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28/09/1977 Horror, Science Fiction 1h 29m
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Where your nightmares end...

Overview

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

  1. David Lynch

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Jack Nance

    Henry Spencer

  2. Charlotte Stewart

    Mary X

  3. Allen Joseph

    Mr. X

  4. Jeanne Bates

    Mrs. X

  5. Judith Roberts

    Beautiful Girl Across the Hall

  6. Laurel Near

    Lady in the Radiator

  7. Jack Fisk

    Man in the Planet

  8. Jean Lange

    Grandmother

  9. Thomas Coulson

    The Boy

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Reviews

A review by misubisu
Written by misubisu on 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...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$100,000.00

Revenue
$7,000,000.00

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