
A film that defies conventional logic and storytelling, fueled by its dark nightmarish atmosphere and compellingly disturbing visuals. Henry Spencer is a hapless factory worker on his vacation when he finds out he's the father of a hideously deformed baby. Now living with his unhappy, malcontent girlfriend, the child cries day and night, driving Henry and his girlfriend to near insanity.... (Full plot summary below)
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A film that defies conventional logic and storytelling, fueled by its dark nightmarish atmosphere and compellingly disturbing visuals. Henry Spencer is a hapless factory worker on his vacation when he finds out he's the father of a hideously deformed baby. Now living with his unhappy, malcontent girlfriend, the child cries day and night, driving Henry and his girlfriend to near insanity.
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| Q Network Film DeskJames Kendricka nightmarish spin down an industrial-wasteland rabbit hole that is equal parts surreal head-scratcher and emotionally driven horrorshow |
| Time Out ChicagoBen KenigsbergBy now, the most interesting thing about Lynch's cult-classic debut may be the evidence it offers of how fully his sensibility was formed. |
| eFilmCritic.comRob GonsalvesAs pure cinema, Eraserhead is in a universe all its own, writing and obeying its own oblique rules. |
| Eye for FilmJennie KermodeEraserhead was David Lynch's first feature length film, and it's the real thing: raw, uncompromised, more visceral than anything he's done since. |
| London Evening StandardDerek MalcolmDavid Lynch's remarkable first film, made in 1976, still looks like a minor masterpiece, mixing Gothic horror, surrealism and darkly expressionist mise-en-scène. |
| Film4Anton Bitel...unwrap this baby and you will discover a whole universe of untold depths and hidden textures in which to become trapped, lost or sublimely elevated. Lynch's debut feature is freakish perfection. |
| Film Freak CentralWalter ChawThe discomfort we feel with the film indicates that the truths contained in Eraserhead, whatever they may be, are as surely true as they are unexamined. |
| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyA stream of subconsciousness work of art, Eraserhead is Lynch's most surreal film. Packed with grotesque physical deformity and quest for spiritual purity, the film flaunts eerie sound and brilliant imagery. |
| Film ThreatPhil HallDavid Lynch's first feature and, arguably, his best. |
| Empire MagazineSteve BeardGothically shot in black and white and numerous shots that have influenced the next generation of directors, this is a classic, no matter how comfortable it is to watch. |