This '60s Neo-Noir Inspired David Lynch, From 'Twin Peaks' to 'Blue Velvet'

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This '60s Neo-Noir Film Inspired David Lynch, From 'Twin Peaks' to 'Blue Velvet'

By Adam Grinwald

Updated Oct 26, 2023

A psychotic killer torments a young woman in a town called Twin Peaks...sound familiar?

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Experiment in Terror influenced David Lynch's signature style, with similarities in its atmospheric score and setting to Twin Peaks and Blue Velvet.
The film's themes of psychotic killers, perverse acts, and hidden secrets mirror those found in Lynch's work, like Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks.
Red Lynch, the villain in Experiment in Terror, draws parallels to characters in Lynch's films, such as Frank Booth in Blue Velvet and Bobby Peru in Wild at Heart.