Eraserhead poster

Eraserhead

Where your nightmares end...

7.3(2,866)19771h 29m11

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

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Status
Released
Budget
$100K
Box office
$7.1M
Language
English
  • baby
  • nightmare
  • mutant
  • claustrophobia
  • parents-in-law
  • pencil
  • surrealism
  • black and white
  • torture
  • parallel world
  • disturbed
  • body horror

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

David Lynch

Produced in

United States of America

Where to watch

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Gallery

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereFilmex Festival19 Mar 1977
    • Theatrical (limited)NR28 Sept 1977
    • TheatricalNR3 Feb 1978
  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalRated X29 Mar 1979
    • Physical18VHS16 Jun 1986
    • Theatrical18re-release3 Sept 1993
    • Physical18DVD8 Jan 2001
    • Physical18Blu-ray4 Apr 2012
    • Digital / OTT1515 Sept 2018
    • PremiereHOME Manchester, Manchester International Festival16 Aug 2019
    • Physical18The Criterion Collection Blu-ray19 Oct 2020
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalM11 Apr 1980
  • BelgiumBE

    • Theatrical1817 Feb 2026
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical183 Feb 1978
    • Physical18IMDB10 Jan 2006
    • Theatrical (limited)18São Paulo, São Paulo, CineSesc (Retrospectiva Do Onírico ao Real – Uma Homenagem a David Lynch) (4K Restored Version)20 Feb 2025
  • CzechiaCZ

    • Theatrical (limited)15+Projekt 10022 Jan 1998
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical1528 Sept 1977
  • FinlandFI

    • TheatricalK-1825 Feb 1994
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical167 Jun 1978
    • Physical1631 May 2017
  • GermanyDE

    • Physical16OmU28 Feb 2011
  • GreeceGR

    • Digital / OTTCinobo6 Sept 2020
  • Hong KongHK

    • TheatricalIIB 4k restoration11 Sept 2025

Frequently asked questions

Eraserhead was released on 28 September 1977.

Audience reviews

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    PostCut_The_Film_Podcast

    5/23/2021

    8/10

    <div id="buzzsprout-player-8546506"></div> <script src="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1610599/8546506-the-brainburner.js?container_id=buzzsprout-player-8546506&player=small" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script> Listen to the full review above! "For anybody of a given age or someone who is a real cinephile... You only need to hear... David Lynch. The first impression I had was tension, then I watched…

  • S

    Sigeki Ogino

    10/2/2022

    We believe that films should "make people happy" (euphoria). No, we believe it should. Of course, there were thorny issues in getting there. I used to say that "movies are the art version of pornography" if there was even a hint of sexuality, and in middle and high school I mainly watched "erotic" movies ("A Clockwork Orange" being the first of these). Looking back, I was a "foolish spectator." One day, however, a …

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    captain_douche

    12/8/2024

    Straight up: I don't like this movie. It is a grotesque, bizarre horror movie. There is no real plot. The only thing this movie will do is make you feel uncomfortable. It makes you feel like in a bizarre nightmare. And this it does really well. I give it 3 stars for the artistic creation that it is and the effect it can create on the audience. Disclaimer: I walked out of the cinema after 3/4 watching...

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    misubisu

    6/28/2026

    10/10

    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…

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