Cigarette Burns (2005): Cast & Plot
Cigarette Burns is a 2005 horror film directed by John Carpenter, starring Norman Reedus as Kirby, Udo Kier and Christopher Redman. It runs 59 minutes.
- Released
- Runtime
- 59 min
- Director
- John Carpenter
- Genre
- Horror
- Original language
-
English - Studio
- Reunion Pictures
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is Cigarette Burns About?
The premise of Cigarette Burns without spoilers. The whole story is in the plot summary further down.
Haunted by a turbulent past, a struggling cinema owner is hired to track down the sole surviving copy of a cursed film—one whose lone screening drove audiences into murderous madness. As he follows a trail of rumors and dead ends, he confronts the film’s terrifying legend and the darkness it may unleash.
Cigarette Burns Themes & Keywords
· 50 tags- subjective camera
- death of protagonist
- character repeats someone else's dialogue
- man tied up
- bankrupt
- debt
- movie collector
- human skin
- torture
- warehouse
- tied up
- bodyguard
+38 more Show fewer
- killed with a machete
- movie theater owner
- france
- father in law
- splatter horror
- search for a lost film
- cigarette burn
- snuff film as subject
- collector
- angel
- wing
- character's point of view camera shot
- champagne
- gun in mouth
- head bashed in
- hallucination
- bitten in the neck
- female rear nudity
- female frontal nudity
- removing a fingernail
- massacre
- held at gunpoint
- stabbed in the eye
- knife
- reflection in a car mirror
- cruelty
- drinking and driving
- straight razor
- cell phone
- check
- tuxedo
- throat slit
- insanity
- husband wife relationship
- evil
- death of husband
- scar
- widow
Cigarette Burns Cast & Characters
Norman Reedus leads the cast as Kirby, with Udo Kier as Bellinger and Christopher Redman as Willowy Being. Directed by John Carpenter; 18 actors are credited in all.
-
Director John Carpenter
-
Norman Reedus as Kirby -
Udo Kier as Bellinger - Christopher Redman as Willowy Being
- Chris Britton as Meyers
Also Starring in Cigarette Burns
· 14 more- Christian Bocher Hans Backovic
- Zara Taylor Annie
- Julius Chapple Henri Cotillard
- Douglas Arthurs Dalibor
- Gwynyth Walsh Katja
- Colin Foo Fung
- Chris Gauthier Timpson
- Brad Kelly Horst
- Gary Hetherington Walter
- Rikki Gagne Woman #1
- Brahm Taylor Protagonist
- Taras Kostyuk Kaspar
- Crystal Mudry Woman #2
- Lynn Wahl Cap Driver
More from John Carpenter
More films directed by John Carpenter, best-rated first: Halloween, Assault on Precinct 13, Escape from New York and The Thing.
Cigarette Burns Plot Summary
What happens in Cigarette Burns from start to finish, spoilers included, with a timeline of 13 key events. The opening is below; the full summary is a 5-minute read.
Spoilers ahead
Kirby Sweetman, a rare-films dealer Norman Reedus, is in deep debt to the father of his late fiancée and has less than a month to raise $200,000 to save his struggling theater. The pressure mounts as his deadline closes in, and a fateful phone call leads him to a shadowy figure: Mr. Bellinger Udo Kier, a legendary cinephile and film collector who wields stories and secrets like currency. Bellinger hires Kirby to secure the sole surviving print of a legendary and infamous 30-year-old film, La Fin Absolue du Monde (French: The Absolute End of the World), a project that, unless unearthed, could rescue Kirby’s theater—and perhaps ruin him in the same breath.
Full summary
The whole story of Cigarette Burns, scene by scene
Cigarette Burns Trailers & Videos
The trailer of Cigarette Burns.
How Well Do You Know Cigarette Burns?
10 questions about the story, each with a hint if you get stuck. Pick an answer to see whether you were right.
Question 1 of 10
- Question 1: not answered
- Question 2: not answered
- Question 3: not answered
- Question 4: not answered
- Question 5: not answered
- Question 6: not answered
- Question 7: not answered
- Question 8: not answered
- Question 9: not answered
- Question 10: not answered
What is Kirby Sweetman's profession?
Cigarette Burns Also Known As
10 alternative titles, including “Masters of Horror John Carpenter's Cigarette Burns” and “John Carpenter's Cigarette Burns”.
- Also known as
-
- Masters of Horror John Carpenter's Cigarette Burns
- John Carpenter's Cigarette Burns
- Masters of Horror: Cigarette Burns
- El fin del mundo en 35mm
- A Horror Mesterei: Tébolyító John Carpenter
- Sigara Yanıkları
- La Fin absolue du monde
- 마스터즈 오브 호러 에피소드 8 - 담배 자국
- 异度节点
- 世界の終り
Seen Cigarette Burns?
Movies Like Cigarette Burns
Films with a similar story, tone or audience, including Burn, Witch, Burn, Burning Dead and Spontaneous Combustion.
Cigarette Burns FAQ: Cast, Runtime & Release Date
Runtime, release date, director, cast and post-credit scenes of Cigarette Burns, each answered in a sentence.
How long is Cigarette Burns?
Cigarette Burns runs 59 minutes.
When was Cigarette Burns released?
Cigarette Burns was released on December 16, 2005.
Who directed Cigarette Burns?
Cigarette Burns was directed by John Carpenter.
More films by John Carpenter Who is in the cast of Cigarette Burns?
Cigarette Burns stars Norman Reedus as Kirby, Udo Kier as Bellinger and Christopher Redman as Willowy Being, among 18 credited actors.
Does Cigarette Burns have a post-credit scene?
No. Cigarette Burns has no extra scene during or after the credits.
Coming soon to your phone
The Plot Explained Movie Summary App
From blockbusters to hidden gems: plot summaries, endings explained and timelines on your phone. Save your favorites and never miss a twist again.
Be the first to know when it launches. Your email stays private, always. Learn more about the app
