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Jack Nance
Charlotte Stewart
Allen Joseph
Jeanne Bates
Judith Anna Roberts
Laurel Near

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Henry Spencer lives in an industrial wasteland where he must contend with a new, strange baby, an unreliable girlfriend, a beautiful girl across the hall and the lady in the radiator.

10/25/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Eraserhead review

An eclectic film that can be enjoyed by horror/fantasy/dark comedy fanatics, a masterpiece for Lynch admirers who love analyzing his unique films or hated by those who ignore its majestic euphemisms because of its weirdness. One of the quiet influential pictures because of its mood, utilization of industrial sound and skillful direction. This may appear sluggish, incomprehensible and just plain trash (but in this critics opinion, Twin Peaks was totally too deranged/too many plot holes for this raters taste), it's a matter of reading the lines and seeing thru what is actually visible on screen. Henry Spencer (Jack Nance) discovers that his girlfriend Mary (Charlotte Stewart) has labored a creature. Spencer than dreams of a deformed Lady in the Radiator (Laurel Near) who sings and squis...

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4/4 

04/22/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Unique and Shocking

There is little I can say about this film that hasn't already been said. David Lynch's directorial debut is incredibly strange. Although it meanders along at a snail's pace (despite its 88 minute running time), it is worth watching because of its uniqueness and able to shock the viewer. Most people go on and on about its visual style, the black and white industrial landscape where the film takes place. The characters are as quirky as the film itself. Jack Nance gives a good performance as Henry Spencer, the man who is faced with all of the problems in the plot outline. The other characters provide the source of conflict, as Spencer goes on a strange journey through life in the wasteland.

Overall, the film is very well shot for it's meager $10,000 budget. If Lynch was looking ...

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3/4 

01/24/2011 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

It defies explanation

I'm really not sure how to truly rate this movie, and for that reason I find it to be great. No other film has left me as utterly speechless and lacking in understanding as this one has. While some might call Lynch a "hack", "pretentious", or "overly artistic", it must be understood that he doesn't expect one to understand his movies, he wants his viewers to think. Eraserhead is filled with experimental, abstract, and surreal with completely unconvential shooting technique, story structure, character development... in fact this is among the least conventional films of all time. With unusual sound design, shocking cinematography, weird characters and a freaky looking alien baby, Eraserhead is not a film for everyone. However, it is still worth seeing to have an experience unlike any o...

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3.5/4