From his strikingly surreal debut Eraserhead in 1977 right through to his expectation-defying series Twin Peaks: The Return ...

Lynch applied all the stark surrealism of Eraserhead to the story of John Merrick (John Hurt), a disfigured man who is rescued from a Victorian freak show by a kindly doctor (Anthony Hopkins).

David Lynch‘s sudden demise at the age of 78 has sent shockwaves through the entertainment industry, leaving fans both ...