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- 1978
- Not Rated
- Libra Films
- 1 h 29 m
- 1978
- Not Rated
- Libra Films
- 1 h 29 m
Summary Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.
Directed By: David Lynch
Written By: David Lynch
- 1978
- Not Rated
- Libra Films
- 1 h 29 m
- 1978
- Not Rated
- Libra Films
- 1 h 29 m
Eraserhead
7.6
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Summary Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.
Directed By: David Lynch
Written By: David Lynch
Where to Watch
Top Cast
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
87
80% Positive
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
20% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
87
80% Positive
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
20% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
It's a creepily sensuous film that suggests that the dark and troubling things we like to repress inhabit dresser drawers, live behind the radiator or lie under the bed. They are part of the environment.
Here was a film that took elements that one might have encountered in other movies in the past—black humor, gore, surrealism, erotic imagery, gorgeous black-and-white cinematography and oddball performances—and presented them in such a unique and deeply personal manner that the end result was something that literally looked, sounded and felt like nothing that had ever come before it.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 101 User Ratings
7.6
76% Positive
77 Ratings
77 Ratings
14% Mixed
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
10% Negative
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 101 User Ratings
7.6
76% Positive
77 Ratings
77 Ratings
14% Mixed
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
10% Negative
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
Is there another film somewhere as brilliantly weird and twisted as this one? The chiaroscuro and b&w imagery is stunning.
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A fearless film, not holding back, and not following traditional film formats in expressing its concepts. It remains a bold and confident piece of art.
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Eraserhead is a singular work of the imagination, a harrowing, heartbreaking plunge into the darkest recesses of the soul.
See Eraserhead once and it’ll lodge itself firmly in some dank recess of your brain and refuse to vacate.
The slow, strange rhythm is very unsettling and takes some getting used to, but it's an altogether amazing, sunsuous film; it even has an element of science fiction and some creepy musical numbers, and the soundtrack is as original and peculiar as the imagery.
A ghoul's dinner of undigested indelicacies pilfered from other horror feasts; the undeniable ability of the chef, director David K. Lynch, has been utilized to create a cream sauce in which the victuals cook without ever cooking together. [18 Sep 1979]
Eraserhead is a sickening bad-taste exercise made by David Lynch under the auspices of the American Film Institute. Like a lot of AFI efforts, the pic has good tech values (particularly the inventive sound mixing), but little substance or subtlety.
An excellent David Lynch debut in both abstract visual and sound, "Eraserhead" has enough of a plot to follow underneath its hazy horror.
The film's horror can be multi-interpreted and effectively made me scream twice during the runtime. An accomplishment no other film, even horror film, has managed to do.
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David Lynch is probably already been named as the master of weird movie just based on Eraserhead, the weirdness are just too weird and disturbing yet it's great, it's incredible, it's amazing.
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J'ai vu Eraserhead, quelle tuerie ! Ce que j'adore avec ce film, c'est que... il y a eu aucun compositeur qui puisse accompagner les scènes, du coup on se retrouve pendant 1h30 sur une ambiance réussie, malsaine, silencieuse et super sombre, qui rend vraiment ce film malsain a l'atmosphère pesante ! C un peu comme Elephant Man, c'est un peu barjo, mais alors Eraserhead c'est vraiment barjo ! Il y aussi ce personnage, timide, curieux, qui est assez à l'affut, et ça colle parfaitement avec l'environnement parce qu'on ressent en lui cette sensation de solitude et d'être dominé par tout ce qui est étrange ! on se retrouve face à une personne sensible qui se laisse faire par tout ! ce qui rallonge cette aventure horrifique parce le protagoniste est trop effrayé par tout ce qui lui entoure.
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A piece of crap with some interesting shapes. Could be communist propaganda as well as a cold war expression of capitalist freedom.
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Awards
Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
National Film Preservation Board, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Valladolid International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
