005)


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Overview

User Rating:
7.7/10   3,431 votes
Director:
Writers:
Drew McWeeny (writer) &
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Original Air Date:
November 2005 (Season 1, Episode 8)
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Plot:
With a torrid past that haunts him, a movie-theater director is hired to hunt for the only known print of a film so notorious that its single screening caused the viewers to become homicidally insane. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast

  (Episode Cast overview, first billed only)

Norman Reedus ... Kirby

Udo Kier ... Bellinger

Gary Hetherington ... Walter

Christopher Britton ... Meyers (as Chris Britton)

Zara Taylor ... Annie

Chris Gauthier ... Timpson (as Christopher Gauthier)
Douglas Arthurs ... Dalibor (as Douglas H. Arthurs)

Colin Foo ... Fung

Gwynyth Walsh ... Katja

Christopher Redman ... Willowy Being
Julius Chapple ... Henri Cotillard

Taras Kostyuk ... Kaspar (as Taras)
Brad Kelly ... Horst
Lynn Wahl ... Cab Driver
Brahm Taylor ... Protagonist
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Additional Details

Runtime:
59 min | Germany:56 min (cut)
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Aspect Ratio:
1.78 : 1 more
Certification:
Germany:18 (cut) | USA:TV-MA | Argentina:18 | Finland:K-15 (TV rating) (self applied) (2008) | Finland:K-18 (DVD) (self applied) (2007)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The newspaper columnist lives in a secluded house in Carthage, New York. John Carpenter, who directed the movie, was born in Carthage, New York. more
Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Kirby is confronted by Walter about the money he owes, Walter tells Kirby he's got one week to come up with it. Kirby towards the end of the movie gets the money and finds the theater chained up. When on the phone with one of the employees from the theater he says that he was given *two* weeks to get the money. more
Movie Connections:
References Antikörper (2005) more

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Classic Carpenter - dark and suspense-filled, 6 November 2006
Author: DVD_Connoisseur from England

"Cigarette Burns" is a wonderful tale from John Carpenter that was a delight to watch.

This "Masters of Horror" episode is dark and grim. It's both surreal and frighteningly real, like a bad nightmare. There are images contained in this hour of television that are original and shocking.

Carpenter's touches are filled with a wicked sense of humour. For those cynics who state that this master has lost his earlier powers of film-making, watch this episode! Udo Kier is creepy as hell in this tale and Norman Reedus is gripping as the lead character.

Surprisingly violent and challenging, "Cigarette Burns" is a very strong entry in the "Masters of Horror" series.

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