Overview
A haunting journey into the darkest corners of cinema and the human psyche.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- atmospheric
- disturbing
- gory
- late night horror viewing
- cult cinema marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly regarded the episode as an atmospheric, disturbing return to form for John Carpenter, while noting that some of its most extreme film-within-the-film imagery is overly explicit or poorly realized.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The notorious film's sole screening drives viewers homicidally insane, making spectatorship itself the vehicle of terror.
Kirby is hired to locate the only surviving print of La Fin Absolue du Monde.
The search passes through collectors and damaged custodians of an infamous film print.
The episode repeatedly turns film stock, projection, and scenes from La Fin Absolue du Monde into disturbing visual threats.
Films like Cigarette Burns, and why
In the Mouth of Madness
supernatural horror centered on a dangerous film and escalating psychological dread
Videodrome
meta-cinematic horror involving cursed media, disturbing imagery, and reality-fraying terror
The Ninth Gate
atmospheric supernatural horror driven by occult evil, investigation, and graphic violence
The Ring
contained horror mystery involving an artifact that unleashes homicidal madness
Movie Details
- Director
- John Carpenter
- Release Date
- 2005-12-16
- Runtime
- 59 min
- Rating
- 7.3 / 10 (146)
Cast
- Norman Reedus
- Udo Kier
- Christopher Redman
- Chris Gauthier
- Zara Taylor
- Gary Hetherington
- Julius Chapple
- Taras Kostyuk
- Brad Kelly
- Lynn Wahl
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Google Play Movies, YouTube
- Buy
- Google Play Movies, YouTube
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Cigarette Burns about?
- A debt-ridden theater owner hunts down a cursed film print whose screening turns cinematic obsession into homicidal madness.
- What is Cigarette Burns like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Cigarette Burns as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Cigarette Burns violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Cigarette Burns as graphic.
- What did critics think of Cigarette Burns?
- Critics broadly regarded the episode as an atmospheric, disturbing return to form for John Carpenter, while noting that some of its most extreme film-within-the-film imagery is overly explicit or poorly realized.
- Which films are like Cigarette Burns?
- Films with a similar feel include In the Mouth of Madness, Videodrome, The Ninth Gate, and The Ring.
- How long is Cigarette Burns?
- Cigarette Burns runs 59 minutes.
- Where can I watch Cigarette Burns?
- In United States, Cigarette Burns is available to rent or buy from Google Play Movies, YouTube.
