Blue Velvet 18

The feature that cemented David Lynch’s status as one of the world’s most idiosyncratic filmmakers, Blue Velvet is an astonishing, sadistic and horrifyingly funny thriller that uncovers a nightmarish world of violence and cruelty lurking beneath the quiet surface of Lumbertown. When shy adolescent Jeffrey (Kyle McLachlan) discovers a severed human ear in an overgrown backlot, his curiosity gets the better of him, and he becomes implicated in the terrifying sadomasochistic relationship enacted by torch singer Dorothy Vallens (Isabella Rossellini) and deranged criminal Frank Booth (Dennis Hopper).