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Masters of Horror - John Carpenter - Cigarette Burns
starring: Norman Reedus, Udo Kier, Gary Hetherington, Christopher Britton, Zara Taylor
directed by: John Carpenter

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Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: STARZ HOME ENTERTAINMENT
EAN: 0013131372397
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Starz / Anchor Bay
Manufacturer: Starz / Anchor Bay
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Starz / Anchor Bay
Region Code: 1
Release Date: March 28, 2006
Running Time: 59 minutes
Sales Rank: 51419
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
Theatrical Release Date: December 16, 2005

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Description:
Film is magic. And in the right hands, it can be a weapon. For on-the-ropes movie programmer Kirby Sweetman (Norman Reedus of THE BOONDOCK SAINTS and BLADE II), the holy grail of cinema is LE FIN ABSOLUE DU MONDE, a legendary lost movie whose sole showing was rumored to have driven its audience to a homicidal frenzy. But as Kirby gets closer to the truth about the film, he’s sucked into a private hell of grisly hallucinations and brutal acts of violence. Now the only surviving print of the film is within his grasp… and the most horrific screening of all is about to begin. Udo Kier (SUSPIRIA,THE KINGDOM) co-stars in this gore-drenched mind-blower written by Drew McWeeny & Scott Swan, and directed by horror legend John Carpenter, the creator of THE THING,THE FOG, ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK,THEY LIVE and HALLOWEEN.

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John Carpenter's installment in the Masters of Horror cable-TV anthology series looks at the ominous, underground mystique surrounding a notorious 1970s horror classic (now there's something Carpenter should know about). Cigarette Burns tracks the search for said opus, Le Fin Absolue du Monde, by the owner of a repertory theater (Norman Reedus) on behalf of a highly decadent millionaire collector (a role made for Udo Kier). The film, supposedly destroyed after it caused a riot at its only screening, causes viewers to turn into homicidal, cannibalistic maniacs. Even as Reedus gets on the trail of the lone existing print--listening to an interview with the director, looking at production stills--he begins to fall under its supernatural sway. Alas, the same can't be said for Cigarette Burns itself; the stuff about horror aficionados is good, but the production is slapdash, the dialogue stiff, and Reedus's performance incompetent. The basic idea, while a little film-schoolish, has some intrigue, and the notion of a film critic (supposedly a follower of Pauline Kael, no less) driven to write millions of words about this one barely-seen movie is amusingly sinister. --Robert Horton

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Carpenter's A Pale Shadow Of What He Used To Be, But.....
Not bad.

CIGARETTE BURNS tells the story of Kirby Sweetman (Played by Norman Reedus, who is a terrible actor...), a down-on-his-luck movie theater owner who freelances as a procurer of rare film prints. He's hired by a creepy rich guy (The always awesome Udo Kier) to find a copy of "LA FIN ABSOLUE DU MONDE", a lost film that had one official showing in the early 1970's, which ended in the audience erupting into murderous violence. Sweetman tracks the film around the world, encountering various unsavory characters, getting closer and closer to finding the film and unraveling it's mysteries, but if he DOES find the film, will he be getting more than he bargained for?

Is this a return to form for Carpenter, who hasn't done anything worthwhile for almost 20 years? No. Not even close. It's got a GREAT premise, but the execution could have been better. Most of the acting is pure grade-z, the effects ... Read More

Rating:

- JOHN CARPENTER PROVES HE STILL HAS IT..
'Cigarette Burns' is the 8th episode of the first season of the 'Masters of Horror' anthology that ran 2 seasons on Showtime. It was directed by John Carpenter and stars Norman Reedus, Udo Kier, and Christopher Redman.

The story starts off with our protagonist, a rare films dealer Kirby Stweetman(Reedus), arriving at an escentric film collector's home for a job. The film buff, Mr. Ballinger(Kier)wants Kirby to track down the only existing print of a film said to drive its viewers crazy, 'La Fin Absolue De Monde'(the Absolute End of the World). The film's only viewing resulted in extreme violence of viewers and the theater burning down, subsequently only one print is said to be in existance.
Needing money to pay off his ex-father-in-law for fronting the money to open his movie theater, he takes the job. Investingating the film, he starts experiencing increasingly bizarre and frightening hallucinations. ... Read More

Rating:

- Creepy, imaginative
I am a HUGE Carpenter fan. I bought Takashi Miike's episode for "Master's of Horror, "Imprint" for my boyfriend for his birthday (he is a big Miike fan). That is when I first stumbled upon "Master's of Horror". As I began to check out who else had done episodes...I came across "Cigarette Burns" and I knew I had to watch it.

This episode is really something. I did find it a little slow, but very intriguing all the same. It is very creepy, the atmosphere of it, is almost surreal, like a nightmare. We become immersed in this story, we really feel bad for the main character(Kirby), who lost his girlfriend, and is constantly harassed by her father (who obviously blames him for his daughter's death) for the payback of a loan. He is hired by a movie collecter to find a rare print, considered to be lost. The film is "Le Fin Absolue Du Monde". The story goes, at the only showing of the film, the audience was whipped ... Read More

Rating:

- Yikes! No! Run! Yuck! Stop!
[review was written for the double feature]

"Cigarette Burns" and
"Dreams In The Witch House"
is a truly great double feature
of mind-numbing horror.

Warning: extremely nasty and creepy.
Do not watch if you are pregnant
or have a weak heart.

These are not sadism or mysteries
masquerading as horror,
but authentic horror, that is,
not only scary, but regarding
things that are out of this world
coming into this world in a most
unfriendly way.
No happy endings here,
other than total gratification
for the horror movie fan.

As of this review,
I have only seen three of the
Masters Of Horror film series,
these two and "the Fair-Haired Child"
(also excellent).
If these films are representative,
then I am greatly looking forward
to seeing the rest of them. ... Read More

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