Entertainment Weekly - October 20, 2017

HOLLYWOOD’S GREATESTUNTOLD STORIES

Blue Velvetstarts with Jeffrey Beaumont (Kyle

MacLachlan) finding a human ear. “It felt rubbery,” says

the actor. And “the fact that it’s an ear, not an arm or foot,

indicates that the person who lost the ear is most likely still

alive.” Makeup supervisor Jeff Goodwin (Mr. Mercedes)

attached director David Lynch’s actual hair to the silicone

prop, nicknamed Mr. Ear—and Mr. Ear had a brother!

“There was a left ear and a right ear,” Goodwin says. “We

only see one in the film.” The right ear’s big scene was cut,

BLUE VELVET so consider this a long-overdue close-up.—Darren Franich

An ominous cloud brings

angry (like, really angry)

ghosts ready to seek revenge.

KILLER WEATHER FOGThe Fog

1980

01 All work, no play, and

lots of snow makes

Jack a terrifying boy.

BLIZZARD

The Shining

1980

02

YEAR

SEVERED

EAR

PROP

FILM

OBJECT OF OUR VEXATION

NICK

CUTTER

LITTLE HEAVEN

AUTHOR

BACK OF EAR

Photographed byJeremy M. Lange

on Oct. 2, 2017, in Wilmington, N.C.

In the 1980s, hell had no fury

like Mother Nature scorned