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Masters of Horror: John Carpenter's Cigarette Burns: a Cult Film Showdown podcast special

The Masters of the Cult Film Showdown stand off with the Masters of Horror! 
Jim, Jack, and Nic dig into the 2005-2006 series Masters of Horror, 
an anthology series featuring legendary directors including Dario Argento, 
Tobe Hooper, John Carpenter, John Landis, and Tom Holland. 

Episode 8: John Carpenter's Cigarette Burns. 
Directed by John Carpenter. 
Written by Drew McWeeny & Rebecca Swan.

The bankrupted owner of a revival movie theatre, 
Kirby Sweetman, is hired by an eccentric private 
collector to search and find the only existing 
print of the legendary horror film "La Fin Absolue 
du Monde" by Hans Backovic. This lost film is 
considered magic and cursed, and has been presented 
only once to an audience, driving the people insane 
and causing bloodshed in the theater. 

The director, the crew and everybody involved in 
its production seemingly have died since. Kirby 
owes $200,000 dollars to his father-in-law, who 
blames Kirby for the death of his daughter 
Annie, and accepts the assignment to pay his debt. 
Bellinger shows him a souvenir from the film in 
his basement, a chained angel that had his wings 
torn off in the movie. Kirby travels to France 
to meet a contact and has glimpses of his beloved 
Annie, initiating his journey to hell.

Find out more about this great series at 
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0448190/reference/ 

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