YMMV / Wild at Heart

• Awesome Music: "Slaughterhouse" by Powermad; "Baby Please Don't Go" by Them, "Up In Flames" by Koko Taylor and "Wicked Game" by Chris Isaak.
• Big-Lipped Alligator Moment: As a David Lynch film, Wild at Heart has many strange scenes, but the scene where Lula talks about her missing cousin Dell takes the cake as Jingle Dell is, well, a lunatic.
• Crosses the Line Twice:
  • The opening scene where Sailor beats a hitman to death, due to how long it goes for.
  • Bobby Peru's death is hilariously gruesome. He gets shot by the cops, drops to his knees and accidentally blows his head off with his own shotgun.
• Ensemble Dark Horse: Bobby Peru is generally regarded as one of the best characters despite only appearing towards the end of the film. It helps that he is a creepy Giggling Villain that manages to outsmart Sailor and has a very gory death sequence.
• Nightmare Fuel: The lipstick scene, Johnnie's torture/death scene, Bobby threatening to rape Lula and the car accident qualify as rather frightening moments.
• One-Scene Wonder:
  • Lula's cousin, Jingle Dell, appears in one flashback as a crazy man who loves Christmas to the point of dressing up as Santa everyday to make Christmas last all year long and believes that aliens are controlling his mind.
  • Jack Nance plays 00 Spool, an old man who has interesting dialogue about his dog.
  • Sherilyn Fenn appears in one creepy scene as a dying car crash victim.
• Signature Line: Sailor's description of his snakeskin jacket is not only a funny quote but also a good summary of Sailor himself.
  Sailor: This is a snakeskin jacket! And for me it's a symbol of my individuality and my belief in personal freedom.
• Signature Scene:
  • The intro scene is notorious for its depiction of Sailor busting an assassin's head open.
  • The two scenes in which Sailor sings Elvis Presley love songs to woo Lula are some of the more popular parts of the movie.

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