Allmovie Rated Best

Spawned from the unique mind of Oscar-nominated director, writer and cinematic guru, David Lynch (Dune, Wild At Heart, Twin Peaks), Blue Velvet is the work of a genius (Pauline Kael). Kyle MacLaughlin, Isabella Rosselini, Dennis Hopper and Laura Dern star in this disturbing and magical (Rolling Stone), suspense-filled masterpiece of mystery and madness that's a startling mixture of the heartfelt and the horrific (Newsweek). Cleancut college boy Jeffery (MacLaughlin) finds his Mayberry-like hometown is not so normal when he discovers a human ear in a field. His investigation catapults him into an alluring, erotic murder mystery involving a disturbed nightclub singer (Rosselini) and a drug-addicted sadist (Hopper). Soon Jeffery's led deeper into their depraved existence, finding himself obsessed with this dark, enigmatic underworld...to the point of no return.