..Meaning that I can't conceptualize how one person on this entire earth can tolerate it, much less the fact that most people love it. I've never felt compelled to write a review until today because my opinion on a film has never been so polar opposite to the consensus; even when I hate a movie, I can usually see how it might appeal to others. I'm not going to tell you not to watch this movie, but I will break the style down a bit and you can decide from there. If you like films like Possession (1981) or Suspiria that are 'artsy' and where nothing that seems to contribute to any sort of coherent plot occurs until 15 minutes from the end, then you'll probably like this (Suspiria wasn't actually too bad compared to this movie though). The only difference with Eraserhead is that there is no plot at all and nothing significant happens at any point (except the mutant baby existing). I have an image in my mind of how the idea of this movie came about... *Watching Texas Chainsaw Massacre* "Why did Tobe Hooper go through all the effort of making Leatherface kill people? He's ugly enough that it would still be a horror film if he just sat around crying all the time.. but I guess a couple freaky dream scenes should be added to trick people into thinking something is actually happening in the movie..." *lightbulb* I HAVE AN IDEA".... .....I feel like this movie being called a horror film is insulting to real-life dysfigured people if you think about it, because there is no real danger in the movie, only an ugly baby. It's crazy this guy went on to direct The Elephant Man (which I haven't watched, but is supposedly sensitive with regards to the issue).I was reading an interview with the director David Lynch before I watched the film, and learned that when he first told the company he wanted to make Eraserhead, the script was only 21 minutes long.. Thus, he had to stretch it out. How did he do this? With long, drawn-out scenes where nothing of significance and no dialogue occurs, such as Henry looking at stuff or walking around. For example, the first 6-ish minutes consist of a slow zoom-in on a moon-looking planet. About 12 minutes in my dad asked if this movie has any dialogue at all, so I looked to see if there was any IMDB quotes. After watching the film, I'm convinced every line that occurred in Eraserhead has been documented by IMDB. Not much is said in the movie, and even less actually happens.I gave this a 2 instead of a 1 because I appreciate the visual style, such as the only view outside the windows being brick, which sets an ominous mood. Why can't movies have a stylish artsy flair but also have a coherent plot and move at a pace faster than a dead snail? It seems you can't have both.2/10 would not recommend (and 0/10 from my dad)

EraserheadIt defines the genre for not only its physicality screams horrific poems but so does its deeply layered thought-provoking concept and an heart-screeching exaggeration of the consequences of the actions of the humankind. The metaphorical term can be inedible and uneven for everyone to grasp it, even after the curtain drops for the feature remains subtle throughout the course of it and doesn't lose its tone at any point. It is rich on technical aspects like cinematography, sound effects, and editing. David Lynch; the writer-director, has done a brilliant work on writing the gripping script and has shown guts to pull off such a convoluted plot and get the anticipated vision on screen creating the perfect impact on the audience who is in awe of it. The performance is hold on tightly by Jack Nance on his portrayal of protagonist that is eerily sociopath and hard to be judged at. The only conundrum in here would be the imaginative bubble depicted in here which is dark and brutal and cringe worthy too, where the makers could have step lightly. Eraserhead is an art that neither can be erased nor ignored, it is bold, unafraid to tell its own story on its own terms.

Simply put, this horror/science fiction filmed in black and white could be used to drive a potential mad men right over the edge. I enjoy black and white comedy films such as 1974's Young Frankenstein, and/or the 2011 The Artist. As for this so-called critically acclaimed now available as part of the Criterion Collection film collection I have to ask. Why? Is this film different from everything else? YesIs the coiffe hairdo on lead actor Jack Nance weird enough? Yes (But so is lead singer's Mick Hucknall hairdo of Simply Red fame but I don't want to see him starring in a horror film)The sound effects are not haunting, but they are very irritating.I found no redeeming features in director David Lynch's first ever major film and I wonder how he got a second chance after releasing this film? Oh! I think I can figure out by the financial numbers attached to this piece of crap.Budget $20KGross $7MThere is a huge market for the artsy fartsies of the world. There is a famous quotation by American circus showman P.T. Barnum in which he says "There is a sucker born every minute."If you watch Eraserhead...welcome to the club!I give it a 3 out of 10 rating

The first time I saw "Eraserhead" was in the Ritzy Cinema in Brixton. My friend Gerry had already seen it in San Francisco and was still in paroxysms of praise for the picture so I went in with high expectations; even so, I still wasn't prepared for what I saw that night. I was meeting Gerry in the bar next door afterwards but when I left the cinema I was still in something of a daze, or perhaps a trance, and started walking in the wrong direction. I knew I had seen some kind of masterpiece but I also knew here was a film I wouldn't want to sit through again, at least not for a very long time. Well, here we are 40 years later and I've just seen "Eraserhead" again.For anyone still ignorant of the fact, "Eraserhead" was the film that introduced David Lynch to the world and a few minutes into the film was enough to tell us that here was a singular new talent worthy to sit on a pedestal next to the young Welles, not that Welles would ever make a film like "Eraserhead"; indeed who, other than Lynch, would.There is a plot of sorts but essentially Lynch's film, luminously shot in black and white by Frederick Elmes and Herbert Cardwell, unfolds like a living nightmare, but whose? Lynch's? Henry's, (the central character that established Jack Nance as a cult actor for a new generation), or our own? Certainly there are images here enough to give the strongest of us nightmares, images and sounds, (this film has some of the finest sound designs ever recorded).It has been described as experimental, as avant-garde and by some just as a plain old horror film. You could say it's also a kind of love story, though a very warped and forbidding one. Lynch, of course, would go on to the likes of "Blue Velvet" and "Twin Peaks" and would never fully abandon the sensibilities first seen in this extraordinary film. I was more prepared for it this time but it still blew me away.