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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 4.00 out of 4 stars for Appreciating Great TrashAppreciating Great Trash
Floating in like a nightmare with a sense of humor, David Lynch's debut seems to be truly and completely born of another world, which is all the more impressive considering its miniscule budget. Regardless, Eraserhead defies all logic; it's a filmed ...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at Appreciating Great Trash
Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Bad Color Photography (Chainsaw YaK)Bad Color Photography (Chainsaw YaK)
...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at Bad Color Photography (Chainsaw YaK)
Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Electric ShadowsElectric Shadows
Has been one of my favorite films since I saw it back in the mid-90s. Rented this so that Tara (a Lynch fan) could finally see it. Wanted to see if it would hold up after ten years of personal growth. ...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at Electric Shadows
Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for MovieJustice (Graham Jones)MovieJustice (Graham Jones)
Eraserhead is a film that transcends any definite interpretation with much of the film consisting of apparent symbolism without obvious justification, making for an experience that may be difficult for some to appreciate on a literal level. Playing like ...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at MovieJustice (Graham Jones)
Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Scifilm ("Steve")Scifilm ("Steve")
Allegedly five years in the making, David Lynch's first feature is one of the strangest and most unsettling cinematic experiences ever. Lynch's subsequent work—his only real sci-fi movie DUNE, WILD AT HEART, BLUE VELVET, LOST HIGHWAY, and THE ...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at Scifilm ("Steve")
Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Reel.com DVD review (Tim Knight)Reel.com DVD review (Tim Knight)
Twenty-eight years after it entered the cinematic lexicon as the definitive midnight movie, Eraserhead remains a singularly haunting and disturbing achievement, at once perversely beautiful and deeply repellent. Variously interpreted as everything from a ...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at Reel.com DVD review (Tim Knight)
Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)
A stream of subconsciousness work of art, Eraserhead is Lynch's most surreal film. Packed with grotesque physical deformity and quest for spiritual purity, the film flaunts eerie sound and brilliant imagery. ...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)
Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Bloody-DistgustingBloody-Distgusting
Jack Nance plays the central character in this nightmare, Henry Spencer, and he provides great presence, and has a memorable quality in his work. While the script isn’t dialogue heavy, I think that’s a good thing, leaving the actors to ...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at Bloody-Distgusting
Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Ted PriggeTed Prigge
But, anyway, David Lynch's first film, "Eraserhead," is a film combined of scenes that individually make almost no sense the first billion times. And even entire parts of it (the whole spiel about the baby) make almost no real sense, and may never. But ...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at Ted Prigge
Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for filmcritic.comfilmcritic.com
It’s understandable if at first you feel as though you’re not getting enough information about Eraserhead's setting. And the timing is likely to puzzle you, too – not just the pace of conversations (of which there are few), but the sensuous, ...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at filmcritic.com
Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for SF, Horror and Fantasy Film ReviewSF, Horror and Fantasy Film Review
Eraserhead is one of the - if not the - most famous cult film of all time. (Where I was living in Christ church, the Film Society has had so many requests for it they have an answer automatically prepared, a poster on their guest-book that said: ...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at SF, Horror and Fantasy Film Review
Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for eFilmCritic.com (--)eFilmCritic.com (--)
...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at eFilmCritic.com (--)
Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for DVD Talk (Jason Bovberg)DVD Talk (Jason Bovberg)
I became a die-hard David Lynch fan in 1986, soon after my second viewing of the strange and captivating Blue Velvet. In a way, that movie opened my eyes to the darker possibilities of storytelling—the mining of the subconscious, the delving into ...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at DVD Talk (Jason Bovberg)
Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie VoiceFilm Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
This DVD edition of David Lynch's 1977 Eraserhead is presented as Cleaned & Remastered. There is no argument in that statement: the film hasn't looked this good since it first shocked and amused midnight movie audiences some three decades ago.I had ...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Mutant Reviewers From HellMutant Reviewers From Hell
Eraserhead is the most bizarre film ever made. Okay, just had to get that out of the way. It tells the story of a nerdy guy named Henry with a head slightly resembling an eraser, and some very weird stuff that happens to him. Basically, an old flame, ...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at Mutant Reviewers From Hell
Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Reel.comReel.com
DVD DETAILS Nattily dressed and smoking a cigarette, Lynch provides an eccentric and detailed account of Eraserhead 's genesis and production in the DVD special feature entitled "Stories," which features stills and film clips. According to Lynch, he ...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at Reel.com
Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Joe Bob's Ultimate B Movie Guide (Joe Bob Briggs)Joe Bob's Ultimate B Movie Guide (Joe Bob Briggs)
The sick midnight cult flick that launched David Lynch's career, featuring a monster baby and the parents that can't cope with it. When it starts vomiting blood and secreting something that looks like rotting cheese, the audiences go wild. Also memorable ...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at Joe Bob's Ultimate B Movie Guide (Joe Bob Briggs)
Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for filmcritic.com (Jake Euker)filmcritic.com (Jake Euker)
It’s understandable if at first you feel as though you’re not getting enough information about Eraserhead's setting. And the timing is likely to puzzle you, too – not just the pace of conversations (of which there are few), but the ...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at filmcritic.com (Jake Euker)
Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Village Voice (Nathan Lee)Village Voice (Nathan Lee)
Like every touchstone of my nascent cinephilia, I first encountered Eraserhead on crap VHS. It was the late 1980s, I was 15, and I didn't know what I'd seen, but it was love at first sight. Nerds in space. ...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at Village Voice (Nathan Lee)
Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
...I found this imaginative work to be one of the more interesting films to come out of the '70s. ...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for New York Post (V.A. Musetto)New York Post (V.A. Musetto)
Lynch, as he does with all his films, refuses to explain anything, although he does say that he has yet to read an interpretation that matches his. ...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at New York Post (V.A. Musetto)
Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
The film is a long dreamsequence about an awful urban smokeinfested industrial city and other terrible things. The illogical story gives way to a surreal world of fantasy, covering feelings about loneliness, sexuality, nuclear families, love, urban ...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Planet Confusion Planet Confusion
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 Planet Confusion
Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Kevin PattersonKevin Patterson
David Lynch's debut film "Eraserhead" is without a doubt one of the most bizarre films I have ever seen. There isn't really much of a plot, other than the fact that the main character, Henry Spencer (Jack Nance), is having a difficult time caring for his ...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at Kevin Patterson
Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for DVD Talk (Ian Jane)DVD Talk (Ian Jane)
This release proves to be a much more affordable and easier to find release of Lynch's personally restored version of his first feature film. Eraserhead is an odd one for sure, but it looks and sounds excellent on this DVD, and the massive interview ...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at DVD Talk (Ian Jane)
Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Zach DouglasZach Douglas
It's been a long time since I have watched a film as intricately detailed, thought provoking, and scary as Eraserhead. While my opinion of David Lynch was was somewhat mixed after having seen all of his films except for The Lost Highway, it has become ...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at Zach Douglas
Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Serdar YegulalpSerdar Yegulalp
There are those who say "Eraserhead" makes little sense, and then there are those who say that "Eraserhead" isn't supposed to make sense. I'm with the second camp: if "Eraserhead" made any sense at all, it wouldn't be nearly as interesting. "Eraserhead" ...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at Serdar Yegulalp
Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Movie Reviews UKMovie Reviews UK
The feature debut of David Lynch, Eraserhead is an unsettling and surreal journey, like looking into a mirror and seeing someone else's reflection. Floating in an inky nothingness, Henry Spencer (Jack Nance) appears serene but concerned. A rock appears ...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at Movie Reviews UK
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 3.25 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 3.06 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
...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at The Digital Bits
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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
...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at Time Out
Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 2.81 out of 4 stars for digitallyOBSESSED.com (Mark Zimmer)digitallyOBSESSED.com (Mark Zimmer)
...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at digitallyOBSESSED.com (Mark Zimmer)
Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for Kamera.co.uk Kamera.co.uk
...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at Kamera.co.uk
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 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 2.75 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 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 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 2.74 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 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 2.68 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 2.63 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 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! (--)
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 2.00 out of 4 stars for PopMatters (Bill Gibron)PopMatters (Bill Gibron)
Are you ready to celebrate the virgin birth by commercializing the Holy Hell out of its commemorative holiday? When you're standing in line for jolly old Saint Nick, hoping he can calm your kids for just a moment, maybe you should push aside those ...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at PopMatters (Bill Gibron)
Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Cinepassion.orgCinepassion.org
A science-class project, genuinely underground: the ether on which it floats fixates, repulses, ravishes. David Lynch never explains because he doesn't need to, his is the faith of the irrational, disconcertingly childlike in its illusionism -- Jack ...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at Cinepassion.org
Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for I Viddied it on the Screen (Alex Jackson)I Viddied it on the Screen (Alex Jackson)
Last March Salon.com Art and Entertainment editor Andrew O'Hehir offered the possibly brilliant theory that "all arty, indie-type films made in the last 15 years or so in America and Western Europe fall into one of two categories: Jim Jarmusch or David ...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at I Viddied it on the Screen (Alex Jackson)
Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Sci-Fi Movie Page (James O'Ehley)Sci-Fi Movie Page (James O'Ehley)
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 Sci-Fi Movie Page (James O'Ehley)
Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Edinburgh U Film Society (Iain Harral)Edinburgh U Film Society (Iain Harral)
Don't try and follow the story too closely, there probably isn't a coherent one there in the first place. However; this doesn't stop David Lynch's first feature film being an extraordinarily compelling perverse treat. ...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at Edinburgh U Film Society (Iain Harral)
Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Brilliant Observations on 1173 Films (Clayton Trapp)Brilliant Observations on 1173 Films (Clayton Trapp)
Stylish and full of interesting technical flourishes and radical use of sound, but barely more interesting than a textbook. I've seen reviews where this film is endowed with a plot, and I have to say that David Lynch must be laughing at those guys. ...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at Brilliant Observations on 1173 Films (Clayton Trapp)
Eraserhead (1977) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for eFilmCriticeFilmCritic
When released, this film was likely a cinematic triumph or whatever. Today it is arty, trite and infantile. Tis true it contains plenty of experiential cinema that is somewhat pleasing. Camera work, lighting, art direction, all decent work. Story Nuggets ...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at eFilmCritic
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