

Eraserhead
Where your nightmares end...
First-time father Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.
TMDB
7.3/10
2,866 votes
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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
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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
4- P8/10
PostCut_The_Film_Podcast
5/23/2021
<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…
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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...
- M10/10
misubisu
6/28/2026
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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