Eraserhead (1977)

• Year: 1977
• Released: 03 Feb 1978
• Country: United States
• Adwords: 3 wins & 2 nominations
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074486/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/Eraserhead
• Metacritics: https://www.metacritic.com/movie/eraserhead
• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
• Language: English
• MPA Rating: Not Rated
• Genre: Fantasy, Horror
• Runtime: 89 min
• Writer: David Lynch
• Director: David Lynch
• Cast: Jack Nance, Charlotte Stewart, Allen Joseph
• Keywords: cult film, torture, surrealism, nightmare, mutant,

	7.3/10
	87/100
	90% – Critics
	82% – Audience

Eraserhead Storyline

In a highly industrialized and somewhat stark alternate reality, Henry learns from the beautiful woman that lives across the hall from him that he has been invited to dinner at the home of Mary and her parents, which surprises him as he has never met Mary’s parents and wasn’t even sure that he and Mary were still dating or a couple. At the dinner, Henry will learn that there is an ulterior motive to the invitation: Mary has just given birth and her mother expects Henry to marry her daughter. Despite the offspring’s premature arrival, Henry initially doesn’t believe the baby is his as the math just doesn’t compute. Regardless, Mary and the baby move into Henry’s small apartment with him. Unable to endure the baby’s incessant crying, Mary abandons them, leaving Henry to care for the baby on his own, he unsure if only temporarily or for good. In their solitude, Henry begins to have visions – unclear if they are reality or hallucinations – which point to the possibility that the baby is biologically his, but that perhaps that the world in which they live is controlled by otherworldly forces.

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A Bizarre and Messy Vision

Although on some level I understand its cultural appeal inside the world of horror, Eraserhead seems to favor visuals and its creepy nature and absolutely nothing deeper. I have a great respect for director David Lynch, and I praise his artistic creativity and boldness while making this film. That being said, I feel Eraserhead is largely quite a mess. I enjoy the look of the film, the black and white cinematography feeling like a nice touch, but the film is simply too forcibly odd and surreal to be any true fun to watch. It feels like you are watching a fever dream unfold, and on some level I understand how that can be an interesting point of view, but I feel its largely too dull and too random to be any fun, and too forced to feel believable. The acting is fine, all the actors commit to their bizarrely written roles and strange dialogue/situations. The script is a mess, never deciding if it wants to be a metaphor for something, or simply a strange gag which I never really got. In the end, Eraserhead is by far one of the most bizarre films i’ve ever seen, and although I didn’t enjoy it, and may not remember it, I admire its willingness to try something new- even though it doesn’t succeed. My Rating: 4/10

Not really my sort of thing

When I critique a film, I usually begin with a synopsis. That is where my problems start with David Lynch’s Eraserhead: what with not having a conventional narrative, it doesn’t lend itself to being easily synopsised.

So let me say that it appears to be about a strange man and matters and characters concerning his strange mutant offspring although any or all of it may be fantasy.

I must say initially that I suspect that the movie is very close to showing on screen exactly what David Lynch intended: I can’t imagine these images or events being accidental or unintentional.

I must then go on to say that I don’t like it very much. Not just because it doesn’t tell a conventional narrative in a conventional way, although that’s part of it. But more because what it shows doesn’t please me. The images are unpleasant and unappealing. The main character doesn’t invite me to identify with him. I don’t understand what Lynch is trying to do, as a result of which I can’t engage with the movie on any level except visual and, on that level, Lynch seems to have set out to ply me with a disturbing visual experience which I didn’t enjoy.

So I have to say that while I admire Lynch’s ability to capture something which is, at best odd and, at worst, twisted, it wasn’t really my thing.

Art or excrement–you decide.

This is an amazing film to read about in the reviews. Many give the film ratings of 9 or 10 and yet many give it 1–it seems that some consider it great art or genius and the others consider it pure excrement. There aren’t a lot of opinions in the middle with this one! I’m not even going to bother trying to summarize what I saw–like practically everyone else, I really have no idea what it was all about though I suspect the film has no meaning at all and director Lynch had no idea as well. Yet, like much “art” that is confusing and controversial, many TRY to read meanings and symbolism into it. Sure, there is a lot of obvious sexual imagery, but what it all means seems pretty pointless and I truly think this is THE point of the film.

In addition to having no point, the film also tries very hard to make an impression by pushing the audience’s “gross-out buttons”! In other words, keep playing various horrific images in an apparent attempt to make people flinch or be repelled. Frankly, I’ve seen worse but would probably have to go back to a medical museum to find it again! It also tries to push the limits by making the film very unpleasant–not just appalling but also by making the whole thing rather boring and drab.

So, you are left with a confusing film with probably no meaning, bizarre sexual imagery, gross special effects and complete utter boredom all wrapped up in one package. Some enjoy this and I say more power to them, but as for me life is just too short. Watch it if you want–I just can’t see why!