Review of Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992) by Bill M — 20 May 2017

If you are after a solid, logical conclusion to the Twin peaks television series from David Lynch then you will be sorely disappointed, and utterly baffled. Dark, lurid, violent and sexual in a way that the comparatively warm and inviting TV show never dared to be, and completely abstract, this will leave many fans out in the cold, but what you do get on the most basic level is one of the most vastly underrated and utterly terrifying horror films of the 90's, a pure nightmarish descent into hell in which we follow poor, doomed Lara Palmer all the way down into the black.

Individual scenes linger in the mind forever, like the incredible, strobe lit, completely inaudible club scene or killer Bob suddenly terrifyingly appearing behind Laura's chest of draws, or David Bowie's bizarre cameo, the whole film is filled with truly fucked up and disorientatiingly weird episodes that make up the final days of this unbearably tragic girl, played with feral, astonishing intensity by the amazing Sheryl Lee, who gives one of the greatest, most powerfully committed performances you're ever likely to see.

This isnt a fun experience, it must be stated, any of the whimsy and soap opera satire of the show is dead and gone, what you are left with is the ugliness that show always hinted at, laid bare, a tale of sexual abuse, loneliness and pain which hits hard and hurts, showing us viewers our Laura in all her shattered sadness.

this is a deeply powerful, frightening film to be viewed on your own in the dead of night with the volume turned right up, it will leave you feeling lost and alone and not too great about things but it's incredible and one of Lynch's absolute best films.