SummaryHenry 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
Eraserhead
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
87
User score
Generally Favorable
7.3
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
80% Positive
12 Reviews
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20% Mixed
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100
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.
100
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
73% Positive
110 Ratings
110 Ratings
13% Mixed
20 Ratings
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14% Negative
21 Ratings
21 Ratings
Jun 13, 2024
10
In heaven, everything is fine, in heaven, everything is fine, in heaven, everything is fine, you've got your good things and I've got mine.
I love how surrealistic this movie is, Eraserhead is a masterpiece.
Jan 30, 2024
10
Is there another film somewhere as brilliantly weird and twisted as this one? The chiaroscuro and b&w imagery is stunning.
100
Eraserhead is a singular work of the imagination, a harrowing, heartbreaking plunge into the darkest recesses of the soul.
100
See Eraserhead once and it’ll lodge itself firmly in some dank recess of your brain and refuse to vacate.
90
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.
50
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]
40
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.
Mar 20, 2023
10
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.
Jan 27, 2026
6
가족이 되는 건 okay 아빠의 책임은 not! okay!내가 다 지워지고 저런 바보가 되는 거잖아매일 걷는 이 길도, 매일 눕는 이 방도 이미 나는 버거운 걸240612 (3.0)
Feb 24, 2025
6
Eu interpretei como sendo os medos dos machos, desde a gravidez não desejada ao seu papel social no trabalho, "perdendo" a cabeça em tons de desaprovação social, mostrando-se com muita dificuldade de lidar com a multiplicidade da vida e com o peso das relações. Mas definitivamente não é um cinema que me agrada, embora aqui esteja mais delicioso de acompanhar do que um surto qualquer, uma história mais palatável. O bebê de rosemary seria isso aí.
Apr 13, 2025
3
A very weird film with some awful imagery. Memorable but not in a good way! Direction is bizarre, almost unsettling.
Apr 11, 2025
3
I don't know it, feels a lot like a short film stretched way too far out. Some imagery is fun but that was all I could really find worth it.
Production Company:
- American Film Institute (AFI)
- Libra Films
Release Date:Feb 3, 1978
Duration:1 h 29 m
Rating:TV-MA
Tagline:Be warned. The nightmare has not gone away...
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
