Organnall Too much about the plot just didn't add up, the writing was bad, some of the scenes were cringey and awkward,

Brendon Jones It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

Bessie Smyth Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

Alistair Olson After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

super marauder I'm a huge John Carpenter fan, and this is the one that got me started on the series long after it left the air. I could go on about him, but when I saw this in the video store for sale used at $3.99 and it was John Carpenter, I had to have for my collection. And I wasn't disappointed.Norman Reedus plays Kirby Sweetman who owns this theater that show old movies, and on the side he tracks down old films for people. You find out that Kirby and his girlfriend borrowed the money from her father to by the theater but they were both heroine addicts. She kills herself and her father won't get out of Kirby's life. Both of them are living with anger and guilt.Bellenger (played marvelously by Udo Kier) hires Kirby to track down this film that if you were to watch it, you go insane. Kirby sees this at first as an opportunity to pay off his girlfriend's father and get him out of his life for good and move on, but the closer he gets to the film the more strange things happen to him.The story reminded a little of 'In the Mouth of Madness', and once working in a movie theater and seeing Timpson working with that splicer it was easy for me to get into the story. Carpenter is at his best here. It's mostly duologue but when it gets moving you really see what this journey is doing to Kirby along the way. Cody Carpenter's score is a chip off the block to his father in a classic Carpenter sort of way. This feels like a John Carpenter movie in every sense. I think that's one reason 'The Ward' missed because it doesn't have that John Carpenter feel. This does!

chucknorrisfacts I just watched John Carpenter's "Cigarette Burns" on Netflix. I'm not really sure where to begin so I guess I'll just start by saying I find it a little difficult to say I liked this movie, but not because I didn't think it was pretty good, but because I think it's just odd to say you "like" something that's this disturbing. I'd feel more comfortable in saying this movie was effective in achieving its goal...to thoroughly weird you out! So, if you're wondering what this movie's about, I'll try to sum it up as best I can without giving too much away: There's an old millionaire, a film buff, who learns of a young man named Kirby, who operates an independent movie theatre and has developed a reputation for being able to track down rare films.The millionaire wants Kirby to find an especially rare film by the name of "La Fin Absolue du Monde," which translates into "The Absolute End of the World".Kirby takes the job because he's in debt, and if he doesn't come up with two hundred thousand dollars in the next week, his theatre will be shut down.Kirby follows a series of clues which eventually lead into him discovering the film...but at what cost? Overall, I'd say it was a pretty good horror flick. It doesn't exactly scream classic Carpenter, probably because he didn't write it, but I think he does a fine job in directing it and I think it was pretty well written. It's a movie that only needs one viewing, though. It doesn't have a whole lot of replay value, in my opinion.In conclusion, I'd say give it a shot if you're looking for a horror movie that's a little different than the norm. It doesn't follow convention quite so much as so many movies of its kind do nowadays.

valleyjohn Cigarette Burns (2006) - My Review Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities I'm always a little cautious of hour long horror stories made for TV especially when they say " Stephen Kings blah blah blah" or in this Case " John Carpenters Cigarette Burns" . Most are taken from books of short story's that were not good enough for novels and subsequently not good enough for a feature length movie. So when i was asked to watch Cigarette Burns i wasn't expecting to much despite it being directed by John Carpenter. I needn't have worried because this was far better than anything i could have expected.Film is magic. And in the right hands, it can be a weapon. For on-the-ropes movie programmer Kirby Sweetman , the holy grail of cinema is LE FIN ABSOLUE DU MONDE, a legendary lost movie whose sole showing was rumoured 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. Imagine a film so evil it affected the audience to the extent they either killed or killed themselves. What could be in that film? Cigarette Burns brings you close to what could happen if such a film existed. John Carpenter does not mess around either. Some of the scenes are extremely graphic. One in particular where an underworld film fan beheads a woman. It's not clear why he does this but it's a scene that made me wince. Also the idea of the wings being hacked of an Angel is very clever. Or was it an Angel.....Why this film wasn't made into a feature film is beyond me? It has a great story , it's scary as hell and it has a master of Horror behind the camera . all the ingredients for a good horror film.I loved the performance of German actor Udo Kier who plays Bellinger , the man seeking the fabled movie . He reminds me a lot of the James Mason character in Salem's Lot. This is the first time i have come across the Masters of Horror series but it certainly wont be the last.8 out of 10

MARIO GAUCI This is the fifth episode I've watched from the popular horror series, which gave a lease of life to many a genre exponent from the 1970s onwards; surprisingly, it was shown on a weekday on late-night Italian TV (albeit in English with subtitles). It is easily the best I've seen so far and also one of Carpenter's most satisfying efforts in a very long time.The premise is fascinating – especially for people like us, given that it basically deals in the workings of being a film-fanatic – but, needless to say, it's treated as fantasy and obviously taken to extremes for greater dramatic impact. In fact, the title is a reference to the reel-change indicators visible on celluloid – though here it's also the precursor to hallucinatory visions which afflict the various characters in search of a legendary 'lost' snuff film which, when viewed, changes the spectators into homicidal or self-mutilating maniacs! For the record, the overall style and level of gore displayed throughout is more typical of the series than the director's traditional oeuvre; incidentally, his son provides a score which is highly reminiscent of the elder Carpenter's compositions for his own earlier work! The protagonist, a young theatre owner specializing in cult horror films (including DEEP RED [1975] by Dario Argento, whose two "Masters Of Horror" entries are among those I'm familiar with and which I even own), doesn't exactly cut it – but Udo Kier (from Argento's own SUSPIRIA [1977]) generates the requisite sinister obsession in his role of the ageing millionaire after the dangerous rolls of film. He even keeps one of the surviving crew members of that particular film, "La Fin Absolue Du Monde", chained up inside a hidden room in his remote mansion – and, although the latter has shriveled to a wraithlike figure, his devotion to the cursed film itself hasn't abated with time! Incidentally, it's somewhat lame to have the elusive film traced after so many years at the place which it would have been automatic to look first i.e. in the possession of its late director's widow (nonchalantly stashed in her living room despite its 'explosive' nature!) but, I suppose, it's a flaw that can be overlooked when seen against the carnage going on around it!