It's a strange world, isn't it?
The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child.
- Harm to children
- Body horror
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Character
Grave, bleak, earnest and overwhelming.
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
- earnestironic
- cooloverwhelming
- rawmeticulous
Who loves it, who doesn't
46 profiled raters. Loved most by The Provocateurs; disliked most by The Thrill Chasers.
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“Is this David Lynch's best work?”
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David Lynch's Blue Velvet (1986) | LynchPins Ep 5
Maggie Mae Fish · May 2025
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Cast
- Isabella RosselliniDorothy Vallens
- Kyle MacLachlanJeffrey Beaumont
- Dennis HopperFrank Booth
- Laura DernSandy Williams
- Hope LangeMrs. Williams
- Dean StockwellBen
- George DickersonDetective Williams
- Priscilla PointerMrs. Beaumont
- Frances BayAunt Barbara
- Jack HarveyMr. Beaumont
Crew
- David LynchDirector
- David LynchWriter
- Frederick ElmesDirector of Photography
- Angelo BadalamentiOriginal Music Composer
- Duwayne DunhamEditor
- Fred C. CarusoProducer
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Pairings
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Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Curator Co. Other media included when they land close.
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Donnie Darko 200175% alikeClose across the board.
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Too Old to Die Young 201974% alikeSeries · Both grave, bleak, overwhelming.
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Recommendations from TMDB. Opening one adds it to Curator Co.
