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Cigarette Burns

2005 · 59 min

A grimy, dread-soaked descent into obsession and madness, with a haunting atmosphere and visceral shocks that linger.

Directed by
John Carpenter
Genres
Horror, Tv movie
Overview
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.
How it feels
Dark, eerie, tense and bleak. Measured and needs your attention.
About
Obsession, madness, death, guilt
Content
Strong violence and gore. Mild sexual content and language.
Note
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  • Kanopy
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Directed by
John Carpenter
Genres
Horror, Tv movie
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How it feels

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Full breakdown
Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • madness
  • death
  • guilt
  • art
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror8
Humour2
Realism5
Romance2
Tension8
Darkness9
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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