Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me 15

This film was suggested by our member Tom Allen, who writes: 'Critically panned upon intial release, its reputation is now that’s it's not just the Rosetta Stone for the Twin Peaks universe in light of The Return, it’s also one of Lynch’s best films and possibly one of the best horror films of the 90s. It also has an astonishing performance by Sheryl Lee. And David Bowie!''

In the town of Twin Peaks, everybody has their secrets—but no one more than Laura Palmer. In this prequel to his groundbreaking 1990s television series, David Lynch resurrects the teenager found wrapped in plastic at the beginning of the show, following her through the last week of her life and teasing out the enigmas that surround her murder. Homecoming queen by day and drug-addicted thrill seeker by night, Laura leads a double life that pulls her deeper and deeper into horror as she pieces together the identity of the assailant who has been terrorizing her for years. Nightmarish in its vision of an innocent torn apart by unfathomable forces, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me is nevertheless one of Lynch’s most humane films, aching with compassion for its tortured heroine—a character as enthralling in life as she was in death.

Cast:
Sheryl Lee, Ray Wise, Mädchen Amick, Dana Ashbrook, Phoebe Augustine, David Bowie