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Eraserhead

1977 1h 29m
Horror Science Fiction
MOVIEVIBE Rating
7.3/10
2,832 reviews
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Eraserhead

First-time father Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.

"Where your nightmares end..."

Top Billed Cast

Jack Nance
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Henry Spencer
Charlotte Stewart
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Mary X
Allen Joseph
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Mr. X
Jeanne Bates
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Mrs. X
Judith Roberts
Judith Roberts
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Laurel Near
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Jack Fisk
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Jean Lange
Jean Lange
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P PostCut_The_Film_Podcast Verified TMDB Critic
2021-05-23

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"For anybody of a given age or someone who is a real cinephile... You only need to hear... David Lynch. The first impression I had was tension, then I watched it again... it's nightmarish." David M. Brown.

"It's one of those things that can only be described as a lucid dream come to life. It takes a certain caliber of person to actua...

S Sigeki Ogino Verified TMDB Critic
2022-10-02

We believe that films should "make people happy" (euphoria). No, we believe it should. Of course, there were thorny issues in getting there.
I used to say that "movies are the art version of pornography" if there was even a hint of sexuality, and in middle and high school I mainly watched "erotic" movies ("A Clockwork Orange" being the first of these).
Looking back, I was a "foolish spectator." One day, however, a change came to me. I believe that an encounter with a movie can change your life, and the movie I encountered was "Mulholland Drive," which turned my view of movies upside down, sa...

C captain_douche Verified TMDB Critic
2024-12-08

Straight up: I don't like this movie. It is a grotesque, bizarre horror movie. There is no real plot. The only thing this movie will do is make you feel uncomfortable. It makes you feel like in a bizarre nightmare. And this it does really well. I give it 3 stars for the artistic creation that it is and the effect it can create on the audience.
Disclaimer: I walked out of the cinema after 3/4 watching......

M misubisu Verified TMDB Critic
2026-06-28

Score: 10/10 A Singular, Unshakeable Vision of Nightmare Cinema

Eraserhead is not a film you watch; it is a film you survive. It is a descent into a world that feels both alien and uncomfortably familiar—a surrealist nightmare that operates on dream logic, industrial dread, and the visceral terror of parenthood. David Lynch's feature debut is a landmark of avant-garde cinema, a work so singular and uncompromising that it defies comparison. It earns a perfect score not because it is "entertaining" in any traditional sense, but because it achieves exactly what it sets out to do: it gets un...