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Movie critics combined give Eraserhead (1977) a score of 3.1594 out of 4
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Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Film Freak CentralFilm Freak Central
David Lynch makes documentaries of the human subconscious. He captures--in a deadpan, almost scientifically-objective way--the processes through which we assimilate and interpret machine-fed data, replicating in that sense the sort of Pop aesthetic of ...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at Film Freak Central
Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)
The movie that launched David Lynch's ...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)
Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 3.06 out of 4 stars for Teen Movie Critic (Roger Davidson)Teen Movie Critic (Roger Davidson)
...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at Teen Movie Critic (Roger Davidson)
Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 3.01 out of 4 stars for The Digital BitsThe Digital Bits
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Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Doug Pratt's Laserdisc ReviewDoug Pratt's Laserdisc Review
Ostensibly, Eraserhead is the story of a man living in an icky apartment and caring for a noisy thing/baby that looks like a cross between E.T. and a leech. The fantastic apparitions that bob onto the screen whenever the man turns his head can be ...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at Doug Pratt's Laserdisc Review
Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for DVD OutsiderDVD Outsider
For every film fan, every would-be film-maker, there are cinematic experiences that are genuinely life-changing. They tend to come early on in our love-affair with film, when we get our first glimpses of what lies beyond the fare offered by the local ...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at DVD Outsider
Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for DVD VerdictDVD Verdict
For most people, children are a joy. They find their laughter as sweet as nature's own elixir and their round, cherubic faces like heaping helpings of Olympian ambrosia. True, there are those misguided demons that want to harm wee ones, to abuse and ...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at DVD Verdict
Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Erasing Clouds reviewErasing Clouds review
In the world of independent cinema, few statements have been as unique and visionary as David Lynch's feature film debut Eraserhead. Unleashed upon the screen in 1976, the film immediately polarized critics and audiences with it's bizarre and often ...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at Erasing Clouds review
Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for FearSceneFearScene
A dream? Post-nuclear reality? Aliens? It is hard to say exactly what I saw in my first viewing of Eraserhead - other than a work of cinematic art that is . . ...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at FearScene
Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for filmzentrale (Andreas Thomas)filmzentrale (Andreas Thomas)
Henrys Frau hat schlechte Eigenschaften. Sie hat Tics, belegt zwei Drittel des schmalen Bettes und das Schlimmste: Sie hat mit Henry ein Baby. David Lynchs Erstling ist bald ein Vierteljahrhundert alt, aber bis heute lässt allein das Wort "Eraserhead" ...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at filmzentrale (Andreas Thomas)
Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Mondo DigitalMondo Digital
A key player in the midnight movie revolution of the 1970s, the surreal and often inscrutable Eraserhead marked the feature film debut of David Lynch, aided by an American Film Institute grant and a squad of fearless, possibly insane cinematic ...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at Mondo Digital
Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Reverse Shot (James Crawford)Reverse Shot (James Crawford)
A confession: I came late to the David Lynch party. Which in some cinephile circles is cause for excommunication. Like not praising Wajda. Or Von Sternberg. Or failing to worship at the altar of Bulle Ogier. I came late to Lynch because I never had a ...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at Reverse Shot (James Crawford)
Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Rotten Tomatoes - Reviews from the Nation's Top CriticsRotten Tomatoes - Reviews from the Nation's Top Critics
David Lynch's nightmare debut film is shot in wonderful B&W (in the expressionist mode of a German horror film). It took him five years to complete. It features a unique soundtrack that is mostly made up of shrill sounds that might destroy your inner ...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at Rotten Tomatoes - Reviews from the Nation's Top Critics
Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for filmdeculte.com (Carine Filloux)filmdeculte.com (Carine Filloux)
Dans une ville sombre et oppressante, Henry mène une vie routinière quand il reçoit un jour une invitation à dîner des parents de Mary, son ex-petite amie. Celle-ci a mis au monde leur bébé, un petit être difforme, et un mariage est arrangé. Ne ...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at filmdeculte.com (Carine Filloux)
Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Monster HunterMonster Hunter
I remember the first time I saw Eraserhead- it was on a college campus and it was so long ago that I don't recall why I went in the first place. I'm guessing that it was because the movie had a cool name and also because this was around the whole Twin ...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at Monster Hunter
Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for BBC Films (Almar Haflidason)BBC Films (Almar Haflidason)
"Eraserhead" offers plenty in the way of disturbing imagery, courtesy of the mind of David Lynch. But while his imagination clearly has an eye for the viscerally potent, this remains an unremarkable feat by his later standards. ...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at BBC Films (Almar Haflidason)
Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Talking Pictures (UK)Talking Pictures (UK)
At a midnight screening in a Filmex cinema in Los Angeles, 1977, the premiere of Eraserhead heralded the career of the American director David Lynch. The popularity and cult status the low budget horror film gained acted as a stepping stone for Lynch, ...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at Talking Pictures (UK)
Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for filethirteen.comfilethirteen.com
David Lynch didn't set out to be a film director. His first dream was to be a painter and artist. This lead him into filmmaking. One of his first "short" film was shown on a sculptured screen. It was with this same idea of mixing art and cinema that ...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at filethirteen.com
Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 2.97 out of 4 stars for BBC Films (Almar Haflidason)BBC Films (Almar Haflidason)
...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at BBC Films (Almar Haflidason)
Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 2.87 out of 4 stars for Time OutTime Out
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Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 2.81 out of 4 stars for digitallyOBSESSED.com (Mark Zimmer)digitallyOBSESSED.com (Mark Zimmer)
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Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for Kamera.co.uk Kamera.co.uk
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Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for not coming to a theater near you (Rumsey Taylor)not coming to a theater near you (Rumsey Taylor)
To mind the single most frightening image in film is the baby in David Lynch’s Eraserhead. The thing, grotesquely deformed, bears no direct human characteristic aside from its persistent cry. Its head, roughly the size of a fist, sports two spotty eyes ...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at not coming to a theater near you (Rumsey Taylor)
Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for filmrezension.de (Andreas Thomas)filmrezension.de (Andreas Thomas)
Henrys Frau hat schlechte Eigenschaften. Sie hat Ticks, belegt zwei Drittel des schmalen Bettes und das Schlimmste: Sie hat mit Henry ein Baby. David Lynchs Erstling ist bald ein Vierteljahrhundert alt, aber bis heute lässt allein das Wort "Eraserhead" ...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at filmrezension.de (Andreas Thomas)
Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for The Spinning Image (Graeme Clark)The Spinning Image (Graeme Clark)
A print factory worker who is taking an extended vacation, Henry Spencer (Jack Nance) is in some kind of dream state. He sees himself floating above a planet, and on its surface is a ruined house wherein sits a man (Jack Fisk) all ready to pull the ...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at The Spinning Image (Graeme Clark)
Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for DVDBeaver DVDBeaver
Is it a nightmare or an actual view of a post-apocalyptic world? Set in an industrial town in which giant machines are constantly working, spewing smoke, and making noise that is inescapable, Henry Spencer lives in a building that, like all the others, ...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at DVDBeaver
Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for Digital Retribution DVD ReviewDigital Retribution DVD Review
When I was in 9th Grade, I was over at a friend’s house. We’d been taking it easy after a massive week at school and decided to usher in the holidays with some beers. As the night went on, we started flicking through the channels to see what was on. ...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at Digital Retribution DVD Review
Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 2.74 out of 4 stars for not coming to a theater near you (Rumsey Taylor)not coming to a theater near you (Rumsey Taylor)
...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at not coming to a theater near you (Rumsey Taylor)
Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 2.68 out of 4 stars for DVD Verdict (Bill Gibron)DVD Verdict (Bill Gibron)
...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at DVD Verdict (Bill Gibron)
Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 2.68 out of 4 stars for Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 2.63 out of 4 stars for allesfilm.com (Reinhard Bradatsch)allesfilm.com (Reinhard Bradatsch)
...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at allesfilm.com (Reinhard Bradatsch)
Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for ReelTalk Movie Reviews (Donald J. Levit)ReelTalk Movie Reviews (Donald J. Levit)
Whether there is more here than meets the horrified eye, is debatable, but 'Eraserhead' leaves no viewer cold. ...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at ReelTalk Movie Reviews (Donald J. Levit)
Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for The Fresh Films Review (Norwegian)The Fresh Films Review (Norwegian)
Dog av enkelte geniforklart som David Lynch sitt springbrett til kultstatus, fremstår Eraserhead mest som en students eksperimentelle lek med filmmediet. Tydelig inspirert av Buñuels vesle mesterverk, Un Chien Andalou (1928), forsøker Lynch seg på en ...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at The Fresh Films Review (Norwegian)
Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Exclaim! (--)Exclaim! (--)
When I’ve seen Eraserhead before — on badly damaged prints in rep cinemas or on poorly dubbed VHS — I found both its grainy, underdeveloped look and its constant hissing, spitting and grinding soundtrack alternately disturbing and a shame. Now that ...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at Exclaim! (--)
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