S1.E8

John Carpenter's Cigarette Burns

Name: John Carpenter's Cigarette Burns
Genre: Horror
Released: 2005-12-16
Duration: 59 min
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Norman Reedus, Colin Foo, Udo Kier

Episode aired Dec 16, 2005
TV-MATV-MA
59m

IMDb RATING

7.5/10

9.4K

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John Carpenter and Christopher Redman in John Carpenter's Cigarette Burns (2005)

Horror

With a torrid past that haunts him, a movie theatre owner is hired to search for the only existing print of a film so notorious that its single screening caused the viewers to become homicid... Read allWith a torrid past that haunts him, a movie theatre owner is hired to search for the only existing print of a film so notorious that its single screening caused the viewers to become homicidally insane.With a torrid past that haunts him, a movie theatre owner is hired to search for the only existing print of a film so notorious that its single screening caused the viewers to become homicidally insane.

IMDb RATING

7.5/10

9.4K

YOUR RATING

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Christopher Redman in Masters of Horror (2005)

Norman Reedus in Masters of Horror (2005)

Udo Kier and Norman Reedus in Masters of Horror (2005)

Udo Kier, Norman Reedus, and Christopher Redman in Masters of Horror (2005)

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Trivia
Highest rated episode of the series on IMDB.

Goofs
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.

Quotes
Fung: I know what you want, you want to see the movie!

Connections
Referenced in Post Mortem with Mick Garris: John Carpenter (2011)

Soundtracks
Le Fin De Mond Theme
Written by John Roome
Courtesy of Mekong Records

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Featured review

8/10

The Cursed Movie

The bankrupted owner of the movie theater Vogue, Kirby Sweetman (Norman Reedus), is hired by the eccentric private collector Mr. Bellinger (Udo Kier) to search and find the cursed horror movie "Le Fin Absolue du Monde". This film is considered lost and magic, and has been presented only once in the Sitges Festival, driving the audience insane and violent, causing bloodshed in the theater. The director, crew and everybody involved in its production has also died. Kirby owes US$ 200,000.00 to his father-in-law, who blames Kirby for the death of his daughter Annie (Zara Taylor), and accepts the assignment to pay his debt and for his own satisfaction. Bellinger shows him a souvenir from the film in his basement, a chained angel that had his wings torn off in the movie. Kirby travels to France to meet his contact and has glimpses of his beloved Annie, initiating his journey to hell.

"Cigarette Burns" is the best episode of "Masters of Horror" so far among the ones that I have watched. The dark story slightly recalls in some moments "In the Mouth of Madness", also directed by the awesome John Carpenter, the best director of horror movies that should win an Oscar for his magnificent filmography and contribution to this genre. The uncomfortable and surrealistic story has the atmosphere of a nightmare, with excellent performances, and a great potential of cult-movie. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "Pesadelo Mortal" ("Mortal Nightmare")

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