- Release Date: 1979
- Runtime: 89 min
- Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
- Starring: Jack Nance, Charlotte Stewart, Allen Joseph, Jeanne Bates ... see all
- Director: David Lynch
- Plot: Is it a nightmare or an actual view of a post-apocalyptic world? Set in an industrial town in which giant machines are constantly working, spewing smoke, and making noise that... Read more
User Reviews
Weirdest Movie I've Ever Seen
Dec 08, 2008
predalien453 - yahoo.com
Dec 08, 2008predalien453 - yahoo.com
This has to be the weirdest movie I've ever seen in my life, and that is in the worst way possible. Watched this one hoping something good to come out of it, since I heard so many good things about it,... Full review
Only Eraserhead left over
Jul 03, 2008
Larry - yahoo.com
Jul 03, 2008Larry - yahoo.com
If you take all of the films ever made and separate them into any set of categories you can think of, you will wind up with Eraserhead left over. You will be disturbed. You will hate and love this movie. This... Full review
Only Eraserhead left over
Jul 03, 2008
larryWberg - yahoo.com
Jul 03, 2008larryWberg - yahoo.com
If you take all of the films ever made and separate them into any set of categories you can think of, you will wind up with Eraserhead left over. You will be disturbed. You will hate and love this movie. This... Full review
Painful.
Oct 05, 2007
Sweet2APoint - yahoo.com
Oct 05, 2007Sweet2APoint - yahoo.com
Yahoo's wanting a 30 word minimum review, but I'm not sure I have that much to say about this film. I love art-type films. However...this was not one I could get into. It was painful to watch and really went nowhere.... Full review
One of the greatest (if not the greatest) movie
May 19, 2007
gtchamp7 - yahoo.com
May 19, 2007gtchamp7 - yahoo.com
This movie is confusing and strange, but allows you have your own veiw of the meaning of the film. David Lynch has not said what it means, but that he wants you to make your own assumptions. Grotesque at some points,... Full review
lame
May 17, 2007
Jeffrey D - yahoo.com
May 17, 2007Jeffrey D - yahoo.com
over-rated junk. david lynch makes awesome movies, and its pretty obvious why he hasn't made anything as surreal and idiotic as this ever since he became famous. i'd rather watch two gorillas play monopoly than watch 5 minutes of this movie... Full review
lame
May 17, 2007
clevelandsteamer96 - yahoo.com
May 17, 2007clevelandsteamer96 - yahoo.com
over-rated junk. david lynch makes awesome movies, and its pretty obvious why he hasn't made anything as surreal and idiotic as this ever since he became famous. i'd rather watch two gorillas play monopoly than watch 5 minutes of this movie... Full review
Eraserhead
May 17, 2007
rolyatelyk_67 - yahoo.com
May 17, 2007rolyatelyk_67 - yahoo.com
Poor camera angles, awful lighting, truly bad script. My husband searched for this movie for over 20 years and finally found it on EBay. I didn't believe him when he told me how awful this movie was. I watched the whole... Full review
erase this
Mar 20, 2007
kathi - yahoo.com
Mar 20, 2007kathi - yahoo.com
i finally rented the movie and had to turn it off, i should have realized it was a david lynch film they always have a way of making me feel sad and creepy at the same time and thats a feeling... Full review
Series of Unfortunate Scenes
Mar 20, 2007
w_gray3 - yahoo.com
Mar 20, 2007w_gray3 - yahoo.com
This film starts off as a disapointment when there is no verbal dialouge. It is strange and macabre in nature but lacks true direction and seems to be all over the place. This movies was a complete waste of time. It... Full review
Critics Reviews
| Nov 18, 2008associatedcontent.com
A Masterpiece of 70's Cinema....Eraserhead has been praised and condemned by audiences and critics alike....In fact, part of what makes Eraserhead so fascinating is its impenetrability, where the answers lie just out of reach..... ... Full Review
| Dec 10, 2007Matchflick
I think 'Eraserhead' is a piece of crap.
If 'Eraserhead' is supposed to be 'Everyone's-Favorite-Cult-Film',I don't care.
in the opening sequence of 'Eraserhead' is,in reality,a piece of poop.
... Full Review
| Dec 07, 2007The New York Times
It also amuses, in its own weird way, with scenes of preposterous, macabre comedy, among them a memorable family dinner involving a cooked bird that wiggles obscenely on its plate while it gushes forth a menacing dark liquid.
Less a straight story than a surrealistic assemblage, "Eraserhead" brings together many of the now-familiar Lynchian visual themes and narrative figures, including the naïve man, the slatternly woman, the shabby period furniture, the contorted flesh and forms, the yawning orifices and ... Full Review
| Jan 14, 2007New York Post
Eraserhead" concerns a couple's efforts to cope with their newborn - a repulsive cross between a cow's fetus and some sort of reptile, and blessed with a ravenous appetite and a habit of wailing all night.
MoMA says it restored the 1977 classic "from the original film elements" given to the museum by Lynch, who had a hand in the work.
... Full Review
| Jun 10, 2004Combustible Celluloid
One of the most unusual and powerful American films ever made, David Lynch's Eraserhead (1977, www.davidlynch.com, $39.94) has finally been released on DVD in the USA --....but it's certainly not just weird for weird's sake..... ... Full Review
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Eraserhead still stands out
thisislondon.co.uk –
2008-09-11
Sound Check | Inside local music
jsonline.com –
2008-08-22
They say they sound like: Different than most.We say they sound like: A samurai slicing and dicing riffs, kicking the bass drum like an old mule, with one-punch knockout choruses, soulful guitar tantrums and brilliant lyrics torching your eardrums. ... Full Article
ERASERHEAD: DVD
urbancinefile.com.au –
2008-08-09
SYNOPSIS: Factory worker Henry Spencer (John Nance) lives in a drab apartment somewhere in an industrial hell-hole.When his girfriend, Mary X (Charlotte Stewart), falls pregnant, Henry is forced to marry her and move in with her bizarre family. ... Full Article
Touring L.A.'s literary landscape
latimes.com –
2007-05-25
On Saturday, a company specializing in offbeat tours of L.A. will offer "Pasadena Confidential," touted as "delving deep into the weird and horrible past of one of L.A.'s most exclusive suburbs." ... Full Article

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