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      Eraserhead

      Released Mar 17, 1977 1h 29m Horror TRAILER for Eraserhead: Trailer 1 List Eraserhead: Trailer 1 Eraserhead: Trailer 1 0:46 View more videos
      89% Tomatometer 66 Reviews 82% Audience Score 50,000+ Ratings Henry (John Nance) resides alone in a bleak apartment surrounded by industrial gloom. When he discovers that an earlier fling with Mary X (Charlotte Stewart) left her pregnant, he marries the expectant mother and has her move in with him. Things take a decidedly strange turn when the couple's baby turns out to be a bizarre lizard-like creature that won't stop wailing. Other characters, including a disfigured lady who lives inside a radiator, inhabit the building and add to Henry's troubles. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Buy Now

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      David Lynch's surreal Eraserhead uses detailed visuals and a creepy score to create a bizarre and disturbing look into a man's fear of parenthood.

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      Peter Bradshaw Guardian It's beautiful and strange, with its profoundly disturbing ambient sound design of industrial groaning, as if filmed inside some collapsing factory or gigantic dying organism. Rated: 5/5 Oct 14, 2014 Full Review Michael Wilmington Chicago Tribune What makes Eraserhead great -- and still, perhaps the best of all Lynch's films? Intensity. Nightmare clarity. And perhaps also it's the single-mindedness of its vision. Rated: 4/4 Oct 14, 2014 Full Review Tom Buckley New York Times A murkily pretentious shocker. Oct 14, 2014 Full Review Sean Burns Crooked Marquee Basically, if you’ve ever had a panic attack worrying that you might have knocked up your girlfriend, this is the movie playing in your head. Aug 4, 2023 Full Review Richard Schertzer ScreenAnarchy All I know is that this film zig-zags through its story's trajectory and fails to make me look at it thinking that I have seen something that makes a modicum of sense. Jun 16, 2023 Full Review Joe Lipsett Anatomy of a Scream Podcast Network Confronting and nightmarish in equal parts, David Lynch's infamous first feature is a surreal masterpiece. The imagery might be iconic, but its the omnipresent industrial score that sticks with you. Apr 11, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Jerry F I read that this was the most weird movie ever filmed, and in my opinion it is. I found it extremely boring, but still watched until the end. Some scenes are so graphic and crude that almost made me vomit. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 06/07/24 Full Review Dar S I saw this movie several years ago. It is on my worst movie ever list. It was the most bizarre movie I have ever seen. Boring as hell too. I must of missed what the critics saw. There is no way I would watch it again let alone endorse it Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 06/03/24 Full Review Jaiaditya T HOLY SHITTT!!!!!!!!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/02/24 Full Review Benjamin H In spite of the fact that the film is limited and could have benefitted from more interesting characters, Eraserhead overall is a stylish and pleasantly complex film that uses its creepy surrealism as a defining way for its storytelling. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/03/24 Full Review Yorle M Makes you want to gauge your eyes out. No substance. 90-some minutes I will NEVER GET BACK. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/09/24 Full Review sj w I've only watched it once and plan to watch it again. Undoubtedly, the film is very unique, in a way that is both pleasant to look at while being disgusting at the same time. The surreal sequences in the beginning and the ending are what make this a great movie. The possible interpretations are almost endless and leaves you wanting to watch it again. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 11/28/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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      Synopsis Henry (John Nance) resides alone in a bleak apartment surrounded by industrial gloom. When he discovers that an earlier fling with Mary X (Charlotte Stewart) left her pregnant, he marries the expectant mother and has her move in with him. Things take a decidedly strange turn when the couple's baby turns out to be a bizarre lizard-like creature that won't stop wailing. Other characters, including a disfigured lady who lives inside a radiator, inhabit the building and add to Henry's troubles.
      Director
      David Lynch
      Producer
      David Lynch
      Screenwriter
      David Lynch
      Production Co
      American Film Institute
      Genre
      Horror
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Mar 17, 1977, Original
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Apr 25, 2015
      Runtime
      1h 29m
      Sound Mix
      Surround
      Aspect Ratio
      Flat (1.85:1)
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