Masters Of Horror - Series 1 Episode 8

Cigarette Burns
Dir: John Carpenter

A movie-theater director is hired to hunt for the only known print of a film that is so notorious that its single screening caused the viewers to become homicidally insane.
One of the better episodes in the series, even if the ending doesn't live up to a promising start. The story is fascinating, slowly building up the mystery surrounding the film whilst only showing brief glimpses. The problem is that this sets the film an impossible target to achieve and the ending struggles to live up to expectations. But in aiming so high it still stands up as an intriguing story and a very solid episode.
Episode Rating: 7