Review of Blue Velvet (1986)
David Lynch (writer-director).
A young man returns to his home town and lowers himself beneath its campy all-American exterior. Psychopaths, violence and sex abound.
Dark thriller. In many ways, this is just a better-made alternative to the contemporary Something Wild (1986). Great cinematography and opening, but an insane villain is unattractive. Fargo (1996) is far more effective in delivering the same message.
References here: Rötmånad (1970), Dune (1984), Twin Peaks (1990).