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Eraserhead (1977)

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All Time

of 190,179

195

1970's

of 10,575

29

1977

of 3,301

4
Drama
- Drama All Time
  
  of 38,020
  
  115
  
  Drama of 1977
  
  of 166
  
  1
  
  Drama of the 1970's
  
  of 1,855
  
  18
Horror
- Horror All Time
  
  of 4,953
  
  8
  
  Horror of 1977
  
  of 60
  
  1
  
  Horror of the 1970's
  
  of 546
  
  5

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Eraserhead (1977) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars

Overall Rating:3.2961

Avg Critic Score:3.1594

Eraserhead (1977) Movie Reviews

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Film 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. ...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice

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)

Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)

The film is a long dreamsequence about an awful urban smokeinfested industrial city and other terrible things. ...read the complete Eraserhead movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)

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Mutant 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 (1977) review at Mutant Reviewers From Hell

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Film 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 (1977) review at Film Freak Central

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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 (1977) review at PopMatters (Bill Gibron)

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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 (1977) review at Brilliant Observations on 1173 Films (Clayton Trapp)

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