Eraserhead fingerprintStunning style, high energy, emotionally cool.
Nerve-racking and scary
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Profoundly sad and moving
Much of it is about family.
Plenty of absurdist humor and cringe comedy
The mind, family, and society
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout direction and performances
Standout visual style, sound design, and cinematography
A distinctive visual signature.
Nerve-racking and scary
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Eraserhead is nerve-racking, scary, and violent. The story builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Profoundly sad and moving
Much of it is about family.
Emotionally, it's profoundly sad and moving. Much of it is about family.
Plenty of absurdist humor and cringe comedy
Expect plenty of absurdist humor and cringe comedy.
The mind, family, and society
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Its world is built around the mind, family, and society. The setting feels lived-in and easy to get lost in. It leaves some questions open.
Standout direction and performances
The direction and performances stand out.
Standout visual style, sound design, and cinematography
A distinctive visual signature.
Look and sound: the visual style, sound design, and cinematography stand out.
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Eraserhead is included with a subscription to fuboTV and HBO Max in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Fandango at Home Free, YouTube Free, and Plex. You can also rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, and YouTube. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Yes. It's widely acclaimed, with a GoodWatch score of 81/100 (IMDb 7.2, Rotten Tomatoes 87%, and Metacritic 87). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated NR in the United States. Content advisories: nudity, sexual content, and disturbing imagery.
1 h 29 min
Eraserhead runs 1 h 29 min.
Not quite. Critics rate Eraserhead higher (87) than audiences (76). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
Yes, a big one. It cost about $100,000 to make and earned $7 million worldwide, 71.0 times its budget.
It was made in English. Produced in United States.
+110GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for Eraserhead in 124 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 49 storytelling tropes for Eraserhead, including Alien Geometries, Nostalgic Musicbox, Psychic Nosebleed.
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