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Masters of Horror: Volume 1 (2005)
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Movie Review by The Gravedigger
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05.06.06
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Directed by John Carpenter & Stuart Gordon (2005):
With all the hoopla about this I was somewhat reluctant to watch it, as to not be disappointed.
John Carpenter's CIGARETTE BURNS is about a man who is hired to find a lost film by an eclectic horror collector (Udo Kier). To prove to the man that this lost film has some power, Kier shows him a creature he has chained in his house. It's the remnant of an Angel that had been tortured in the movie. On his trek the man is haunted by his wife who committed suicide, and he discovers some of the people who have seen the film, or parts of it, and that they've gone insane. I found this to be a creepy little movie-and it's the first time I ever saw someone try to thread their own intestines through a film projector! Whew!
However, I found Stuart Gordon's DREAMS IN THE WITCH HOUSE episode to be too boring and I kept on falling asleep during it (which is probably appropriate, as it has a dream-like feel to it). It felt as if I'd seen this movie before and done better.
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Rating: 5.8 out of 10.0 - 13 votes cast total
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